Fresco @ Eastwood Village

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LVP is def more ideal if you have kids and especially in the kitchen. I had engineered wood in my prior home and it got warped in the kitchen area due to water spillage etc

This is my fear with engineered wood in areas that have water exposure. In your case when the engineered wood got warped in the kitchen, what did it take to get it fixed?

 

[BlackKnight]

How is the waiting list for Eastwood and Orchard Hill?  Too late to get in line for Eastwood? Anyone knows the prices for next phrase?

 

[irvinehomeowner]

About moving money to the US, can't they use crypto to do this?

Or is there some limitation on large conversion transactions?

 

[Cares]

About moving money to the US, can't they use crypto to do this?

Or is there some limitation on large conversion transactions?

China banned crypto mining and trading sometime this year. They said because crypto and mining is harmful to the environment but I'm sure they want tighter control on their currency and assets.

 

[usctrojancpa]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

 

[Cares]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

I'm surprised any builder is even co-op at all still and all have not moved to a bidding structure. It's not like there are other options for buyers...

 

[usctrojancpa]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

I'm surprised any builder is even co-op at all still and all have not moved to a bidding structure. It's not like there are other options for buyers...

True, if the market keeps going like this then Irvine Pacific will probably do away with the broker coop as well.

 

[BlackKnight]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

I'm surprised any builder is even co-op at all still and all have not moved to a bidding structure. It's not like there are other options for buyers...

True, if the market keeps going like this then Irvine Pacific will probably do away with the broker coop as well.

I am surprised they even offer broker co-op. Buyer broker for a new construction doesn?t really do a lot aside  putting their names on the contract and collecting the paycheck at the end

 

[Cares]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

I'm surprised any builder is even co-op at all still and all have not moved to a bidding structure. It's not like there are other options for buyers...

True, if the market keeps going like this then Irvine Pacific will probably do away with the broker coop as well.

I am surprised they even offer broker co-op. Buyer broker for a new construction doesn?t really do a lot aside  putting their names on the contract and collecting the paycheck at the end

When the market was slow and there were lot of options for buyers it was the builders' way of "marketing" so that agents would steer their buyers to new builds. In this market, it makes little sense but as an agent I'll take what I can get.

 

[CalBears96]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

I made reservation for Bluffs 2 on 12/12 and broker coop was $25,000, and sales lady told me that it would go down to $15,000 starting Jan 1st.

 

[CalBears96]

One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

I'm surprised any builder is even co-op at all still and all have not moved to a bidding structure. It's not like there are other options for buyers...

True, if the market keeps going like this then Irvine Pacific will probably do away with the broker coop as well.

I am surprised they even offer broker co-op. Buyer broker for a new construction doesn?t really do a lot aside  putting their names on the contract and collecting the paycheck at the end

When the market was slow and there were lot of options for buyers it was the builders' way of "marketing" so that agents would steer their buyers to new builds. In this market, it makes little sense but as an agent I'll take what I can get.

RE agents on Youtube are still talking about Bluffs/Highland, but no one mentions Sierra at all.  ;D

 

[huuur]

Martin, can you share when your client (who got Eastwood Fresco model 3) gets on the priority list? Which phase did he get a house? - Phase 13?

Quote from: USCTrojanCPA on Today at 10:51:32 AM
One of my buyers got a Plan 3 and I noticed that Irvine Pacific dropped the broker coop again.  Originally it was $45,000 then it went down to $30,000 as of July 1st and now it's $17,000.

 

[CalBears96]

LVP is def more ideal if you have kids and especially in the kitchen. I had engineered wood in my prior home and it got warped in the kitchen area due to water spillage etc

I'm just curious, but why did you use engineered wood instead of tiles in the kitchen? There are 3 areas that I would definitely use tiles or LVP: kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room.

 

[box]

LVP is def more ideal if you have kids and especially in the kitchen. I had engineered wood in my prior home and it got warped in the kitchen area due to water spillage etc

I'm just curious, but why did you use engineered wood instead of tiles in the kitchen? There are 3 areas that I would definitely use tiles or LVP: kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room.

In these open floor plan homes, transitioning from engineered hardwood to tile at the kitchen would be pretty ugly, I imagine.

