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I really don't like gated communities so that's another con for us with Oak Creek.
I agree. The freeway also echoes through the neighborhood loudly during peak times.
irvinehomeowner
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Another Oak Creek one for under $800k (they dropped their price last week):
3br/2.5ba, 2433sf, $789khttp://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/38-Pheasant-Crk-92618/home/4746513
The listing says 4br but it's a loft that the seller said can be turned into a room. It's on a corner, farther from the freeway... the backyard is small but the 3-car wide driveway can hold a half-court basketball game. We like it but no downstairs BR, lots of pets and not many updates.
3br/2.5ba, 2433sf, $789khttp://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/38-Pheasant-Crk-92618/home/4746513
The listing says 4br but it's a loft that the seller said can be turned into a room. It's on a corner, farther from the freeway... the backyard is small but the 3-car wide driveway can hold a half-court basketball game. We like it but no downstairs BR, lots of pets and not many updates.
usctrojancpa
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A bit too close to the freeway for my taste. :-Xirvinehomeowner said:
irvinehomeowner
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And that's why Tustin Ranch is kind of a hard buy for us too... we prefer to be closer to the 405.USCTrojanCPA said:
I really don't like gated communities so that's another con for us with Oak Creek.
usctrojancpa
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Buy in Westpark or Woodbridge.irvinehomeowner said:
usctrojancpa
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If you really want Irvine prices to come down, pray for a real estate crash in China.Nous said:
usctrojancpa
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Don't underestimate the bust-o-nomics power of building ghost cities. If the US and Europe go down, so will their supplier.Nous said:
IndieDev
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Not to hijack this thread but China is clearly in a credit and asset bubble. The credit extended through the use of "Urban Development Investment Corporations" to Chinese municipalities is the same type of quality as the loans made of monopoly money to people here in the U.S from 1999-2008. I'm not a fortune teller, but China has all the similar "symptoms" of a debt crises that eventually caused a major sickness in Japan, and then later, the U.S.
irvinehomeowner
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These really aren't 3CWG but they are 2.5CWG (the very few in Irvine). 3 of them are on sale at the same time... I follow them because they are 5/3s (if they have the downstairs bath option)... I wish they had built some of these in Oak Creek (Harvard Square was open at the same time):
5br/3ba, 2179sft
6 Utah $620k (just went pending)http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/6-Utah-92606/home/4678699
27 Georgia $619khttp://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/27-Georgia-92606/home/4678587
35 New Jersey $679k (new listing)http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/35-New-Jersey-92606/home/5765779
Of the 3, Utah has the best location, on the cul-de-sac a few rows in from the freeway, Georgia has the worse, right next to the freeway.
5br/3ba, 2179sft
6 Utah $620k (just went pending)http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/6-Utah-92606/home/4678699
27 Georgia $619khttp://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/27-Georgia-92606/home/4678587
35 New Jersey $679k (new listing)http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/35-New-Jersey-92606/home/5765779
Of the 3, Utah has the best location, on the cul-de-sac a few rows in from the freeway, Georgia has the worse, right next to the freeway.
homer_simpson
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IndieDev said:
I agree. The freeway also echoes through the neighborhood loudly during peak times.
we actually went to check out 6Utah but it's already in backup offer. talked to a few neighbors and surpringsly you can't hear or smell the 5, something about the direction of the wind from the ocean. the streets with the ones against the 5 are loud, how a few roles down make a difference. 620k is damn good for a 5bed/3bath built in 1998.
irvinehomeowner
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They may be talking inside their home... not outside.
From experience, you will probably still hear the buzz of cars on the outside but the first floor with the windows closed you probably can't here anything. Upstairs you might... but that again depends on the quality of the windows and distance.
When we looked at Harvard Square when it was being built, I do remember the salesperson saying that they were better than the Oak Creek area regarding freeway noise and smog because of the "ocean breeze" towards the mountains. It is probably a crock but maybe that's the urban legend the residents have latched onto.
And each row of houses does provide a barrier of sound. Even just one row/house in is a large difference when it comes to sound abatement.
From experience, you will probably still hear the buzz of cars on the outside but the first floor with the windows closed you probably can't here anything. Upstairs you might... but that again depends on the quality of the windows and distance.
When we looked at Harvard Square when it was being built, I do remember the salesperson saying that they were better than the Oak Creek area regarding freeway noise and smog because of the "ocean breeze" towards the mountains. It is probably a crock but maybe that's the urban legend the residents have latched onto.
And each row of houses does provide a barrier of sound. Even just one row/house in is a large difference when it comes to sound abatement.