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    Feedback on these new communities Please

    Look at Portola Springs Sage II as well.  PS elementary is due to be a top school soon since they get to cherry pick new teachers for their school.  Same goes for the high school they will matriculate to.  Just watch closely KB new homes.  Ask detailed questions.  Notice what they say will be in...
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    movers

    Just used Rich Nelson Movers.  Clean, efficient and on time.  We had to put our belongings into pods so they are helping us move from the pods to our home soon.  The quote was hourly and the guys worked fast. Be aware that they have you read and see if you want added insurance.  In our case it...
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    Waterfall or Frenchcap carpet on stairs?

    Which do you think will last longer? Look better?
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    Secuity deposit

    The difference between a long time owner and then a one month tenet is quite different to a long time renter and a long time landlord. My point is that instead of trying to save the hassle of closing escrow simultaneously from one house to another, is not worth the hassle from a FCB.  They...
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    Secuity deposit

    We have fiends who sold their house at the same time we did.  We each rented back for one month.  They refused to give a secuity deposit, we thought that a security deposit was a reasonable request.  Each of us had FCB.  Our friends wound up much better than us.  The FCB think we are idiots and...
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    Fabric shade covers

    Anybody done one of these?  Can they make them retractable?  If they are retractable, does it still count as the amount of square footage you can cover in the HOA guidelines?
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    Affordable Housing next to PP

    There is "affordable" housing all over Irvine.  In every village; at every school.  They are meant to blend in not look like The Projects.
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    Sage II Portola Springs

    What home builder?
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    Sage II Portola Springs

    Something wrong is happening here.  Escrows delayed by more than a month.
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    woman begging in restaurant

    I saw a woman and children begging in the Woodbury shopping center.  I told her to go to Families Forward where she and the children can be taken care of.  She blew me off.  I stayed for a while and watched.  Gypsies for sure.  They keep on the move so the police don't catch them.  I saw a van...
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    Jaffery/Portola: what are they building

    A huge community park.
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    New to this forum: need advice

    Try  Portola Springs.  Newport Coast is built on top of an old dump and despite what people here say, I don't think it smells at all.  Elementary school will bus kids for one year.  New high school on the horizon.  Guess what?  Best teachers are hand picked for new schools AND the teachers that...
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    Shopping at Portola Springs

    There are also long term sales tax and TIC retail rental fees.  Moat areas have at least some retail.  TR. QH, UP, Woodbridge, Deerfield, El Camino, Greenfield, the Ranch, Westpark, Northwood, Northwood 5, Woodbury, Cypress Village, etc. What is going in on Portola and Sand Canyon?
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    Shopping at Portola Springs

    Complain to the City Council.  Ask if the Irvine Company changed plans (with city ok) to swap shopping center with school area and then develop old school area to homes.
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    Moving companies

    I know this May have been discussed in the form of complaints.  Any recent recommendations?
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    Sticker SHOCK after 1st Design Center Visit

    The things that will be difficult to do later but make life much better (electrical, insulation, lighting, sound, plumbing, outlets- anything in the walls) you would be better off doing through the design center.  Some of our neighbors bought, then waited as they tore out everything that was...
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    Seller wants to rent for few months after the closing

    Very hard to sell and buy houses and have them fall like dominos all at the same time.  New buyers or elderly getting out of the market are the only ones who can move easily.! Check with YOUR bank though.  I could very well be wring but I thought anything over one month rent back is considered a...
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    Portola Springs enclave 6

    KB homes Sage II.  Models will be open Saturday.  Low income housing going to the most south sliver towards Irvine Blvd.
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    Is it the Right Time to Buy or Rent?

    I think it is a royal pain to pack and move.  To do it with 4 small kids is a nightmare and you will have to do it twice if you rent first! Walk around neighborhoods during the day and at night.  Look into Northwood.  All the schools are great.  No HOA or Mello Roos in some areas.  Older means...
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    Luna at PS or Jade court at Cypress Village

    The new high school when it opens is going to be a huge draw.  Cherry-picked IUSD staff with teachers who go knowing they have to work harder to get a new school up and going.  You get the great teachers that way.
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