waiting list at san mateo?

[usctrojancpa]

Would you be more enticed to buy if you know the first 3 phases were sold out?  Would the reverse be true?

no, in fact if i can't get in the first three i will have to look elsewhere cause my lease expires at the end of june (they are raising my rent another $100 if i re-sign, and $250 if i go month to month)... i don't want to rent anymore.  The fourth phase, starts in oct-dec (i was originally told dec... and then the second time a different lady told me possibly oct now that it's selling so quick)

You do know that if you early terminate your lease with TIC you will not have to pay any penalty if you buy one of their new homes, right?

 

[villiagepeople]

i think he may be talking about these... but they are 1300sq ft and too close to the 405 for me...
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/54-Reunion-92603/home/5953455http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/36-Reunion-92603/home/5982038

other than that there may be short sale homes... but i don't waste my time with those...

Sounds like the only possible scenario for you is to buy in the first phases of San Mateo.  You would be much better off purchasing RIGHT NOW and paying whatever premium you must to get on that first phase action than you would be waiting a month or so, which would put you at risk of paying that $250/mo extra to go MTM on your lease.  That's ridiculous.  I know I'd pay whatever it took to get in on the first phase to avoid paying an extra $250 in rent for a month or two.

And since the first phases are selling so fast and they have not called you yet, you may want to consider camping out in front of the sales office in hopes that will get you in on the party.  The upside is that it is warm this week, so if you have to stay overnight you may not get too cold.

Good luck.  Dan Young thanks you for your loyalty to Irvine Pacific.

i didn't say i would pay any premium.. i said i'd have to get in the first 3, if not i'd look somewhere else... maybe you should learn to read... 

 

[irvinehomeowner]

<snarkisms>

"You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to destroy the SITH*, not join them... bring balance to the Forum, not leave it in darkness!"

*Sarcastic Irvine Territory Hate

 

[irvinehomeowner]

maybe you should learn to read...

Now now... allow me to Gandhi it up here a bit.

You're a newer member so you may not know the back story behind PStar's posts... he was a hardcore Irvine loving fool like myself but has since moved on to greener/better pastures.  Like myself, he's a bit amazed by what TIC is force-feeding us in new home selection and while I understand that your situation may not allow you much flexibility in your future choice of home, PStar also has his own opinions on the situation.

You guys will not agree... so instead of fighting, I recommend just ignoring him because his post will soon disappear once he hits 8 posts.

EDIT: Redacted.

 

[akula1488]

why do people hate TIC that much? they are good at what they do; they offer great products with good values. I like their apartments (currently living there, like it better than previous SFR rental)  over private rentals and I prefer their new homes over re-sales (still deciding to buy or not; I really like their apartments).

By the way I do not work for TIC and not affiliated with TIC in any way. I am not sarcastic.

 

[usctrojancpa]

why do people hate TIC that much? they are good at what they do; they offer great products with good values. I like their apartments (currently living there, like it better than previous SFH rental)  over private rentals and I prefer their new homes over re-sales (still deciding not to buy or not; I really like their apartments).

By the way I do not work for TIC and not affiliated with TIC in any way.

I'll make it short and sweet for you....their new floor plans are just copied and pasted, nothing new or unique.  Motorcourts suck big arse.  And why in the hell is Mello Roos higher and higher when bond yields have dropped since the good old bubble days???  Those are just a few reasons why not to like them.

 

[IndieDev]

I like P-Star's style, especially the bit about camping out in the warmer weather. 

But in all seriousness, I don't think people hate TIC. People see TIC for what they are, they are the only shop in town who sells shiny yellow rocks. People have varying opinions about what those shiny yellow rocks are worth, but they know they want one. As the only major seller of shiny yellow rocks, TIC will get the brunt of any criticisms or praise from the selling of shiny yellow rocks.

Personally I have no more need for shiny yellow rocks.

 

[villiagepeople]

I lived right by these in an attached Irvine condo off Quail Ridge and I could barely even hear the white noise with the windows open from the 405.  The hill between the freeway and apartments along with the apartments themsevles were a great noise buffer. 

to answer both your post and FTHB, it's not so much the noise or smell (although i'm hoping there is no smell) as it is the pollution from freeways... i lived at the village but now that i have a child i don't want to subject her to the pollution... i have in another post some graph/study showing how the air quality by freeways are exponentially poor inside of 1000ft... and it's especially bad on young children.

