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villagepeople said:
thelinux said:
villagepeople said:
thelinux said:
villagepeople said:
thelinux said:
... the first three questions i don't have an answer too, for the ones i do... answered inline...

How do you pick the best location anyway???

- although i want to be close to the pool and park i don't want to be right next the pool or park, it can get loud (based on the last few years of renting).. also there are gates right by a few of the houses... i wouldn't want those... the main street (pendant) is sloped, and the grade is in the backyards, i prefer being on the higher side of the slope... that's just some of the things that

I guess the ones between other units are bad because of noise concerns and shades???

i got a plan 1... for some of the reasons you talk about... the laundry room layout, 2 walls for the tv, and the storage closet access from the hallway instead of the bathroom... and 10k less (compared to plan 2) was the main reason... 10k more to be by the wall or by the street was not worth it for me.

And mind if I ask why you picked San Mateo over others???

for a year i looked at resale... but at the time.. nothing in irvine was available at that price for a newer detached... (granted i wanted to stay closer to 500k when i looked at resale) and in aliso, everything seemed to be a short sale... i made a dozen offers... all to no avail.. as for new, it was between primrose and sevilla... monthly nut it's about the same, schools are the same... so in the end it was the stonegate location and the layout of san mateo vs the other two...

Also, the price difference between plan 1 and plan 2 is only 10K and their size is about the same... I don't understand why there is price difference and what's the actual difference other than price???

with plan 2 you get an "end unit"... i guess that's what they think an end unit is worth.
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So what upgrade did you get? Or how much are you going to spend an upgrade?
Can you tell me what will be the final total cost to own this home?
I can probably spend upto 600k for evrything but i am not sure if its enough...
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i didn't get any upgrades other than what they had already chosen (first 3 phases had upgrades included)... they added stuff like ceiling fan and speaker pre-wire, added the door for the master bath... stuff i would have gotten anyway... upgrades added < 3k to the base price for me, my total came in shy of 562k...

i would think 600k is enough, even if you got a bunch of upgrades.
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So I can buy one without any upgrades? I thought you have to buy some certain upgrades...
Your base price was then about 530K ???
Their current base price is 560K for plan 1 and 570K for plan 2. I thought the home price is going down these days....
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i think you read that wrong.. my upgrades came to less than 3,000... base price was 559,000... prices haven't moved up much.. but i do believe base price is now 562k.
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Oh.. so you bought plan 1.. and the price is up by $3K??? But still it's going up while general home prices in Irvine is going down????
Anyway, how do you plan to do the landscaping????
 
julstride said:
hey there linux
was there at stonegate couple weeks ago.
no, no one is going to co-erce you into buying any upgrades whatsoever. its totally up to you.
just know that if you are going to get upgrades through the builder, your property tax is going to be counted from the final purchase price + upgrades, not just the purchase price.

typical upgrades one will get is for flooring because they usually only give you regular carpet  or economical tile and cheap vinyl in the kitchen. also, you will have no "california room" until you put some pavers/flooring in - they will only grade it for you (ie. dirt). also, the paint will be regular white paint.

estimates for me will be (decent to good wood flooring = 20K, brick paving, landscaping = 20K, designer paint throughout = 4K) to move in to start. other upgrades can be done later. of course, factor in a fridge, furniture, window treatments etc . I would not do it through the builder, except perhaps some low cost items like paint. They dont do pavers and lanscaping anyways, last I checked
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Yes, property tax. I read about it from other thread and that is why I want to avoid builders do the upgrades.
And sorry for being such a dumb but what's the california room?
Are any appliances included in the base price?
 
thelinux said:
julstride said:
hey there linux
was there at stonegate couple weeks ago.
no, no one is going to co-erce you into buying any upgrades whatsoever. its totally up to you.
just know that if you are going to get upgrades through the builder, your property tax is going to be counted from the final purchase price + upgrades, not just the purchase price.

typical upgrades one will get is for flooring because they usually only give you regular carpet  or economical tile and cheap vinyl in the kitchen. also, you will have no "california room" until you put some pavers/flooring in - they will only grade it for you (ie. dirt). also, the paint will be regular white paint.

estimates for me will be (decent to good wood flooring = 20K, brick paving, landscaping = 20K, designer paint throughout = 4K) to move in to start. other upgrades can be done later. of course, factor in a fridge, furniture, window treatments etc . I would not do it through the builder, except perhaps some low cost items like paint. They dont do pavers and lanscaping anyways, last I checked
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Yes, property tax. I read about it from other thread and that is why I want to avoid builders do the upgrades.
And sorry for being such a dumb but what's the california room?
Are any appliances included in the base price?
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California room is a fancy way of saying COVERED PATIO.  The builder will include a stove/range, oven, microwave, and dishwater.  Refrigerator, washer, and dryer are not typically included in the base price.
 
thelinux said:
So they convert a patio into a room? A real room with walls and roof????
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you can, it just costs money...the covered patio also has a roof, you just need the walls, windows/sliding glass door, and flooring.
 
Thank you, I see the old posts, which is why i started wondering about the others... I had posted price lists and such in a couple of Stonegate community specific threads. Wanted to come back to see how the community is doing but the threads are all gone. Did irvine company operatives infiltrate this forum? lol.
 
To solve your mystery, some of the threads were started by members who have deleted their posts, this ends up nerfing the whole thread if they were the originator.

You may want to start you own so that it doesn't happen to you again (or the admin could fix that ;P ).
 
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