4S Ranch–Comparison of Remaining 4 Builders of 3000 sq ft homes

[4spotentialbuyer]

Pienza is in its last phase and maybe open to negotiation. Silhouette (which I like better) is not willing to negotiate at this point as they have many phases left.

What do you think would be a good price on Pienza including incentives for a plan 2 or 3.

660-700K? We wanted around 650K or lower, however last time we had suggested it, they would not even consider that (with the previous sales counselor).

If they will not lower the price, what other things would you ask for?

We all in the process of making an offer.

SD/sd Realtor, I believe you tried to negotiate for your clients, what would you ask for?

Thanks

[an]

Chanteclair 3200 sq-ft model is around 690k, so I don’t think 660-700k is too bad of an offer, especially if it’s their last phase and it’s standing inventory. If they won’t budge on price, I personally would ask them to pay for the MR. That will allow them to have their high price but you’ll save about $100k. Not sure if they’ll bight though.

[an]

Chanteclair 3200 sq-ft model is around 690k, so I don’t think 660-700k is too bad of an offer, especially if it’s their last phase and it’s standing inventory. If they won’t budge on price, I personally would ask them to pay for the MR. That will allow them to have their high price but you’ll save about $100k. Not sure if they’ll bight though.

[an]

Chanteclair 3200 sq-ft model is around 690k, so I don’t think 660-700k is too bad of an offer, especially if it’s their last phase and it’s standing inventory. If they won’t budge on price, I personally would ask them to pay for the MR. That will allow them to have their high price but you’ll save about $100k. Not sure if they’ll bight though.

[an]

Chanteclair 3200 sq-ft model is around 690k, so I don’t think 660-700k is too bad of an offer, especially if it’s their last phase and it’s standing inventory. If they won’t budge on price, I personally would ask them to pay for the MR. That will allow them to have their high price but you’ll save about $100k. Not sure if they’ll bight though.

[an]

Chanteclair 3200 sq-ft model is around 690k, so I don’t think 660-700k is too bad of an offer, especially if it’s their last phase and it’s standing inventory. If they won’t budge on price, I personally would ask them to pay for the MR. That will allow them to have their high price but you’ll save about $100k. Not sure if they’ll bight though.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

4s Renter

Maybeck – Love the layouts and love that the garage is on the back of the home. Dont like the fact that the yards are super tiny.

Chantaclair – hated the layouts – one of them you walk into a living room and through the kitchen to get to the backyard and family room. Not very functional imo. Did like the location up on the hill but it borders Alva (Open land on the hill- more prone/closer to open brush wildfires)

Pienza – havent toured

I wish builders would put garages on the right or left end of a home and build homes right to left instead of back and forth deep, like you see on the east coast. I know that they want to maximize the builds on the land space so going wide isnt practical.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

4s Renter

Maybeck – Love the layouts and love that the garage is on the back of the home. Dont like the fact that the yards are super tiny.

Chantaclair – hated the layouts – one of them you walk into a living room and through the kitchen to get to the backyard and family room. Not very functional imo. Did like the location up on the hill but it borders Alva (Open land on the hill- more prone/closer to open brush wildfires)

Pienza – havent toured

I wish builders would put garages on the right or left end of a home and build homes right to left instead of back and forth deep, like you see on the east coast. I know that they want to maximize the builds on the land space so going wide isnt practical.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

4s Renter

Maybeck – Love the layouts and love that the garage is on the back of the home. Dont like the fact that the yards are super tiny.

Chantaclair – hated the layouts – one of them you walk into a living room and through the kitchen to get to the backyard and family room. Not very functional imo. Did like the location up on the hill but it borders Alva (Open land on the hill- more prone/closer to open brush wildfires)

Pienza – havent toured

I wish builders would put garages on the right or left end of a home and build homes right to left instead of back and forth deep, like you see on the east coast. I know that they want to maximize the builds on the land space so going wide isnt practical.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

4s Renter

Maybeck – Love the layouts and love that the garage is on the back of the home. Dont like the fact that the yards are super tiny.

Chantaclair – hated the layouts – one of them you walk into a living room and through the kitchen to get to the backyard and family room. Not very functional imo. Did like the location up on the hill but it borders Alva (Open land on the hill- more prone/closer to open brush wildfires)

Pienza – havent toured

I wish builders would put garages on the right or left end of a home and build homes right to left instead of back and forth deep, like you see on the east coast. I know that they want to maximize the builds on the land space so going wide isnt practical.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

4s Renter

Maybeck – Love the layouts and love that the garage is on the back of the home. Dont like the fact that the yards are super tiny.

Chantaclair – hated the layouts – one of them you walk into a living room and through the kitchen to get to the backyard and family room. Not very functional imo. Did like the location up on the hill but it borders Alva (Open land on the hill- more prone/closer to open brush wildfires)

Pienza – havent toured

I wish builders would put garages on the right or left end of a home and build homes right to left instead of back and forth deep, like you see on the east coast. I know that they want to maximize the builds on the land space so going wide isnt practical.

[NicMM]

Personally, I like Maybeck plan 2 more, then Silhouette plan 3, ok with Pienza Plan 3. I don’t like Chanteclaire.

It’s funny when I started shopping for 4S ranch, Silhouette plan 2 and 3 were my favorite. After touring dozens of times and justifying my real needs, Maybeck plan 2 (with a guest suite) caught my eyes. The floor plan seems simple but flawless. The guest suite in the first floor is perfect for senior inlaws. The ally design gives a nice curb appeal and best privacy to the house. The houses in Maybeck are nicely planned so that the (side) yards are faced each other. Literally you can only see one neighbour’s yard from the 2nd floor. In a corner house you don’t see any neighbour’s yard. No neighbour can see you either. Given the modest lot size (5300 sqft), that ally design achieved privacy preservation very well. All the Maybeck houses are planed to built in a flat plain area, no houses will be sitting higher than any other houses. Other pros include: Maybeck houses offer more house, more garage, better materials (check toilette, faucet, etc) and technologies (e.g. tube in the wall) than other builders. The biggest con is the lot size.