 

[akula1488]

why do people hate TIC that much? they are good at what they do; they offer great products with good values. I like their apartments (currently living there, like it better than previous SFH rental)  over private rentals and I prefer their new homes over re-sales (still deciding not to buy or not; I really like their apartments).

By the way I do not work for TIC and not affiliated with TIC in any way.

I'll make it short and sweet for you....their new floor plans are just copied and pasted, nothing new or unique.  Motorcourts suck big arse.  And why in the hell is Mello Roos higher and higher when bond yields have dropped since the good old bubble days???  Those are just a few reasons why not to like them.

I like their floor-plans over all the re-sale houses I visited. the floor plan itself deserves some premium. No argument with motor-courts. Mello Roos at 4~5k is reasonable.

 

[villiagepeople]

You do know that if you early terminate your lease with TIC you will not have to pay any penalty if you buy one of their new homes, right?

one of my two cousins were able to get away with this... and my co-worker who bought a year ago couldn't.. maybe it's because my cousin who did get out of his lease let them know when he re-signed... or maybe it's because his was the only one from irvine pacific... the other two bought new homes by other builders.

oh... and i live in aliso now... so this wouldn't apply to me anyhow...

 

[akula1488]

You do know that if you early terminate your lease with TIC you will not have to pay any penalty if you buy one of their new homes, right?

one of my two cousins were able to get away with this... and my co-worker who bought a year ago couldn't.. maybe it's because my cousin who did get out of his lease let them know when he re-signed... or maybe it's because his was the only one from irvine pacific... the other two bought new homes by other builders.

only when you buy from Irvine Pacfic you can terminate the lease early.

 

[akula1488]

i didn't say i would pay any premium.. i said i'd have to get in the first 3, if not i'd look somewhere else... maybe you should learn to read...

You didn't SAY you would pay any premium, but if you view your situation as only possible option for you is to buy into the first phases, you WILL pay a premium.  That's my point, don't box yourself in --- that's exactly what all these people here are warning you about.

But whatever, you want to get all butt-hurt about a little advice then do what you are going to do.

It is the other way around. If you don't buy phase 1, you will pay a premium for the later phases.

 

[usctrojancpa]

why do people hate TIC that much? they are good at what they do; they offer great products with good values. I like their apartments (currently living there, like it better than previous SFH rental)  over private rentals and I prefer their new homes over re-sales (still deciding not to buy or not; I really like their apartments).

By the way I do not work for TIC and not affiliated with TIC in any way.

I'll make it short and sweet for you....their new floor plans are just copied and pasted, nothing new or unique.  Motorcourts suck big arse.  And why in the hell is Mello Roos higher and higher when bond yields have dropped since the good old bubble days???  Those are just a few reasons why not to like them.

I like their floor-plans over all the re-sale houses I visited. the floor plan itself deserves some premium. No argument with motor-courts. Mello Roos at 4~5k is reasonable.

We'll have to agree to disagree on both points...the other builders have better floor plans and Mello Roos of $4k-$5k is NOT reasonable unless the price of the home is lowered to reflect the higher Mello Roos.

 

[usctrojancpa]

i didn't say i would pay any premium.. i said i'd have to get in the first 3, if not i'd look somewhere else... maybe you should learn to read...

You didn't SAY you would pay any premium, but if you view your situation as only possible option for you is to buy into the first phases, you WILL pay a premium.  That's my point, don't box yourself in --- that's exactly what all these people here are warning you about.

But whatever, you want to get all butt-hurt about a little advice then do what you are going to do.

It is the other way around. If you don't buy phase 1, you will pay a premium for the later phases.

So you are basically saying that you should buy now before your are priced out due to the premium for the later phases?  The fact that a handful of remaining 2010 collection homes had to be dumped onto MLS with broker co-ops and other buyer incentives proves you are wrong.  Thank you, come again.

 

[usctrojancpa]

i didn't say i would pay any premium.. i said i'd have to get in the first 3, if not i'd look somewhere else... maybe you should learn to read...

