Hidden Canyon in Irvine
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+1 for Malia from TNHC, she is just so incredible and extremely pleasant to work with.
I don't have any experience with TBs but among all the different new home sales staff I've encounter in the recent years, I also had the best experience with TNHC's sales people.
Good luck with that. These are all pre-construction, so there's no incentive for TB to consider lower bids. You're better off trying to negotiate on lots that are move-in ready (later construction phases), but that's assuming there will be any standing inventory, or another buyer falls out of escrow.
We are estimating upgrades will be as much as 15% of the base home price. This 15% includes structural upgrades. The landscaping (front and back) is another story and we're not factoring that into the 15%.
At this point we've only been able to select our structural and electrical options which have had a larger builder markup. We are doing a majority of our upgrades after closing.
ps99472
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Got my awkward on with a HC sales person recently. Popped in on opening weekend to show the wife the models. We walked into the sales trailer right behind another group of older buyers. Didn't get the customary eye contact hand shake greeting I usually receive when I walk into a possible biggest purchase of my life situation. Got ignored instead. Assumed I got profiled to be with the other group since I was young and they were old and we happen to be the same skin color. Though they were really ugly so I can't understand how the sales person can assume I'm genetically related to them. So the other group got the sales sheet, the brochure and left to go tour the models. I'm left standing at the info island looking at the sales person. I guess the light bulb finally popped and she asked "you're not with the other group?"
Stupid radar is on full alert now as I tell her no, my wife and I are not with the mutants from planet ugly stick. So now with foot in mouth she asks me to fill out the sign in form. I tell her I filled one out over 2 months ago. Then she made up some weird excuse that she still needs to log my name down and opened a notebook full of scribbles and notes. I tell her my name. She rights my first name sloppily in a random spot and then we come to a screeching halt as she struggles with my last name. WOW. Never ever had anyone had issues with my last name. So I proceeded to spell my last name for her. She gets the first letter wrong. I spell it again. She must have some sort of a mental block as she put down the exact same wrong letter again. And then proceeds to put down letters that are not even in my name. She sounded flustered as she hands me the pen and asks me to write my own last name in the random spot in the book.
My first visit two months ago was like butter compared to this lady. When a large group of people walk in isn't it customary for sales to ask a quick "are we all together" question?
Stupid radar is on full alert now as I tell her no, my wife and I are not with the mutants from planet ugly stick. So now with foot in mouth she asks me to fill out the sign in form. I tell her I filled one out over 2 months ago. Then she made up some weird excuse that she still needs to log my name down and opened a notebook full of scribbles and notes. I tell her my name. She rights my first name sloppily in a random spot and then we come to a screeching halt as she struggles with my last name. WOW. Never ever had anyone had issues with my last name. So I proceeded to spell my last name for her. She gets the first letter wrong. I spell it again. She must have some sort of a mental block as she put down the exact same wrong letter again. And then proceeds to put down letters that are not even in my name. She sounded flustered as she hands me the pen and asks me to write my own last name in the random spot in the book.
My first visit two months ago was like butter compared to this lady. When a large group of people walk in isn't it customary for sales to ask a quick "are we all together" question?
happios said:
+1 for Malia from TNHC, she is just so incredible and extremely pleasant to work with.
I don't have any experience with TBs but among all the different new home sales staff I've encounter in the recent years, I also had the best experience with TNHC's sales people.
That looks like the Over porcelain tiles form Arizona Tiles. Didn't some one from PP use something similar to this?
This flooring looks pretty wild, very bold and looks the best if it's use over a very large area. It definitely makes a statement but might be a bit much for some.
This flooring looks pretty wild, very bold and looks the best if it's use over a very large area. It definitely makes a statement but might be a bit much for some.
ps99472
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Rotate them before posting on TI. If you're using iOS, you can edit the pics in the PHOTOS app. Click the edit function in the top right corner of the pic you just opened, then click on the crop symbol on the bottom, the 90 degree rotate button should appear on the lower left. Rotate correctly.
If you have android, similar procedure, open the photos app, click on photo, hit the edit (pencil) button, there should be a dedicated rotate button and you're done.
Make sure you save your edits and then attach to your TI posts (remember to pick the edited photo if you didn't erase the old one)
If you're on windows, any photo editing can rotate, even the barebones image viewer.
Once you're comfortable with this we can move on to lesson 2, embedding photos.
If you have android, similar procedure, open the photos app, click on photo, hit the edit (pencil) button, there should be a dedicated rotate button and you're done.
Make sure you save your edits and then attach to your TI posts (remember to pick the edited photo if you didn't erase the old one)
If you're on windows, any photo editing can rotate, even the barebones image viewer.
Once you're comfortable with this we can move on to lesson 2, embedding photos.
I'm looking to make a purchase of one of these homes in the coming weeks, and I was wondering if Toll Brothers is willing to negotiate on the final price of the home. From looking at other Toll Brothers threads, it seems like you can negotiate a couple of percent off the final price (including lot premiums and upgrades) of the home. Anyone have any experience or advice? Is negotiation a common practice, or is Hidden Canyon too exclusive?
akshman96 said:
Good luck with that. These are all pre-construction, so there's no incentive for TB to consider lower bids. You're better off trying to negotiate on lots that are move-in ready (later construction phases), but that's assuming there will be any standing inventory, or another buyer falls out of escrow.
Caitlin
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ps9 said:
We are estimating upgrades will be as much as 15% of the base home price. This 15% includes structural upgrades. The landscaping (front and back) is another story and we're not factoring that into the 15%.
At this point we've only been able to select our structural and electrical options which have had a larger builder markup. We are doing a majority of our upgrades after closing.