Not sure what are Silhouette lot sizes now. Last december, Silhouette houses offered houses on lots as small as 4600 sqft, which was the smallest in all 4S 3000 sqft-up plans. Pienza and Chanteclaire offer lot sizes around 6000 sqft, which is nice. They both are close to Alva road. Pienza is constructing its last houses on Alva road which oversee the yards of its previous releases. In some Pienza previous releases, houses have a big back yard with a steep slope. The slope brings a risk of mud slide.

No plan is perfect under scrutiny. I wonder if only a real rich person can buy a perfect home.

[NicMM]

Personally, I like Maybeck plan 2 more, then Silhouette plan 3, ok with Pienza Plan 3. I don’t like Chanteclaire.

It’s funny when I started shopping for 4S ranch, Silhouette plan 2 and 3 were my favorite. After touring dozens of times and justifying my real needs, Maybeck plan 2 (with a guest suite) caught my eyes. The floor plan seems simple but flawless. The guest suite in the first floor is perfect for senior inlaws. The ally design gives a nice curb appeal and best privacy to the house. The houses in Maybeck are nicely planned so that the (side) yards are faced each other. Literally you can only see one neighbour’s yard from the 2nd floor. In a corner house you don’t see any neighbour’s yard. No neighbour can see you either. Given the modest lot size (5300 sqft), that ally design achieved privacy preservation very well. All the Maybeck houses are planed to built in a flat plain area, no houses will be sitting higher than any other houses. Other pros include: Maybeck houses offer more house, more garage, better materials (check toilette, faucet, etc) and technologies (e.g. tube in the wall) than other builders. The biggest con is the lot size.

Not sure what are Silhouette lot sizes now. Last december, Silhouette houses offered houses on lots as small as 4600 sqft, which was the smallest in all 4S 3000 sqft-up plans. Pienza and Chanteclaire offer lot sizes around 6000 sqft, which is nice. They both are close to Alva road. Pienza is constructing its last houses on Alva road which oversee the yards of its previous releases. In some Pienza previous releases, houses have a big back yard with a steep slope. The slope brings a risk of mud slide.

No plan is perfect under scrutiny. I wonder if only a real rich person can buy a perfect home.

[NicMM]

Personally, I like Maybeck plan 2 more, then Silhouette plan 3, ok with Pienza Plan 3. I don’t like Chanteclaire.

It’s funny when I started shopping for 4S ranch, Silhouette plan 2 and 3 were my favorite. After touring dozens of times and justifying my real needs, Maybeck plan 2 (with a guest suite) caught my eyes. The floor plan seems simple but flawless. The guest suite in the first floor is perfect for senior inlaws. The ally design gives a nice curb appeal and best privacy to the house. The houses in Maybeck are nicely planned so that the (side) yards are faced each other. Literally you can only see one neighbour’s yard from the 2nd floor. In a corner house you don’t see any neighbour’s yard. No neighbour can see you either. Given the modest lot size (5300 sqft), that ally design achieved privacy preservation very well. All the Maybeck houses are planed to built in a flat plain area, no houses will be sitting higher than any other houses. Other pros include: Maybeck houses offer more house, more garage, better materials (check toilette, faucet, etc) and technologies (e.g. tube in the wall) than other builders. The biggest con is the lot size.

Not sure what are Silhouette lot sizes now. Last december, Silhouette houses offered houses on lots as small as 4600 sqft, which was the smallest in all 4S 3000 sqft-up plans. Pienza and Chanteclaire offer lot sizes around 6000 sqft, which is nice. They both are close to Alva road. Pienza is constructing its last houses on Alva road which oversee the yards of its previous releases. In some Pienza previous releases, houses have a big back yard with a steep slope. The slope brings a risk of mud slide.

No plan is perfect under scrutiny. I wonder if only a real rich person can buy a perfect home.

[NicMM]

Personally, I like Maybeck plan 2 more, then Silhouette plan 3, ok with Pienza Plan 3. I don’t like Chanteclaire.

It’s funny when I started shopping for 4S ranch, Silhouette plan 2 and 3 were my favorite. After touring dozens of times and justifying my real needs, Maybeck plan 2 (with a guest suite) caught my eyes. The floor plan seems simple but flawless. The guest suite in the first floor is perfect for senior inlaws. The ally design gives a nice curb appeal and best privacy to the house. The houses in Maybeck are nicely planned so that the (side) yards are faced each other. Literally you can only see one neighbour’s yard from the 2nd floor. In a corner house you don’t see any neighbour’s yard. No neighbour can see you either. Given the modest lot size (5300 sqft), that ally design achieved privacy preservation very well. All the Maybeck houses are planed to built in a flat plain area, no houses will be sitting higher than any other houses. Other pros include: Maybeck houses offer more house, more garage, better materials (check toilette, faucet, etc) and technologies (e.g. tube in the wall) than other builders. The biggest con is the lot size.

Not sure what are Silhouette lot sizes now. Last december, Silhouette houses offered houses on lots as small as 4600 sqft, which was the smallest in all 4S 3000 sqft-up plans. Pienza and Chanteclaire offer lot sizes around 6000 sqft, which is nice. They both are close to Alva road. Pienza is constructing its last houses on Alva road which oversee the yards of its previous releases. In some Pienza previous releases, houses have a big back yard with a steep slope. The slope brings a risk of mud slide.

No plan is perfect under scrutiny. I wonder if only a real rich person can buy a perfect home.

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