Irvinehomeseeker said:Danimal said:
IP is building too fast...watch out for quality of build. Builders want to take advantage of the market. Those so called semi releases are a way to gauge the market and increase prices on homes with a smaller batch.
I think OH4 will come up ahead of schedule, homes may get sold in OH4 even before Models go up
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.Danimal said:We just did stage 4 upgrades today which includes engineer wood floor, upgrade carpets, upgrade tiles for all bathrooms, powder and laundry, split plantation shutters for all windows except kitchen windows which gets Hunter Douglas blind.
Few things worth mentioned:
- Wolf appliances is confirmed.
- Discount for 3x flooring upgrade increases to $3200. Pocket change for what we pay for the upgrades
- IP designer would mot give me blueprint of the house but allow me to take screenshots.
CalBears96 said:Danimal said:We just did stage 4 upgrades today which includes engineer wood floor, upgrade carpets, upgrade tiles for all bathrooms, powder and laundry, split plantation shutters for all windows except kitchen windows which gets Hunter Douglas blind.
Few things worth mentioned:
- Wolf appliances is confirmed.
- Discount for 3x flooring upgrade increases to $3200. Pocket change for what we pay for the upgrades
- IP designer would mot give me blueprint of the house but allow me to take screenshots.
Was it changed from $2719 to $3200? Did you get any agreement allowance?
When we did our stage 4 upgrades, we upgraded all downstairs, plus upstairs bathrooms and laundry room to 24"x24" polished porcelain, and stairs and all upstairs to LVP. Total for flooring was ~$48k, but with the discount and allowance, it came down to ~$41k.
We did basswood shutters for all the windows except big windows in master bed and bedroom 2 (which opens to juliet balcony) and the sliding doors in dining room and great room. We did the Lutron roller shades for the sliders.
All in all, we spent a lot on stage 4. Our total for all the upgrades was about $135k. We really did upgrade everything.
.Irvinehomeseeker said:Skip the waiting lists and bid on this brand new Fresco build -https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/104-Parakeet-92602/home/177849309
Owner probably got it at a very low price (guessing 1.6 Million) since this lot was released in very early part of 2021 when Fresco sales were yet to pick up. Eyeing over 500K profit in a year.
Let's see if the listing agent will chime in like what happened with the Helena Resale at EW
Yousr said:Irvinehomeseeker said:Skip the waiting lists and bid on this brand new Fresco build -https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/104-Parakeet-92602/home/177849309
Owner probably got it at a very low price (guessing 1.6 Million) since this lot was released in very early part of 2021 when Fresco sales were yet to pick up. Eyeing over 500K profit in a year.
Let's see if the listing agent will chime in like what happened with the Helena Resale at EW
Looks like the Fresco sales office finally caught up with the resale market value. Floor plan 3 witnessed a very steep price hike of $ 370K on 2 steps across the span of 2 months. Starting with a phase 13 base price of 1.8M around mid Dec then a 160K pump for phase 14b, shortly followed by another 210K pump for phase 14c. No floor plan 3 was offered in phase 14a. Now when you add the design center upgrades to the base price of 2.166M, you get the 2.3M asking of 104 Parakeet and IP is made whole again !
CalBears96 said:Yousr said:Irvinehomeseeker said:Skip the waiting lists and bid on this brand new Fresco build -https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/104-Parakeet-92602/home/177849309
Owner probably got it at a very low price (guessing 1.6 Million) since this lot was released in very early part of 2021 when Fresco sales were yet to pick up. Eyeing over 500K profit in a year.
Let's see if the listing agent will chime in like what happened with the Helena Resale at EW
Looks like the Fresco sales office finally caught up with the resale market value. Floor plan 3 witnessed a very steep price hike of $ 370K on 2 steps across the span of 2 months. Starting with a phase 13 base price of 1.8M around mid Dec then a 160K pump for phase 14b, shortly followed by another 210K pump for phase 14c. No floor plan 3 was offered in phase 14a. Now when you add the design center upgrades to the base price of 2.166M, you get the 2.3M asking of 104 Parakeet and IP is made whole again !
Are you sure that phase 14c doesn't already include pre-selected upgrades up to stage 3? Or possibly even stage 4? A co-worker of mine bought floorplan 2 (with conservatory and loft) in January and he was already past stage 2 cutoff. Danimal just did his stage 4 upgrade yesterday, so it's possible that phase 14c is also past stage 4 cutoff.
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