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hello said:
Its hard to say with the pictures, but im sure this car "fits" if he pulled all the way up to the garage with barely any space in front of the car.  The point was that its ridiculous that you have to park so specifically to leave little to no space between the car and garage in order to fit your car on the drive way.  If you want to fit two cars side by side on the driveway, its the same issue.  Again, 2.7M and you have to be careful how you park so that you are not protruding into the sidewalk?  Ridiculous.  Oh and I love the front yard on this 2.7M dollar house.  Have we all lost our mind thinking that this is ok for a 2.7M dollar house?
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It's all relative in real estate. I have a relative who just dropped $600k on a massive home in Fontana with 3 car garage, huge streets, wide open driveway. And yet it's "Fontana" and probably one of the most expensive homes in the entire city. And then you go to NYC and they have an apartment listed for $20 million and they tell you they have a 1 car space for that apartment (but oh by the way you have to drop another $1 million just for the parking space) - this was on MDLNY last season. Ultimately it's what the market demands and is willing to pay. For people coming from a place like Hong Kong what a steal to get a driveway and 2 car garage for $2.7! :)
 
Paris said:
hello said:
Its hard to say with the pictures, but im sure this car "fits" if he pulled all the way up to the garage with barely any space in front of the car.  The point was that its ridiculous that you have to park so specifically to leave little to no space between the car and garage in order to fit your car on the drive way.  If you want to fit two cars side by side on the driveway, its the same issue.  Again, 2.7M and you have to be careful how you park so that you are not protruding into the sidewalk?  Ridiculous.  Oh and I love the front yard on this 2.7M dollar house.  Have we all lost our mind thinking that this is ok for a 2.7M dollar house?
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It's all relative in real estate. I have a relative who just dropped $600k on a massive home in Fontana with 3 car garage, huge streets, wide open driveway. And yet it's "Fontana" and probably one of the most expensive homes in the entire city. And then you go to NYC and they have an apartment listed for $20 million and they tell you they have a 1 car space for that apartment (but oh by the way you have to drop another $1 million just for the parking space) - this was on MDLNY last season. Ultimately it's what the market demands and is willing to pay. For people coming from a place like Hong Kong what a steal to get a driveway and 2 car garage for $2.7! :)
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This! Completely market driven, nothing more and nothing less. What is the large-ish home on the smallish lot with the 2 car garage and a short driveway which barely fits an SUV worth? What the (FCB) buyer will pay for it!!! ;)
 
Per code garage is 20x20
Driveway is 16 wide x 18 deep

No developer will give you a larger garage than code required . Selling price is based only on livable sf regardless of the garage size and possibly some premium on extra yard space.

Developer much prefers to sell another house by taking extra yard from every lot and squeeeeeeze out another lot. A house is about $400/sf while extra yard $150/sf and extra driveway is about $225/sf.

Homes north of Trabuco and East of Jeffrey the trash cans by code could not be housed within the 20x20 garage space by planning code. Other areas are not required so the trash cans in the garage will interfere with parked cars inside the garage.
 
irvinehomeshopper said:
Per code garage is 20x20
Driveway is 16 wide x 18 deep

No developer will give you a larger garage than code required . Selling price is based only on livable sf regardless of the garage size and possibly some premium on extra yard space.
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every developer in the groves at OH except capella gives you a larger garage than 20x20.  all residences at saviero, la vita, vicenza 1/3, amelia 1/3, and  trevi 1/2 give you significant extra storage.  messina 2/3, vicenza 2, amelia 2, and trevi 3 are actually 3 car garages.

a lot of buyers may choose to convert that garage/storage space into additional living space, but don't accuse the developers of not giving the option of larger garages.
 
The groves is probably the exception since aren't most of those houses like 4000+ sq ft? It would be criminal to just give you a 20x20 garage.

IHS is right, pretty much every builder in Irvine is doing 20x20 garages and 10ft yards.
 
qwerty said:
The groves is probably the exception since aren't most of those houses like 4000+ sq ft? It would be criminal to just give you a 20x20 garage.

IHS is right, pretty much every builder in Irvine is doing 20x20 garages and 10ft yards.
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But the topic of this post is an amelia.

He also unequivocally said "no developer will give you a larger garage."  that is not correct.
 
One of the criteria for $2m+ home is to differentiate that ugly 2 car wide frontal garage door. So the builders are required to do separate single garage doors. Most cars can't fit into an 8' wide single wide as the builder has to give the consumers (2) 9' wide door. The shear panels has to be 24" wide between doors and on the outer edge. 2x9'+3x2'= 24'.

The developers have no choice here. You may think they are generous but they are not. 24' is absolutely the minimum to accommodate the single wide garage doors.

You will not find a double wide door garage that is wider than 20'.
 
hah, i happen to think double wide garage doors look great. Also, some of the driveway homes at Petaluma are 20 x 22d.
 
freedomcm said:
how much for a 3c offset with one facing, and two side entry?
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Ain't nobody keeps stats for that.  How much extra can I expect if I have crown molding but only in the dining room and I upgraded my door handles to polished nickel?
 
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