Buying advice in North County

[sdcellar]

[quote=pjwal]Plan three is actually our first choice. Plan four is a maybe and we’re only interested in the remaining lots that would be bordering the (yet to be built) Kristen Glen park coming a few phases from now.[/quote]I’d think your chances are pretty good then. Are you sure there were 4 plan 3’ers in front of you? How many people were at the release? Maybe a dozen? Fifteen?

[pjwal]

I’d say around 20, about six names were read of people that weren’t there. Only a couple of people below us on the list. I’m kicking myself for not counting exactly. There were three others that vocally expressed their desire for the particular plan three that was made available…the first choosing it of course. Someone offered them $4k cash to change their mind.

The thing is, we don’t know the minds of those that just silently deferred other than that they did not want to commit to any of the available lots. I have a feeling many are waiting for the homes that will border the park and aren’t necessarily picky about which model. The front of these homes will face the park with no street in-between, kind of like a beach house on the grass, which is pretty dang cool in my mind.

So, we’re potentially competing against the union of two desires.

[pjwal]

I’d say around 20, about six names were read of people that weren’t there. Only a couple of people below us on the list. I’m kicking myself for not counting exactly. There were three others that vocally expressed their desire for the particular plan three that was made available…the first choosing it of course. Someone offered them $4k cash to change their mind.

The thing is, we don’t know the minds of those that just silently deferred other than that they did not want to commit to any of the available lots. I have a feeling many are waiting for the homes that will border the park and aren’t necessarily picky about which model. The front of these homes will face the park with no street in-between, kind of like a beach house on the grass, which is pretty dang cool in my mind.

So, we’re potentially competing against the union of two desires.

[pjwal]

I’d say around 20, about six names were read of people that weren’t there. Only a couple of people below us on the list. I’m kicking myself for not counting exactly. There were three others that vocally expressed their desire for the particular plan three that was made available…the first choosing it of course. Someone offered them $4k cash to change their mind.

The thing is, we don’t know the minds of those that just silently deferred other than that they did not want to commit to any of the available lots. I have a feeling many are waiting for the homes that will border the park and aren’t necessarily picky about which model. The front of these homes will face the park with no street in-between, kind of like a beach house on the grass, which is pretty dang cool in my mind.

So, we’re potentially competing against the union of two desires.

[pjwal]

I’d say around 20, about six names were read of people that weren’t there. Only a couple of people below us on the list. I’m kicking myself for not counting exactly. There were three others that vocally expressed their desire for the particular plan three that was made available…the first choosing it of course. Someone offered them $4k cash to change their mind.

The thing is, we don’t know the minds of those that just silently deferred other than that they did not want to commit to any of the available lots. I have a feeling many are waiting for the homes that will border the park and aren’t necessarily picky about which model. The front of these homes will face the park with no street in-between, kind of like a beach house on the grass, which is pretty dang cool in my mind.

So, we’re potentially competing against the union of two desires.

[pjwal]

I’d say around 20, about six names were read of people that weren’t there. Only a couple of people below us on the list. I’m kicking myself for not counting exactly. There were three others that vocally expressed their desire for the particular plan three that was made available…the first choosing it of course. Someone offered them $4k cash to change their mind.

The thing is, we don’t know the minds of those that just silently deferred other than that they did not want to commit to any of the available lots. I have a feeling many are waiting for the homes that will border the park and aren’t necessarily picky about which model. The front of these homes will face the park with no street in-between, kind of like a beach house on the grass, which is pretty dang cool in my mind.

So, we’re potentially competing against the union of two desires.

[sdrealtor]

I gotta admit that having a park out your front door with no street in between sounds REALLY COOL not to mention very unique in a good way!

One piece of sage advice. The buyers competing against you may not even be on the list they are calling at the releases. If these lots are as prime as you describe them to be, there is a very good chance they will get scooped up by “friends & family” of the builder/developers. They arent on any list and can just step to the front of the line anytime. I learned this the hard way with a house in La Costa Oaks that I had my eyes on and was 1st on the priority list for.

[sdrealtor]

I gotta admit that having a park out your front door with no street in between sounds REALLY COOL not to mention very unique in a good way!

One piece of sage advice. The buyers competing against you may not even be on the list they are calling at the releases. If these lots are as prime as you describe them to be, there is a very good chance they will get scooped up by “friends & family” of the builder/developers. They arent on any list and can just step to the front of the line anytime. I learned this the hard way with a house in La Costa Oaks that I had my eyes on and was 1st on the priority list for.

