Is Lambert Ranch a smart buy?
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I was referring to the *new* home market. I'm not terribly familiar with what's been built in Woodbury in the past, but if you're looking for a new home in Irvine or surrounding areas, there really isn't anything similar in size or design to what's being offered at The Grove at LR.
From what I've been hearing it's about 20% mark-up just below enough that people have decided to do most flooring upgrades through them. With anything if you do post escrow it will be cheaper, but you have to wait to move in or be willing to deal with construction while you're living there so it's trade-off.
Standard is tile (foyer, bath, kitchen) unlike vinyl which I read some IP places (Saratoga?) has and carpet in the common rooms on 1st floor. 2nd floor carpet and stairs with tiles in baths and laundry.
The kitchen standard is very nice, with granite and self-closing finger joint cabinets, wolf stove, and asko dish washer. Because TNHC has Wolf as standard you can also get a great deal on a Sub-Zero (better than anything from Pacific Sales) if you want to buy the fridge from them.
Of course there are some big mark-ups like a lutron dimmer switch for $130 which you can buy at Home Depot for $30 and install yourself. You could argue you're paying for the labor though but switches are pretty easy vs like pre-wiring which will be a pain to do after the dry walls go up <sigh>.
Hope that helps and best of luck in your search!
Whether you like it or not (location, floorplans, etc), you can't argue that LR is the same as what's out there in the Irvine market, and you can't argue that TNHC is no different from TIC. Reading about some of the horror stories on here about the impersonal nature of the buying process and the markups that TIC offers, I can say that TNHC has been a delight to work with in the home-buying process. Yup, I'm biased, and it's based on my direct experiences. Again, love or hate LR, it's genuinely different (and better, I'd argue) than anything being offered by TIC.
irvinehomeowner
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I would say the buying experience seems different based on posts here but I don't think the product is all that different.
Most of the homes are similar to what has been built in Woodbury.
Most of the homes are similar to what has been built in Woodbury.
irvinehomeowner said:
I was referring to the *new* home market. I'm not terribly familiar with what's been built in Woodbury in the past, but if you're looking for a new home in Irvine or surrounding areas, there really isn't anything similar in size or design to what's being offered at The Grove at LR.
irvinehomeowner
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San Marino in Woodbury and Toscana in Laguna Altura have similarly sized homes.
The smallest LR models (Grove? Ranch? Prairie? Plains?) is similar in layout to new IP plans (ie Great Room, one bedroom down).
The smallest LR models (Grove? Ranch? Prairie? Plains?) is similar in layout to new IP plans (ie Great Room, one bedroom down).
irvinehomeowner
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Well... the difference is more tied to the size than the design.
Obviously, if you have more square footage, you can be "different"... what I'm saying is that in the same size... the floorplans are not that much different.
If IP had 5100 square foot homes, I'm sure they could be 'different" from what they are currently selling.
Obviously, if you have more square footage, you can be "different"... what I'm saying is that in the same size... the floorplans are not that much different.
If IP had 5100 square foot homes, I'm sure they could be 'different" from what they are currently selling.
irvinehomeowner
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Now that I'm looking at the floorplans, wouldn't you say that San Marino is more "different" than The Field?
The Motor Court Company
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LR sells well because it hits the sweet spot on a niche market. It is the only Irvine new home development with homes larger than 3500 sqft. And TNHC not being as greedy as TIC.
TNHC offsets proximity to landfill by not having mello-roos. TIC thinks living close to 405 noise/pollution is a premium so they charge you higher mello-roos instead.
Large size homes also enable TNHC to add more flare to the home design, such as features to appease multi-gen. TIC just uses its copier machines and disrespect the elders by having tiny downstair 4th bedrooms.
TNHC is smart enough not to screw up the community design in order to build more homes, unlike what TIC did with Laguna Altura.
TNHC offsets proximity to landfill by not having mello-roos. TIC thinks living close to 405 noise/pollution is a premium so they charge you higher mello-roos instead.
Large size homes also enable TNHC to add more flare to the home design, such as features to appease multi-gen. TIC just uses its copier machines and disrespect the elders by having tiny downstair 4th bedrooms.
TNHC is smart enough not to screw up the community design in order to build more homes, unlike what TIC did with Laguna Altura.
thedude111222
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Define reasonably priced.... For instance did you upgrade your flooring? If so what was standard? Why did you upgrade to? And, approx how much did that cost (per sq ft would be fine if you know it)?
PenguinOrange
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thedude111222 said:
From what I've been hearing it's about 20% mark-up just below enough that people have decided to do most flooring upgrades through them. With anything if you do post escrow it will be cheaper, but you have to wait to move in or be willing to deal with construction while you're living there so it's trade-off.
Standard is tile (foyer, bath, kitchen) unlike vinyl which I read some IP places (Saratoga?) has and carpet in the common rooms on 1st floor. 2nd floor carpet and stairs with tiles in baths and laundry.
The kitchen standard is very nice, with granite and self-closing finger joint cabinets, wolf stove, and asko dish washer. Because TNHC has Wolf as standard you can also get a great deal on a Sub-Zero (better than anything from Pacific Sales) if you want to buy the fridge from them.
Of course there are some big mark-ups like a lutron dimmer switch for $130 which you can buy at Home Depot for $30 and install yourself. You could argue you're paying for the labor though but switches are pretty easy vs like pre-wiring which will be a pain to do after the dry walls go up <sigh>.
Hope that helps and best of luck in your search!
