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How much should it cost to have someone do sealing of the grout. I would say the entire tile area is probably 1100 sq ft. Since it is only 3 months old not much cleaning or removal of stains. Also can someone recommend a good contactor for this. Called one of the numbers listed in builder's...

Wow!!! you guys did catch a few things. I got the inspector for piece of mind as well. But we didn't find much. many small things were fixed by the builder in the last days. the inspector came 2 days prior to our walk through and a week before escrow close.

Yes we have this issue too. The 3rd bedroom in monterey plan 3 is along the wall of master sinks. You can hear the water running very clearly. Lucky the room will be kids room!!!!. I also notice quite a bit of echo downstairs. Not sure if its because all our walls are still empty and have no...

I was told yes. But I didn't have the option. because walls went up in a week after we signed the contract and knew anything about inspection. If you need a inspector referral send me a PM.

So far very very happy with our move into monterey neighbourhood. Met many neighbours. Found no issues related to being a alley loaded product. Yes the proximity to neighbours is quite close but no issues yet. It is very very silent. Hot water is working quite good. Had them come and adjust the...

I'm no supporter of TIC. In fact I was and I am  a big housing bear eventhough i bought in the new homes. One thing that can't be denied about the new homes is that TIC priced it slightly lower than the comparable resales that existed last year creating the tremendous interest and sales even...

OC plantation shutters. they were the cheapest for wood shutters we could find. Also Rebecca there is very nice and knowledgeable. She was proactive with everything. She had made multiple visits to the model home before meeting us to have clear understanding of what we might ask for and be...

We went with the builder's lender for our loan for the Monterey home that we bought. Actually we got a good rate 5% prevailing at that time. I shopped quite a few other brokers. Cheapest was on the internet. Amerisave. But they wouldn't underwrite for condo's unless they were 75% occupied. So...

The sales office gave us a sheet long time back which indicated the possible parking spots. it is not numbered or reserved. I believe that also included the spots around the neighborhood pocket (jasmine) park. obviously the expectation is everyone parks in their 2 car garage and the remaining...

Completely agree with the parking situation. we moved into monterey and we already feel there is shortage of parking. Eventhough 1/2 of monterey is still to have people move in. Also a whole section of IVY is getting built right there. Atleast I'm glad I didn't spend an extra 250K to have the...

Panda,         few of observations from your post. 1] the price drop from 2006 is only 14% [550 to 475]. I thought 2006 was the countrywide housing peak. unless it was much     different in atlanta. If not then why are people complaining about Irvine having dropped only 20%.     [Believe me i...

Now that people have moved into many homes in WBE is there more update on how this issue is working out. For us we are adjacent to Trabuco in Monterey. So Sand Canyon noise is negligible especially with windows closed. With windows open is quite loud. I have been trying to judge this in the past...

Actually it was the otherway around. Economy looked good because of the free money from housing ATM. and not that housing was flourishing because of good economy.

Are you looking to purely invest or buy for living (with possibility of best appreciation or least reduction in price in coming years). Right now i personally would not buy just for investment. Might as well wait and see if the housing does indeed decline further. But if you need to buy for...

Basically sometimes as the the foundation etc settles in there could be some cracks etc. some of it is normal and some may not be. Also if there were any minor leaks in the air conditioning etc in the attic or roofing etc they might show up more around 9-10 month timeframe. Something that may...

Maybe a 3rd one around the 11th month after move in. Just to check if ssettling in was fine and document things to be done before the 1 year warranty runs out.

I was there. It was a small gathering. Nice to meet up with certain folks. Therte was a writer from money magazine who was visiting Socal for 2 weeks from newyork to do a peice on southern california housing. He was also taking lots of notes on what everyone was saying and their opinions...

I know for sure that we didn't pay any upgrades for having door in the entrance leading from master bed to master bath. Also we didn't pay anything to have a door at the entrance to the toilet area. This is for Monterey in WBE. So obviously this is not a general practice for 2010 collection.

When i was at home during lunch time in woodbury east I saw a big open house air balloon near Santa Cruz and there was street signs indicating direction for broker preview. Wondering if anyone knows what that is all about. Are they changing sales strategy by allowing brokers to bring in their...

Does the fax at FTB work only during business hours. I tried after hours at 9pm today and there was no answer. many times. Did it take people who have done it many tries to get the fax through?