Vista Del Verde & Pardee Homes

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So I recently heard about the community of Vista Del Verde in Yorba Linda while searching around the communities of PS, Woodbury, & VoC in Irvine. I know this forum is mostly about Irvine homes but I know sometimes Yorba Linda has been discussed. Has anyone had any experience or knowledge about this nearly completed community? My wife and I were looking at the Foxfield homes by Pardee since they are the only ones we can afford in the last "Village" they are building. We were previously looking at Las Colinas in PS at the Plan 4 which lists at $1,274,000 and is 3400sq ft (also add in Mello Roos & HOA fees). Over at Foxfield their Plan 3 is $1,129,000 and is 3600 sq ft. on a 8400 sq ft lot (no HOA and no Mello Roos). It also includes SS GE Monogram upgrades, Granite kitchen counters, Security System, Surround Sound pre-wire & 3-room audio pre-wire. We are hoping that the builder will accept a lower offer and maybe through in some landscaping costs and some other upgrades. Has anyone dealt with Pardee homes before? Would they be willing to do this? Also, what do you guys think would be the lowest offer I should throw at them? Also, has anyone had any experience with the quality of their homes? Sorry for the long un-organized rant...its getting late in the work day :D





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We looked at VDV, too. We particularly liked that there were no HOAs or Mello-Roos.





Do you have to buy new? If not, there are a ton of homes that are re-sale up there (yes, flippers). You might be able to find something a little more affordable in the re-sale or bank owned or distressed flipper or FB market in VDV.





The Pardee homes are nice, but we didn't want to be indentured servants to our mortgage (or drive the 55 to get to work), so we didn't do much more than look. Check the Pardee site for the "Home of the Week" and you might be able to score a quasi-deal.
 
Yea I noticed there are tons of homes up there for resale. We are going up there this afternoon to check out that "Home of the Week" which has actually been listed on their site for a while. Also I think the sales rep boasted that they dropped that home 100k in price. Zip Realty shows that price reduction happened on 12/6/06. So technically the home has been sitting for 5 months now at the 100k price drop with no takers. I'm thinking we have a fairly good chance at throwing a kinda low ball offer in and have them cover some landscaping and flooring costs. But I am also definitely looking at the re-sales. I'm thinking maybe offering like around 10% below their list price so maybe around the 1mil to $1,029,000 range. Not sure if thats too low but hey all they can say is no :)
 
Few weeks ago I talked to a listing agent of VDV homes. Some of those homes are in 1.5 to 2.5 million range. Many flippers bought them in 2005-2006. They were restricted by builder for not selling for one year. So, many of the homes have been empty for one year and flippers/sellers are very much 'motivated'
 
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