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We are mildly interested in the Decada plan 4 so we took a look over the weekend. They've sold 13 units so far and all of the plan 4s are sold out which killed our interest. They wont start building the next phase until they sell the rest of the current inventory... If they sell the...

This and the Great Park alone will add about 23k new homes coming in the next few years! All while the population in OC is declining. Fascinating.

I sure as hell hope things don't get any more expensive here. Both my work and my wifes work are finding it nearly impossible to hire anyone. We have both had openings for over a year. These are for mid level white collar jobs in IT and in marketing. The type of jobs that are typically held...

A good way to get an idea of the demographics of a neighborhood is to look up the stats of the local elementary school. They list the represented ethnicities of the students by percentage.

I am a product of the Irvine Unified School District and have many adult (aged 30 - 40) friends who also went through these schools. Many great successes and a few failures. The bottom line is that it doesn't really matter what school you send your kid to, they are who they are. My one gripe...

I'm baffled by those floorplans. 1 bedroom per floor? 3 floors? Bizarre.

From my perspective, Irvine has been declining in quality over the past 6 years. All of the open areas that I used to mountain bike on are now covered in developments. I never see kids playing at the park any more. Empty playgrounds everywhere. It wasn't always like that. Look at Culver...

Not so lucky in the summer. We have no AC. We want to move before the next summer.

Woodbridge is actually not one of the first housing tracts in Irvine. The first ones were built in 1969. Woodbridge was built in the mid 70s (north woodbridge) to the early 80s (south Woodbridge). Our home in woodbridge was built in 1976. We turn on our heater maybe 10 times a year...

I wish that were true, but looking on the MLS at homes that have closed in the past 2 months, the stats do not show a trend of 10% off. Less than 5% to 0% off is what I am seeing. Do you have an example of a home that went for 10% under asking? I would like to see it.

In our rented condo, the outside wood is so eaten that you could crush the 2x4 beams with your bare hands. We have to sweep the red/brown termite poop in our garage once a week. It is pretty easy to spot an infestation.

Water quality problems is a heated topic here in woodbridge, thanks to the El Toro toxic plume. They have had to shut down a few wells, and they NIMBY'd plans for a pump to clear the water. You can read more about it here: <a...

I have no idea what an arts and crafts home is. How about Eichler homes perhaps? I love these homes, too bad they are in Orange and not Southern OC. <a href="http://www.eichlersocal.com/aeh.html">www.eichlersocal.com/aeh.html</a>

And the villiage of columbus is right next to a concrete processing plant. People are still paying $1,000,000 to live next to that. In this time of reckless real estate mania, small details like this don't seem to matter.

JoonB: The turtle rock tracts have termites also. The garden homes tract there was just tented and had the wood replaced. $12k assessment to the owners to cover this. We take our son out to the playgrounds all the time here in Woodbridge. Our regular walk hits 4 playgrounds. We never...

There absolutely is a range in quality in the older homes. From run down termite infested vacant rentals to very loved and tastefully upgraded homes. Obviously I will try to avoid the run down homes, unless it comes at a steal. We are currently renting a 1976 run down termite infested...

There are a lot of posts about the new homes here, but none about the older resale home market. I am looking to buy an older (1980 or earlier) home in Irvine some day. These were the neighborhoods I grew up in and love. I prefer the spacious layout of the older neighborhoods vs the...

Yesterday I saw a truck towing a rolling billboard advertising Avenue One driving around woodbridge. I find it hard to believe that a rolling billboard would convince someone to buy one of their condos, but that's just me. This advertising tactic doesn't sound like something they would do if...

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<pre>I looked at the papers they gave us yesterday. Recognizing that one can negotiate at least $20K less, the exact figures (paloma development) were, taking into account location : 2 bedroom (1723 sq.ft.): $779K to $809K; [org. price $824K] 3 bedroom (2320 sq.ft.): $819K to $862K...