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March 18, 2009 at 2:14 PM #369952March 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM #369357
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Participant[quote=deadzone]Scarlett, I am not very impressed by Madrid. I think I visited your unit last month. A LOT of freeway noise mediocre condition and bad floor plan. In general everytime I decide I want to give La Jolla Colony a try I come away disappointed. Overall it is very overrated and overpriced.
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Deadzone,
Were you looking to rent in the area too? What areas/complexes you looked at and you liked? Just curious, to get an idea of your preferences.
Overpriced? if you are talking about sales prices , yes, definitely. Probably has 20% more to go down. Rents? It seemed comparable to other places like Vista La Jolla.
Personally I liked very much this floorplan, compared to other townhomes I’ve seen. But then each has his own preferences, and tolerances. Depends also on how much furniture and stuff you have. The noise from I-5 is there, but it never bothered us in the house. Not bad. I also loved all the beautiful green and lush landscape. You don’t see that in other complexes.
That being said, I’ve seen in open houses the same floorplan in much better shape, with more upgrades. I wouldn’t buy this unit I live in unless it would be less than 400K AND I’d get a 50K towards upgrades, so I can upgrade it to my liking. Remodeling the cabinets, repaint professionally, recarpet, change the lights and bath fixtures, put A/C in, finish the garage and install more cabinets. Oh, and re-do the walls to the master bathroom which is a joke so tiny it is (the tub+toilet room).So the bottom line is, in general I like Madrid, I don’t like Barcelona, Valencia is too expensive, and I don’t like my unit *that* much. But it’s just a rental for a year or 2 max. so we can put up with those things. I actually had to shift my mind frame from buying to rent, and decided not to be too picky. Overall we are happy with it as a rental.
March 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM #369643Participant[quote=deadzone]Scarlett, I am not very impressed by Madrid. I think I visited your unit last month. A LOT of freeway noise mediocre condition and bad floor plan. In general everytime I decide I want to give La Jolla Colony a try I come away disappointed. Overall it is very overrated and overpriced.
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Deadzone,
Were you looking to rent in the area too? What areas/complexes you looked at and you liked? Just curious, to get an idea of your preferences.
Overpriced? if you are talking about sales prices , yes, definitely. Probably has 20% more to go down. Rents? It seemed comparable to other places like Vista La Jolla.
Personally I liked very much this floorplan, compared to other townhomes I’ve seen. But then each has his own preferences, and tolerances. Depends also on how much furniture and stuff you have. The noise from I-5 is there, but it never bothered us in the house. Not bad. I also loved all the beautiful green and lush landscape. You don’t see that in other complexes.
That being said, I’ve seen in open houses the same floorplan in much better shape, with more upgrades. I wouldn’t buy this unit I live in unless it would be less than 400K AND I’d get a 50K towards upgrades, so I can upgrade it to my liking. Remodeling the cabinets, repaint professionally, recarpet, change the lights and bath fixtures, put A/C in, finish the garage and install more cabinets. Oh, and re-do the walls to the master bathroom which is a joke so tiny it is (the tub+toilet room).So the bottom line is, in general I like Madrid, I don’t like Barcelona, Valencia is too expensive, and I don’t like my unit *that* much. But it’s just a rental for a year or 2 max. so we can put up with those things. I actually had to shift my mind frame from buying to rent, and decided not to be too picky. Overall we are happy with it as a rental.
March 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM #369810Participant[quote=deadzone]Scarlett, I am not very impressed by Madrid. I think I visited your unit last month. A LOT of freeway noise mediocre condition and bad floor plan. In general everytime I decide I want to give La Jolla Colony a try I come away disappointed. Overall it is very overrated and overpriced.
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Deadzone,
Were you looking to rent in the area too? What areas/complexes you looked at and you liked? Just curious, to get an idea of your preferences.
Overpriced? if you are talking about sales prices , yes, definitely. Probably has 20% more to go down. Rents? It seemed comparable to other places like Vista La Jolla.
