[quote=ncsd760]Honestly if the higher-end Starboard/Colrich/Centex in LCO are fetching low 3s I don’t see why a dolled up Shelbourne/Davidson on Camino Serbal wouldn’t be able to reach the same. LCO is really only 2-3 years newer than LCV (unless we’re talking about Oaks North).
However, I have a personal vendetta against the bigger KHov houses in LCV but I doubt any of the newbies moving in even care about builders. Does that stuff even matter these days? I feel old.[/quote]
And I think LCV is a superior location, with generally better lots and an overall nicer community feel than LCO. When I bought mine I knew it was a crappy build but at the same time beleived that over time no one would care about the builders anymore which they dont. I thought it would come down to BR/BA count and sq footage plus lot so I grabbed a 5 BR on a big lot. When we bought our homes they were probably 50% land value and now its gotta be 70% so that was a good call.
I also knew that they stopped building around here for the most part in the late 80’s when homes were rarely much more than 2200 to 2400 sq ft until they started bulding again in the late 90’s. I thought move up sized homes between 2500 and 3000 sq ft would fare very well. That is the perfect size to get everything you need into a 4 BR without being squeezed. Anything larger and you are just making rooms bigger and adding more hallway/non-usable space.
Then we had the bubble and everything being built was 3500 to 5000 sq ft. If you look around the area there are very few homes between 2500 and 3000. Most are smaller/older or bigger/newer. LCV is full of the perfect mid market sized home for the area in a great location so it wil always have a relative premium
Sorry for the sidetrack but to answer your question, no one except us original folks care aout the builders anymore. And Im from Jersey so I know KHOV is basically KB on the east coast. They acquired a higher end builder out here and created a new identity for themselves here but I suspect its the same old KHOV
