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Here’s what $1 million will buy you in Irvine

2009-11-20T12:18:05-08:00

http://irvinehomes.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/20/heres-what-1-million-will-buy-you-in-irvine/10441/

California Room

2009-11-19T17:04:54-08:00

What is your perception of the California Room?

Favorite Irvine Floorplan?

2009-10-06T12:32:38-08:00

Now that IR2 has updated his site to include all of the Irvine floorplans (http://floorplans.irvinerealtor.com), I wanted to find out which ones you like.

Trying to ignore location, elevetion and age, I want to focus on what internal features you like about a floorplan.

I’ll start… it’s a newer one and although located in no_vas’ favorite area, Columbus Grove, it’s a layout that I wish Lennar had repeated at Woodbury:

It’s not 3WCG, but it does have a 3-car garage (pseudo). What I like most about this is they make most of the box space that the newer lots are built on these days.

They have a similar plan in Woodbury in both Rosemoor and Villa Rosa but quite neutered (in my opinion):

Granted, the Rosemoor plan is almost 400sft smaller but the Villa Rosa Plan 2 is 2925 and only 240sf smaller:

They removed the side facing storage garage, moved the 5th bedroom to the den area because that area is taken by a tandem garage and lost about a 1/4 of the upstairs which ended up removing the master retreat to make room for the smaller master bath.

What I like about the Alexandria plan:

1. Private tub area
2. Private shower area
3. Upstairs laundry w/ sink
4. Upstairs bedroom w/ private bath
5. Downstairs bedroom
6. Master retreat
7. Access to dining room from kitchen
8. High ceiling entry foyer

I would have probably switched the positions of the upstairs laundry and bath 2 to make it a jack-and-jill bath between br 3 and 4 and also looked into switching the den with the downstairs bedroom and creating an access door to the 3rd garage so it can actually be a guest room with it’s own garage.

What I like about the changes to the Rosemoor/Villa Rosa plan:

1. Living room (although small)
2. Laundry is two sided (sink/folding on opposite side of washer/dryer)
3. Private patio off of dining room
4. 1.5 bathrooms downstairs (powder room for guests, private bath for 5th bedroom)
5. Dual master closets

I would have probably utilized the space above the living room to create a loft area or a master retreat.

So for me, I think 2500-3000 sft and a 5br is probably the ideal house. I know that many of you vary in size and type of home but I would like to know which floorplans are your favorites and why.

Ideal Home Brokers

2009-11-19T23:03:53-08:00

This is the most user friendly site that I have seen so far. I like the graphic map and the visual house images that appear as I fly over each home. I found it 100 times faster to view homes with nice form and curb appeal than many other RE websites.

Nice job IR/Zovall.

Irvine Inventory is under 500 today

2009-11-19T20:40:18-08:00

Just curious. What has been Irvine’s highest and lowest inventory on record? Anybody know?

Current forecast for Irvine bottom?

2009-11-17T11:40:07-08:00

I know initially it was at 2011

Has it been updated since then by IrvineRenter?

Based on the current forecast, how much will the median price decrease? What about the decrease for low, middle, and upper end homes?

a Rumor?

2009-11-18T16:42:58-08:00

Just heard, but no way to confirm it is accurate, let’s just call “a rumor”:

Banks are planning to release their REO properties which they have been holding for a long time by Jan, 2010 .

Anyone heard this kind of rumor?

Irvine Homes blogger buys a home

2009-11-16T20:15:44-08:00

I’m calling a bottom! Irvine Homes blogger buys a home

2010 Woodbury/WB East New Home Collection

2009-10-17T03:33:52-08:00

Looks like residential building in Woodbury and Woodbury East are now officially in full swing:

2010 Woodbury/WB East New Home Collection

The common thread among this new collection is the “California Room.”

The 2010 Collection:

Woodbury:
Monteceto - SFR
Sonoma - SFR
Carmel - SFR
La Casella - Condo

Woodbury East:
Santa Rosa - Condo
Monterey - Condo
Coronado - SFR
Santa Cruz - SFR

All of this in addition to the PS homes and Ivy.

The housing slump is officially over in Irvine.

How Long Will It Take To Build Out Columbus Square?

2008-06-16T07:45:51-08:00

Does anybody know how much building has slowed down?
Who has walked? Who will walk?
Who will be coming in?

Basically, by 2012, do you think that this area will be build out in terms of homes? Retail?
Future Development Plans?

Also, If you currently live in Columbus Square, I would value your input on what’s it like
when you wake up in the morning, come home after work, and when you go for a walk in Columbus Square.
And if you are living there, if you had more money before you bought, would you have bought in Woodbury? Elsewhere?