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My first post. This blog contains very informative (also very entertaining) posts. I haven't found much discussions on Orange Park Acres in this blog. Interested in the OPA since homes are on mostly on large lots. Anyone lives in OPA or from OPA or know about OPA to offer any information about the area, good and bad points? Or point me to prior discussions. Thanks.
 
[quote author="Bored at Work" date=1231575011]My first post. This blog contains very informative (also very entertaining) posts. I haven't found much discussions on Orange Park Acres in this blog. Interested in the OPA since homes are on mostly on large lots. Anyone lives in OPA or from OPA or know about OPA to offer any information about the area, good and bad points? Or point me to prior discussions. Thanks.</blockquote>


I love the area as well. It's a great place to live if you have a horse. Most of the homes are still out of my price range, however. Good luck to you.
 
The homes are super prime, with some older small homes mixed in. The area, however, smells like horse dung. The aroma can be overpowering. This is quite neighbor dependent.



There are no neighborhood rules, so that's a plus.



It lies in the highest USGS liqufaction rated zone for earthquakes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction</a>, thus it's a non starter for Mrs. Vas. So is most of Villa Park. She has this sicko thing for slope stablity.



Eat some of this AI.
 
[quote author="Bored at Work" date=1231806125]Thanks for the replies, sorry no_vaseline, what did you mean no neighborhood rules, you mean no HOA rules?</blockquote>


They have an HOA. It has one rule.



"There are no rules."



You can pretty much do what you like over there.
 
What would be a reasonable cost for 1 acre of flat usuable land in this area? About $1 million? And what would be the reasonable cost per square foot to build a custom home on that land?
 
[quote author="Bored at Work" date=1232094012]What would be a reasonable cost for 1 acre of flat usuable land in this area? About $1 million? And what would be the reasonable cost per square foot to build a custom home on that land?</blockquote>


I just spilled soup on my keyboard.
 
Good size land at prime area of OC ranges upward of $2.75 mil per acre. Much higher to be expected at premium custom home sites. OC custom construction starts at $250/sf bottom feeder.
 
I found <a href="http://www.redfin.com/CA/Orange/697-N-Ranch-Wood-Trl-92869/home/4381510">this house</a> situated on 1 flat acre of land in Orange Park Arces for 1.7 million.
 
[quote author="Bored at Work" date=1232151696]Came across this during a search for lots in OPA.



http://www.chrismckeen.com/Nav.aspx/Page=/PageManager/Default.aspx/PageID=1452762



1 acre lots offered from $999,000. Then you would have to build a custom house on it, probably minimum of 5,000 sq. ft. You're looking at $2-3 milllion minimum, not including the landscaping.</blockquote>


Ummm... first of all, Chris McKeen mentions Ridgeline and the 9 hole golf course. Yeah... someone might want to tell her to update her website, because Ridgeline no longer exists, because a developer paid too much for the land, and wants to build equestrian estates on the land. It is quite the heated debate, and IMHO I am pissed that they took away the golf course I grew up learning to play on and had had fun playing on for years after that, and I am not the only one. To see this developer fail is something many who live in the area want, and personally... he is f*cked.



She also neglects to mention that most of OPA is on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic_tank">septic</a>, and that you will be paying an additional tax to have those newly approved sewer lines to your home. I just hope they can sell those bonds to people who think it/their sh*t doesn't stink in OPA. It does stink up there, and it is not just because of the horses, those bastards with the goats, chickens, and sheep make for the stink to come down hill to my hood when the winds pick up. I hate them, and no... their sh*t does really stink.



You want to buy a lot there and figure the cost per square foot... It will cost you a minimum of $200 a sqft. if you want quality work. Add that to the land cost and you would be dumb to do this, when you know how many OPA morons are in over their heads. Just do a Google search of Andalibian, or <a href="http://cr.ocgov.com/grantorgrantee/searchPersonsName.asp">county record search of that name</a>. That is only the beginning of the fools who bought there, and trust me... there are many more like him.
 
My husband and I lived here for a year. We rented a little guest house that was off Chapman. Everything is on septic and someone released a couple parrots years ago and now there is a whole population. Very LOUD birds! It does smell like horses, but that is what people live for there. I once saw a lady walking her cow with a leash. You can do whatever you want to your property, which is nice. They have a really cute July 4th parade and pancake breakfast. I would live there again...it is a different kind of people. The Pacific Ranch Market near by is amazing too!
 
[quote author="newportnaturalmom" date=1232268430]My husband and I lived here for a year. We rented a little guest house that was off Chapman. Everything is on septic and someone released a couple parrots years ago and now there is a whole population. Very LOUD birds!</blockquote>


<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1177755.php">http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1177755.php</a>



I have seen that flock of parrots a couple of times. It's stunning. The last time I saw it, there were so many, it stopped traffic at Tustin and Walnut at 7:45am for three minutes because there were a couple of HUNDRED parrots in the intersection. The time before that there were sixty of them in the tree in front of my house and on the powerline.



<blockquote>It does smell like horses, but that is what people live for there. I once saw a lady walking her cow with a leash. You can do whatever you want to your property, which is nice. They have a really cute July 4th parade and pancake breakfast. I would live there again...it is a different kind of people. The Pacific Ranch Market near by is amazing too! </blockquote>


That is a fab market with a real deal butcher. It is also outrageously priced.
 
Personally, I love the parrots. They are in Orange and in North Santa Ana. They compete with the crows and during a West Nile year, they win. There are a lot of great studies of the parrots, basically, they are here to stay. We had a lot more parrots in Washington Square in Santa Ana than in Park Santiago even though we are now further north, they seem to pick favorite areas and stay there. They are fascinating birds with a complex language and community. They don't annoy me in the slightest.
 
[quote author="tmare" date=1232286826]Personally, I love the parrots. They are in Orange and in North Santa Ana. They compete with the crows and during a West Nile year, they win. There are a lot of great studies of the parrots, basically, they are here to stay. We had a lot more parrots in Washington Square in Santa Ana than in Park Santiago even though we are now further north, they seem to pick favorite areas and stay there. They are fascinating birds with a complex language and community. They don't annoy me in the slightest.</blockquote>


I think they are cool as all hell myself.
 
The parrots used to sit in a tree in the back yard where I grew up in Tustin - they were a lot of fun to watch, but made a lot of noise and mess.
 
Can anyone point me to a site that shows the borders of OPA, I know OPA covers the unincorporate part and as well as part of city of Orange, but I'm curious to see what part of Orange is considered OPA. Thanks in advance.
 
I'd contact these folks:



<a href="http://www.orangeparkacres.org/">http://www.orangeparkacres.org/</a>



You might wait six months and go spend an afternoon in the middle of July there to really understand the whole "odor" thing. I grew up near a dairy and don't miss it if you catch my drift. If it wasn't for the horses and the liquifaction problems, OPA would be perfect for me.
 
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