 

[BlackKnight]

LVP is def more ideal if you have kids and especially in the kitchen. I had engineered wood in my prior home and it got warped in the kitchen area due to water spillage etc

I'm just curious, but why did you use engineered wood instead of tiles in the kitchen? There are 3 areas that I would definitely use tiles or LVP: kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room.

In these open floor plan homes, transitioning from engineered hardwood to tile at the kitchen would be pretty ugly, I imagine.

I totally agree. I hate flooring that has tile and something else between kitchen and the rest of the first floor. They are fugly.

 

[CalBears96]

LVP is def more ideal if you have kids and especially in the kitchen. I had engineered wood in my prior home and it got warped in the kitchen area due to water spillage etc

I'm just curious, but why did you use engineered wood instead of tiles in the kitchen? There are 3 areas that I would definitely use tiles or LVP: kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room.

In these open floor plan homes, transitioning from engineered hardwood to tile at the kitchen would be pretty ugly, I imagine.

I totally agree. I hate flooring that has tile and something else between kitchen and the rest of the first floor. They are fugly.

Well, that's why you should have tiles for the entire first floor.  ;D We're going to do tiles on the first floor and engineered wood on second floor (except laundry room and bathrooms).

In my current home, we have tiles running from kitchen/nook running through hallway to bathroom/laundry room. The two rooms downstairs are using eningeered wood, and the living room, dining room, and family also wood since they're all connected. The transitioning happens between kitchen and family room, and between hallway and living/dining room, and hallway and the two bedrooms. They don't look bad.

 

[TestingIrvine]

None of the model homes have lvp (luxury vinyl plank) flooring for a reason. You need to install engineered wood for your listing to say ?real Hardwood flooring? when you sell.

Regular hardwood floors don?t work for concrete slabs due to humidity and moisture and needs to be engineered wood.

Every model home has the same stone or engineered wood flooring throughout the 1st floor common areas.

 

[OCPricedOut]

1) It is a different design pattern  and lower profile compared to model homes I am a big fan of nylon carpet since it is more durable.  I am not sure the model home one is nylon or polyester.  Upgraded carpet comes with additional padding which is included.
2) I dont remember which manufacture it is. Quite frankly, my wife is more into simple clean quartz w/o any marble design than manufacture. Rep confirmed that the one we plan to pick uses Bretonstone pattern.
3) countertops, shower tiles are in phrase 3 and flooring/carpet in 4 if i remember correctly.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

We are also interested in doing simple clean quartz, do you recall what level of quartz upgrade did you pick? I see for kitchen countertop level 1 starts at $4600 and go all the way up to $9200 for level 4. Also, did they provide unused material credit for the countertop upgrade? We are debating whether to upgrade kitchen countertop after COE or just do it through IP if the difference is not significant..

 

[CalBears96]

1) It is a different design pattern  and lower profile compared to model homes I am a big fan of nylon carpet since it is more durable.  I am not sure the model home one is nylon or polyester.  Upgraded carpet comes with additional padding which is included.
2) I dont remember which manufacture it is. Quite frankly, my wife is more into simple clean quartz w/o any marble design than manufacture. Rep confirmed that the one we plan to pick uses Bretonstone pattern.
3) countertops, shower tiles are in phrase 3 and flooring/carpet in 4 if i remember correctly.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

We are also interested in doing simple clean quartz, do you recall what level of quartz upgrade did you pick? I see for kitchen countertop level 1 starts at $4600 and go all the way up to $7600 for level 3. Also, did they provide unused material credit for the countertop upgrade? We are debating whether to upgrade kitchen countertop after COE or just do it through IP if the difference is not significant..

There are actually 5 levels (groups) for quartz countertops. At least, for Bluffs 2, group 3 is about $6000 for kitchen countertops. My wife was asking for comparison between quartz and quartzite. The designer picked group 3 for comparison. Quartzite would be about $11,000. But I think for quartzite, there are 7 groups.

 

[BlackKnight]

For those who plan to get built-in fridge, a friend of mine just ordered 42? sub-zero and it?ll take 6 months to a year to get it.