ps99472
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I consider myself a veteran of tract home models. Lost track of how many I've seen over the years, and yes I am addicted. My dream home along with many others, would be a floorplan that can properly blend outdoor and indoor living space. To feel wide open like being outdoors, yet to be in the comfort of an AC indoor home is priceless to me. To my surprise, I found that home today when I walked into La Vita Plan 4. Yes a tract home in Irvine.
We started our minor OH tour today after a pre-Father's Day celebration with the in-laws. We hit up KB's Vicenza first, not expecting much, but hoping to be entertained. Walked into the sales trailer, both sales people were in their offices, didn't get acknowledged at first, sales lady was talking loudly to the sales dude in the other room, kinda annoying. She sees me finally, and screams, first time here? I nodded and then she never bothered to get out of her chair. The sales dude came out, and asked abruptly "Everything ok?". Hmmm.. sure?? not the usual treatment I get when I walk into sales trailers. Not a good start. Plan 1 is our favorite, wide entrance foyer, lots of open space. Not sure if I'm negatively biased, but so many imperfections in these models. Cheap Vizio TVs, visible dry wall patches near curtains, dirty bathtubs, cheap decor, crooked fireplace tiling, etc.. the list goes on. Worse is the twirly CFL bulb in the outdoor entrance lamp. Hello? It's visible! How cheap can you be? Another thing I noticed, the outdoor iron pieces are stamped crooked into the stucco. Sloppy sloppy sloppy. If these are the model homes, I'm scared of how a purchased home will turn out. Kid threw a fit as we were about to leave, guess she hates KB as much as I do.
When did they start doing side by side different color kitchen cabinets? (KB model plan 3)
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Dropped the kid off at home and decided to go back to check out La Vita. Told wife that these floorplans will be unlike any other she sees.Motorcourt piazza (hammered in by sales) entrance turned out better than I expected:
Lots of room and I can see kids playing and neighbors chit chatting out here (that is if you get along with everyone in your piazza). Plan 1 did not impress at all. But sales team was night and day compared to KB's. Friendly, approachable, at least 4 different sales staff asked if I wanted a sales sheet, and if I needed help/questions answered. Low ceilings killed it for me here, I was not impressed, views of the OH apartments were ho hum.
We then walked across themotorcourt piazza to plan 4. Looked lonely in the corner with it's long driveway. It has an inner courtyard, nothing special. The entrance to the house is tucked away (there's a sign pointing to where it is). We entered and then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUis9yny_lI
OMG OMG OMG, that was the most common phrase that drooled from the mouths as people walked in.
(Super Hadoken!)
From the elevated corner in the yard
It reminded me a lot of the large floorplan from Columbus Square, kitchen, dining, great room in one huge line that leads out to the outdoors room and into the yard with a nice panoramic view (apt still there but the wide open view more than makes up for it). Wife told me she has only been this impressed once before (our current house) and she wants one... Hmmm... $2 million for thismotorcourt piazza home. Good bye 401k.
Everything is kinda blur after seeing the 20 ft ceiling entrance/great room and the yard. Master bedroom is on the first floor? Sure! No problem! Motorcourt? Sure, no problem! No kinder at Orchard Hills School? Sure, no problem!
Headed back to the sales office, apparently $400k in upgrades in the model plan 4. Not too many to go around as well, some guy got the large lot plan 4 in phase 1 apparently hangs out at the sales office 24/7 and gloats to everybody.
Nicely done Brookfield, you're the closest so far to make me want to sell my house!
We started our minor OH tour today after a pre-Father's Day celebration with the in-laws. We hit up KB's Vicenza first, not expecting much, but hoping to be entertained. Walked into the sales trailer, both sales people were in their offices, didn't get acknowledged at first, sales lady was talking loudly to the sales dude in the other room, kinda annoying. She sees me finally, and screams, first time here? I nodded and then she never bothered to get out of her chair. The sales dude came out, and asked abruptly "Everything ok?". Hmmm.. sure?? not the usual treatment I get when I walk into sales trailers. Not a good start. Plan 1 is our favorite, wide entrance foyer, lots of open space. Not sure if I'm negatively biased, but so many imperfections in these models. Cheap Vizio TVs, visible dry wall patches near curtains, dirty bathtubs, cheap decor, crooked fireplace tiling, etc.. the list goes on. Worse is the twirly CFL bulb in the outdoor entrance lamp. Hello? It's visible! How cheap can you be? Another thing I noticed, the outdoor iron pieces are stamped crooked into the stucco. Sloppy sloppy sloppy. If these are the model homes, I'm scared of how a purchased home will turn out. Kid threw a fit as we were about to leave, guess she hates KB as much as I do.
When did they start doing side by side different color kitchen cabinets? (KB model plan 3)
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Dropped the kid off at home and decided to go back to check out La Vita. Told wife that these floorplans will be unlike any other she sees.
Lots of room and I can see kids playing and neighbors chit chatting out here (that is if you get along with everyone in your piazza). Plan 1 did not impress at all. But sales team was night and day compared to KB's. Friendly, approachable, at least 4 different sales staff asked if I wanted a sales sheet, and if I needed help/questions answered. Low ceilings killed it for me here, I was not impressed, views of the OH apartments were ho hum.
We then walked across the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUis9yny_lI
OMG OMG OMG, that was the most common phrase that drooled from the mouths as people walked in.
(Super Hadoken!)
From the elevated corner in the yard
It reminded me a lot of the large floorplan from Columbus Square, kitchen, dining, great room in one huge line that leads out to the outdoors room and into the yard with a nice panoramic view (apt still there but the wide open view more than makes up for it). Wife told me she has only been this impressed once before (our current house) and she wants one... Hmmm... $2 million for this
Everything is kinda blur after seeing the 20 ft ceiling entrance/great room and the yard. Master bedroom is on the first floor? Sure! No problem! Motorcourt? Sure, no problem! No kinder at Orchard Hills School? Sure, no problem!
Headed back to the sales office, apparently $400k in upgrades in the model plan 4. Not too many to go around as well, some guy got the large lot plan 4 in phase 1 apparently hangs out at the sales office 24/7 and gloats to everybody.
Nicely done Brookfield, you're the closest so far to make me want to sell my house!