Personally I liked very much this floorplan, compared to other townhomes I’ve seen. But then each has his own preferences, and tolerances. Depends also on how much furniture and stuff you have. The noise from I-5 is there, but it never bothered us in the house. Not bad. I also loved all the beautiful green and lush landscape. You don’t see that in other complexes.
That being said, I’ve seen in open houses the same floorplan in much better shape, with more upgrades. I wouldn’t buy this unit I live in unless it would be less than 400K AND I’d get a 50K towards upgrades, so I can upgrade it to my liking. Remodeling the cabinets, repaint professionally, recarpet, change the lights and bath fixtures, put A/C in, finish the garage and install more cabinets. Oh, and re-do the walls to the master bathroom which is a joke so tiny it is (the tub+toilet room).So the bottom line is, in general I like Madrid, I don’t like Barcelona, Valencia is too expensive, and I don’t like my unit *that* much. But it’s just a rental for a year or 2 max. so we can put up with those things. I actually had to shift my mind frame from buying to rent, and decided not to be too picky. Overall we are happy with it as a rental.
March 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM #369851Participant[quote=deadzone]Scarlett, I am not very impressed by Madrid. I think I visited your unit last month. A LOT of freeway noise mediocre condition and bad floor plan. In general everytime I decide I want to give La Jolla Colony a try I come away disappointed. Overall it is very overrated and overpriced.
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Deadzone,
Were you looking to rent in the area too? What areas/complexes you looked at and you liked? Just curious, to get an idea of your preferences.
Overpriced? if you are talking about sales prices , yes, definitely. Probably has 20% more to go down. Rents? It seemed comparable to other places like Vista La Jolla.
Personally I liked very much this floorplan, compared to other townhomes I’ve seen. But then each has his own preferences, and tolerances. Depends also on how much furniture and stuff you have. The noise from I-5 is there, but it never bothered us in the house. Not bad. I also loved all the beautiful green and lush landscape. You don’t see that in other complexes.
That being said, I’ve seen in open houses the same floorplan in much better shape, with more upgrades. I wouldn’t buy this unit I live in unless it would be less than 400K AND I’d get a 50K towards upgrades, so I can upgrade it to my liking. Remodeling the cabinets, repaint professionally, recarpet, change the lights and bath fixtures, put A/C in, finish the garage and install more cabinets. Oh, and re-do the walls to the master bathroom which is a joke so tiny it is (the tub+toilet room).So the bottom line is, in general I like Madrid, I don’t like Barcelona, Valencia is too expensive, and I don’t like my unit *that* much. But it’s just a rental for a year or 2 max. so we can put up with those things. I actually had to shift my mind frame from buying to rent, and decided not to be too picky. Overall we are happy with it as a rental.
March 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM #369967Participant[quote=deadzone]Scarlett, I am not very impressed by Madrid. I think I visited your unit last month. A LOT of freeway noise mediocre condition and bad floor plan. In general everytime I decide I want to give La Jolla Colony a try I come away disappointed. Overall it is very overrated and overpriced.
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Deadzone,
Were you looking to rent in the area too? What areas/complexes you looked at and you liked? Just curious, to get an idea of your preferences.
Overpriced? if you are talking about sales prices , yes, definitely. Probably has 20% more to go down. Rents? It seemed comparable to other places like Vista La Jolla.
Personally I liked very much this floorplan, compared to other townhomes I’ve seen. But then each has his own preferences, and tolerances. Depends also on how much furniture and stuff you have. The noise from I-5 is there, but it never bothered us in the house. Not bad. I also loved all the beautiful green and lush landscape. You don’t see that in other complexes.
