EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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Sounds like Lennar doesn't want to take the 3-4% hit on the CC transaction. They also may not be set up to process CC transactions.
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GrewUpInIrvine_IHB
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<p>God forbid they take a 3-4% hit on a product marked up 100%. I am so conflicted with them. I really like to home design. I really like the community. I am excited about the new school. It will be close to my job. But for me, thinking about paying 1m means that I should not be nickel and dimed on everything else... or subjected to these silly conditions... its totally pathetic, but 1m ain't what it used to be.</p>
<p>Oh, one more thing. If I chose to install my own floors, they will not (1) allow me to close without floors and (2) will not allow my own contractor on sight before close to install the floors. The result, I'd have to rip everything up after I close on the house to do things the way I want to. Talk about trying to make everything as inconvenient as possible for me... what a way to attract buyers.</p>
<p>Oh, one more thing. If I chose to install my own floors, they will not (1) allow me to close without floors and (2) will not allow my own contractor on sight before close to install the floors. The result, I'd have to rip everything up after I close on the house to do things the way I want to. Talk about trying to make everything as inconvenient as possible for me... what a way to attract buyers.</p>
ipoplaya_IHB
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<p>That's right GrewUp. And they won't upgrade carpet that is continous, i.e. they won't let you upgrade certain carpet areas and leave the builder standard crap to be ripped out in favor of your flooring of choice if the areas are contiguous. That's how the force you into a "whole house" carpet upgrade...</p>
<p>Buying new during the early bubble was easier. No nickel-diming. Cal Pac happily dropped plain on vinyl all throughout my downstairs since I was going outside for Pergo. Vinyl is a great moisture barrier on the concrete sub anyway so they did me a nice favor and actually knocked dollars off my options since I was getting cheaper floor covering.</p>
<p>Buying new during the early bubble was easier. No nickel-diming. Cal Pac happily dropped plain on vinyl all throughout my downstairs since I was going outside for Pergo. Vinyl is a great moisture barrier on the concrete sub anyway so they did me a nice favor and actually knocked dollars off my options since I was getting cheaper floor covering.</p>
IACRenter_IHB
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GUII--Confirmed a PLAN 2 did drop out of escrow and they are showing it, Lot 84, end of cul-de-sac on Winding Way. I didn't get the price but assuming it is around $1.08M with upgraded flooring. Go check it out. Doubtful they are offering any incentives.
GrewUpInIrvine_IHB
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just got the email about the new release... from the one millions... I wonder if that means prices creeped up like they did in VoC Gables...?
ipoplaya_IHB
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Stopped in at VR for fun this morning after checking out some of the Earth Day stuff and Woodbury Town Center. Price sheet as follows:
Plan 1B, homesite 215, $991K
Plan 2BR, homesite 214, $1.083M
Plan 2B, homsite 84, $1.098M "Move in Now!"
Plan 3B, homesite 213, $1.13M
Plan 3B, homseite 216, $1.12M
You can move in now GUII for the princely sum of $1.098M + flooring + window treatments + landscape.
Plan 1B, homesite 215, $991K
Plan 2BR, homesite 214, $1.083M
Plan 2B, homsite 84, $1.098M "Move in Now!"
Plan 3B, homesite 213, $1.13M
Plan 3B, homseite 216, $1.12M
You can move in now GUII for the princely sum of $1.098M + flooring + window treatments + landscape.
GrewUpInIrvine_IHB
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IPO - that is about a 16K "JUMP" on the homesite 84 property... previously the subject of "targeted" incentives including (1) a lennar subsidized 5.75 30 year fixed mortgage and (2) upgraded wood floors and carpet throughout. Looks like they have decided to charge for the floors after all? I've been in the home. Nice house, but the way the neighboring properties encroach on it has me thinking that it will be a little while before anyone bites... certainly not me. For 1m, I should be getting a home positioned exactly where I want to be.
irvine123_IHB
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are the homes on sites 21x right behind the model homes?
ipoplaya_IHB
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I didn't pick up a site map or check the board 123... GUII probably knows the answer to that one.
GrewUpInIrvine_IHB
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[quote author="ipoplaya" date=1208691273]I didn't pick up a site map or check the board 123... GUII probably knows the answer to that one.</blockquote>
Hey, I'm not trying to get myself branded as some sort of Lennar sales agent... but yes, the most recent release is a grouping of homes that front winding way AND are directly behind the models... in my opinion, an area with the greatest liklihood of sales difficulty, since the homes will front the street that acts at the point of entry for the whole quadrant of the development - read: "lots of traffic." Anyone with little kids might be more likely to wait for future phases with far less "thru" traffic... but I'm safety conscious.
Hey, I'm not trying to get myself branded as some sort of Lennar sales agent... but yes, the most recent release is a grouping of homes that front winding way AND are directly behind the models... in my opinion, an area with the greatest liklihood of sales difficulty, since the homes will front the street that acts at the point of entry for the whole quadrant of the development - read: "lots of traffic." Anyone with little kids might be more likely to wait for future phases with far less "thru" traffic... but I'm safety conscious.
I go by this new phase on my way to and from work each day...and each day either:
1) A worker walks out front of my car without looking and I have to swerve or hit the brakes
2) Machinery pulls into the road without the driver looking.
3) Or the workers park on both sides of the road and create a one lane road. This is a problem because of the heavy traffic from people making a left onto winding way.
This is a bad traffic area with the construction workers, but will still be a problem when people live in the homes. I guarentee there will be an accident in which a car backs out of the driveway and gets hit my somebody making a left onto the street. Especially if there is a parked car blocking the view of the driveway.
1) A worker walks out front of my car without looking and I have to swerve or hit the brakes
2) Machinery pulls into the road without the driver looking.
3) Or the workers park on both sides of the road and create a one lane road. This is a problem because of the heavy traffic from people making a left onto winding way.
This is a bad traffic area with the construction workers, but will still be a problem when people live in the homes. I guarentee there will be an accident in which a car backs out of the driveway and gets hit my somebody making a left onto the street. Especially if there is a parked car blocking the view of the driveway.