Augusta at Columbus Square

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The prime strategy should not be on product creativity but working with lawyers to lift the disclaimer and hold no harm clause on "don't eat fruits grown at premise". If that goes away then that part of town could be in a much higher demand.
 
So the disclaimer is the elephant in the room....wonder how many people walked away during the contract signing when they came across the disclaimer.  Sales must dread turning to that page....wonder what corporate strategy they use to soften the blow..

I doubt majority of people would be growing fruits and veggies in the backyard, but just knowing and having to disclose that during resale times would make the elephant more visible again.  We walked away from a resale in Arcadia years ago when we found out about the "gas membrane" underneath the house to funnel methane gas out thru the roof.  Owners never disclosed that until our home inspector noticed the sign in the garage to not drill into the slab.  I'm sure there are far more toxic gas in our common air just from living in SoCal, but having to legally bound to disclose that "there is a little organic gas here and there" during resale is not a task we want to take on.
 
irvinehomeshopper said:
The prime strategy should not be on product creativity but working with lawyers to lift the disclaimer and hold no harm clause on "don't eat fruits grown at premise". If that goes away then that part of town could be in a much higher demand.
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Where is this clause?  Which line on what page of what document dated when and what revision?

 
shadax said:
jvna said:
Sorry I'm joining late to this, but is this all there is in the disclosures about the soil in Columbus Square?  Didn't the "don't plant fruit trees in CS" saying come from a thread from an old IHB thread?  I read that thread long ago, but don't recall if it was an actual quote from the disclosure or if it was an inference from what was said in the disclosure.  Are these two pages the only things said about the soil in CS?
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Agree-  If all of the disclosures aren't posted completely, what does it prove?
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Um yea, let me scan and post 200 pages so some internet troll can then say "how do we know there wasn't an addendum to the disclaimer?"  Why don't YOU prove there is a disclaimer about toxic soil and not planting trees.
 
We were literally super close to signing the contract and entering into a sales agreement when we decided to hold off. This was after we received the disclaimer about not planting any fruit trees or any plants that have deep roots.
The chances of these roots tapping into that plume is unlikely however we did decide to pass on Augusta due to several other reasons.
However, the thought of the plume rising to the surface was scary enough to help us decide to hold off. Our dog eats everything on the ground...Again, very unlikely but we love our dog, errr "dinner".

If you want the disclaimer, all you have to do is ask the sales office for it however it is real and not an internet myth.
 
If I were the developer I would spend all my financial resource to have the plume disclosure clause lifted. Among other negatives I could live with this is the deal breaker for me. This is what TIC would have done.
 
savagedub78,

If that is true then a lot of people are in a lot of trouble.  The developer alone has planted thousands of plants, not to mention the plants planted by the HOA and individual homeowners.
 
We really are running out of decent land in OC...seems everything else has toxic shit in/on/around the soil.  Resale QH is the place to be?
 
test said:
savagedub78,

If that is true then a lot of people are in a lot of trouble.  The developer alone has planted thousands of plants, not to mention the plants planted by the HOA and individual homeowners.
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So if my dog eats a community tree then I can sue for millions?  Do they have signs around to not eat the foilage?  Again the main point is that you have to disclose at time of resale, that is the trouble... I don't plan to dig a well or eat the dirt in my back yard but having to legally disclose my soil is shit to any potential home buyer is a no no in my book...
 
Do you think I can get a written copy of the disclaimer from the sales people? not sure they would like that being posted online for the public.

savagedub78 said:
We were literally super close to signing the contract and entering into a sales agreement when we decided to hold off. This was after we received the disclaimer about not planting any fruit trees or any plants that have deep roots.
The chances of these roots tapping into that plume is unlikely however we did decide to pass on Augusta due to several other reasons.
However, the thought of the plume rising to the surface was scary enough to help us decide to hold off. Our dog eats everything on the ground...Again, very unlikely but we love our dog, errr "dinner".

If you want the disclaimer, all you have to do is ask the sales office for it however it is real and not an internet myth.
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shadax said:
We really are running out of decent land in OC...seems everything else has toxic shit in/on/around the soil.  Resale QH is the place to be?
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time for UCI to sell whatever land it has for residential developement. This is win-win: solving the budge crisis at the same time.
 
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