[sdrealtor]

I gotta admit that having a park out your front door with no street in between sounds REALLY COOL not to mention very unique in a good way!

One piece of sage advice. The buyers competing against you may not even be on the list they are calling at the releases. If these lots are as prime as you describe them to be, there is a very good chance they will get scooped up by “friends & family” of the builder/developers. They arent on any list and can just step to the front of the line anytime. I learned this the hard way with a house in La Costa Oaks that I had my eyes on and was 1st on the priority list for.

[sdrealtor]

I gotta admit that having a park out your front door with no street in between sounds REALLY COOL not to mention very unique in a good way!

One piece of sage advice. The buyers competing against you may not even be on the list they are calling at the releases. If these lots are as prime as you describe them to be, there is a very good chance they will get scooped up by “friends & family” of the builder/developers. They arent on any list and can just step to the front of the line anytime. I learned this the hard way with a house in La Costa Oaks that I had my eyes on and was 1st on the priority list for.

[sdrealtor]

I gotta admit that having a park out your front door with no street in between sounds REALLY COOL not to mention very unique in a good way!

One piece of sage advice. The buyers competing against you may not even be on the list they are calling at the releases. If these lots are as prime as you describe them to be, there is a very good chance they will get scooped up by “friends & family” of the builder/developers. They arent on any list and can just step to the front of the line anytime. I learned this the hard way with a house in La Costa Oaks that I had my eyes on and was 1st on the priority list for.

[pjwal]

There are 11 homes that will be built on the park. I’m assuming there will be a walkway of some sort, so outside of that the only pavement running beside the homes will be the back alley where the garage is (sans the two end “corner” lots that have a street rather than a home on one side). So, yeah…very unique not to have a named street running along any side of your home. We’re totally sold on the garage in back layout in general and I’ve begun to take a negative note of the large amount of cement sitting in front of the typical home.

Yeah, the “friends and family” clause sticks out like a sore thumb. My wife’s family is usually pretty good at taking advantage of that sort of thing, “making friends,” as business owners in the community…but in this case they’re not quite on board with us yet and, either way, I think we’re going to have to get lucky along with everyone else :-/. What we want is a few phases away, so we can gauge phase by phase.

Good thing we’re already situated in good place :-).

[pjwal]

There are 11 homes that will be built on the park. I’m assuming there will be a walkway of some sort, so outside of that the only pavement running beside the homes will be the back alley where the garage is (sans the two end “corner” lots that have a street rather than a home on one side). So, yeah…very unique not to have a named street running along any side of your home. We’re totally sold on the garage in back layout in general and I’ve begun to take a negative note of the large amount of cement sitting in front of the typical home.

Yeah, the “friends and family” clause sticks out like a sore thumb. My wife’s family is usually pretty good at taking advantage of that sort of thing, “making friends,” as business owners in the community…but in this case they’re not quite on board with us yet and, either way, I think we’re going to have to get lucky along with everyone else :-/. What we want is a few phases away, so we can gauge phase by phase.

Good thing we’re already situated in good place :-).

[pjwal]

There are 11 homes that will be built on the park. I’m assuming there will be a walkway of some sort, so outside of that the only pavement running beside the homes will be the back alley where the garage is (sans the two end “corner” lots that have a street rather than a home on one side). So, yeah…very unique not to have a named street running along any side of your home. We’re totally sold on the garage in back layout in general and I’ve begun to take a negative note of the large amount of cement sitting in front of the typical home.

Yeah, the “friends and family” clause sticks out like a sore thumb. My wife’s family is usually pretty good at taking advantage of that sort of thing, “making friends,” as business owners in the community…but in this case they’re not quite on board with us yet and, either way, I think we’re going to have to get lucky along with everyone else :-/. What we want is a few phases away, so we can gauge phase by phase.

Good thing we’re already situated in good place :-).

[pjwal]

There are 11 homes that will be built on the park. I’m assuming there will be a walkway of some sort, so outside of that the only pavement running beside the homes will be the back alley where the garage is (sans the two end “corner” lots that have a street rather than a home on one side). So, yeah…very unique not to have a named street running along any side of your home. We’re totally sold on the garage in back layout in general and I’ve begun to take a negative note of the large amount of cement sitting in front of the typical home.

Yeah, the “friends and family” clause sticks out like a sore thumb. My wife’s family is usually pretty good at taking advantage of that sort of thing, “making friends,” as business owners in the community…but in this case they’re not quite on board with us yet and, either way, I think we’re going to have to get lucky along with everyone else :-/. What we want is a few phases away, so we can gauge phase by phase.

Good thing we’re already situated in good place :-).

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