BR vs Serrano Summit vs Meadows in LF

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YMMV said:
In my opinion, public preferences for housing have changed dramatically over the past five years, especially since the pandemic. Today's buyers place much greater value on open layouts, flexible living spaces, home offices, indoor-outdoor living, larger kitchens, and homes that better accommodate family life.

Meadows - the whole community from houses to amenities - was designed with many of these modern lifestyle trends in mind. That's why I believe it is better positioned than many older communities to meet the needs of today's and tomorrow's families. Looking ahead over the next decade, I expect Meadows to remain one of the most desirable communities in Lake Forest, with floor plans and home designs that continue to appeal to a broad range of buyers.
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All of the Baker Ranch single family homes have indoor/outdoor layouts very similar to the meadows. Extra large sliding glass doors for indoor/outdoor living, open floorplans, huge kitchens (mine is probably larger than any in the meadows!). and flexible living spaces.

The one place the meadows wins is the largest houses have downstairs offices *in addition* to downstairs bedrooms for the Evergreens tract. Then, yes, I think the floor plans are better, if you're gonna spend 2.5m+.

But otherwise it's really just community preference when it comes to floor plans.
 
Just neighborhood and future resale wise, do you guys think you’d rather buy in Great Park (IUSD zoned) with the mello Roos or in BR/Meadows? Don’t have kids. Just wondering about resale in future.
 
newhomebuyerscared101 said:
Ugh would love to do that and stay in an apt and not worry about any household maintenance stuff. But the family wants a house so a house we must buy
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Irvine is going to appreciate more/hold value better than Lake Forest. However, that mello roos is going eat up your gains unless you're crazy leveraged and sell at the top IMO. If you want the Irvine name and have the money, Portola Springs has much more reasonable mello roos, and is probably slightly better appreciation wise than Foothill Ranch.

I would not factor in minor single digit gains at all in picking a primary residence. This is going to be your kid's childhood home. This is the house you'll presumably be coming home to (or working out of!) after a hard day's work for the next 10-20 years. Don't pick a house you don't love just so you can bank an extra 100k 30 years from now.
 
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