You didn't SAY you would pay any premium, but if you view your situation as only possible option for you is to buy into the first phases, you WILL pay a premium.  That's my point, don't box yourself in --- that's exactly what all these people here are warning you about.

But whatever, you want to get all butt-hurt about a little advice then do what you are going to do.

It is the other way around. If you don't buy phase 1, you will pay a premium for the later phases.

I know you said you don't work for TIC, but are you sure??  May want to check your surroundings again...

There have been many instances in Irvine where ppl who bought later phases paid a lower price.  And I doubt the builder opened up their piggy bank to give people a price adjustment.

That's what I was thinking too Bones, something seems a bit off.  Can we get an internet IP address search by the admin on akula?  haha

 

[IndieDev]

Irvine real estate perpetually goes up. Donald Bren conclusively proved this in 2006 in his landmark study, "How to turn Stucco into Gold".

I'm surprised Phase 3 isn't being sold at 10x the price of Phase 1. This doesn't make any sense.

 

[gld2]

Are you seriously not affiliated with TIC????  Mello Roos 4-5 K is reasonable???  And you are renting at TIC apt,  4-5 K is nothing for you,  is your mind clear ?

why do people hate TIC that much? they are good at what they do; they offer great products with good values. I like their apartments (currently living there, like it better than previous SFH rental)  over private rentals and I prefer their new homes over re-sales (still deciding not to buy or not; I really like their apartments).

By the way I do not work for TIC and not affiliated with TIC in any way.

I'll make it short and sweet for you....their new floor plans are just copied and pasted, nothing new or unique.  Motorcourts suck big arse.  And why in the hell is Mello Roos higher and higher when bond yields have dropped since the good old bubble days???  Those are just a few reasons why not to like them.

I like their floor-plans over all the re-sale houses I visited. the floor plan itself deserves some premium. No argument with motor-courts. Mello Roos at 4~5k is reasonable.

 

[villiagepeople]

i didn't say i would pay any premium.. i said i'd have to get in the first 3, if not i'd look somewhere else... maybe you should learn to read...

You didn't SAY you would pay any premium, but if you view your situation as only possible option for you is to buy into the first phases, you WILL pay a premium.  That's my point, don't box yourself in --- that's exactly what all these people here are warning you about.

But whatever, you want to get all butt-hurt about a little advice then do what you are going to do.

It is the other way around. If you don't buy phase 1, you will pay a premium for the later phases.

I know you said you don't work for TIC, but are you sure??  May want to check your surroundings again...

There have been many instances in Irvine where ppl who bought later phases paid a lower price.  And I doubt the builder opened up their piggy bank to give people a price adjustment.

That's what I was thinking too Bones, something seems a bit off.  Can we get an internet IP address search by the admin on akula?  haha

akula posted, for like a minute, a glowing review of san mateo... [it was the first reply to my original post on this thread], but now it's gone... maybe akula is a employee and thought that was over the top and removed it... if you are not a TIC employee can you put that back?

 

[gld2]

I really think you either don't understand the market/ know what you are talking about , or simply a pumper for TIC

i didn't say i would pay any premium.. i said i'd have to get in the first 3, if not i'd look somewhere else... maybe you should learn to read...

You didn't SAY you would pay any premium, but if you view your situation as only possible option for you is to buy into the first phases, you WILL pay a premium.  That's my point, don't box yourself in --- that's exactly what all these people here are warning you about.

But whatever, you want to get all butt-hurt about a little advice then do what you are going to do.

It is the other way around. If you don't buy phase 1, you will pay a premium for the later phases.

 

[usctrojancpa]

And better luck to Barb and Dan --- although reading this thread, you may not need much luck!

Barb and Dan? Are they TIC employees? For someone who doesn't live in Irvine, you sure know much about the TIC. Do you have the org chart? 

I met a couple of people who bought in Portola Springs and WB East that have never heard of TIC. I'm not sure if I would know TIC when I wouldn't read TI/IHB.

Anyone with an interweb access knows of TIC and Donny Bren.  How could you not know about TIC when buying in Irvine?  So they did not research at all before buying?