That being said, I’ve seen in open houses the same floorplan in much better shape, with more upgrades. I wouldn’t buy this unit I live in unless it would be less than 400K AND I’d get a 50K towards upgrades, so I can upgrade it to my liking. Remodeling the cabinets, repaint professionally, recarpet, change the lights and bath fixtures, put A/C in, finish the garage and install more cabinets. Oh, and re-do the walls to the master bathroom which is a joke so tiny it is (the tub+toilet room).So the bottom line is, in general I like Madrid, I don’t like Barcelona, Valencia is too expensive, and I don’t like my unit *that* much. But it’s just a rental for a year or 2 max. so we can put up with those things. I actually had to shift my mind frame from buying to rent, and decided not to be too picky. Overall we are happy with it as a rental.
March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM #369442Anonymous
GuestScarlett, I looked at places in Madrid and Palmas. In previous years have checked out places on UCSD side of 5. Like I said, I am always disappointed with what I see for the price in those UTC areas. The area always looks nice from afar but upon closer inspection it just isn’t for me.
Regarding Madrid, I was very surprised with how bad the freeway noise is. The canyon/greenery view is great, but the freeway noise is a show stopper for me. The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Madrid is a dump, just not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype.
March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM #369728GuestScarlett, I looked at places in Madrid and Palmas. In previous years have checked out places on UCSD side of 5. Like I said, I am always disappointed with what I see for the price in those UTC areas. The area always looks nice from afar but upon closer inspection it just isn’t for me.
Regarding Madrid, I was very surprised with how bad the freeway noise is. The canyon/greenery view is great, but the freeway noise is a show stopper for me. The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Madrid is a dump, just not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype.
March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM #369895GuestScarlett, I looked at places in Madrid and Palmas. In previous years have checked out places on UCSD side of 5. Like I said, I am always disappointed with what I see for the price in those UTC areas. The area always looks nice from afar but upon closer inspection it just isn’t for me.
Regarding Madrid, I was very surprised with how bad the freeway noise is. The canyon/greenery view is great, but the freeway noise is a show stopper for me. The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Madrid is a dump, just not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype.
March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM #369936GuestScarlett, I looked at places in Madrid and Palmas. In previous years have checked out places on UCSD side of 5. Like I said, I am always disappointed with what I see for the price in those UTC areas. The area always looks nice from afar but upon closer inspection it just isn’t for me.
Regarding Madrid, I was very surprised with how bad the freeway noise is. The canyon/greenery view is great, but the freeway noise is a show stopper for me. The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Madrid is a dump, just not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype.
March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM #370052GuestScarlett, I looked at places in Madrid and Palmas. In previous years have checked out places on UCSD side of 5. Like I said, I am always disappointed with what I see for the price in those UTC areas. The area always looks nice from afar but upon closer inspection it just isn’t for me.
Regarding Madrid, I was very surprised with how bad the freeway noise is. The canyon/greenery view is great, but the freeway noise is a show stopper for me. The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Madrid is a dump, just not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype.
March 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM #369492Participant[quote=deadzone]The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.[/quote]
I agree with you on that; which is why I said earlier that I am very picky when tri-levels are concerned. However, for a tri-level, I think it was a pretty good floorplan.Personally I was shocked about the noise from Nobel in some units in Avanti and Vista La Jolla. At least freeway noise is more white/background noise.
[quote=deadzone]not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype. [/quote]
You are probably right, but that’s the case with almost all of the UTC/Rennaisance/La Jolla Colony. So if you have to be in that area, which I did, you pay for the “privilege”…
March 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM #369778Participant[quote=deadzone]The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.[/quote]
I agree with you on that; which is why I said earlier that I am very picky when tri-levels are concerned. However, for a tri-level, I think it was a pretty good floorplan.Personally I was shocked about the noise from Nobel in some units in Avanti and Vista La Jolla. At least freeway noise is more white/background noise.
[quote=deadzone]not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype. [/quote]
You are probably right, but that’s the case with almost all of the UTC/Rennaisance/La Jolla Colony. So if you have to be in that area, which I did, you pay for the “privilege”…
March 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM #369945Participant[quote=deadzone]The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.[/quote]
I agree with you on that; which is why I said earlier that I am very picky when tri-levels are concerned. However, for a tri-level, I think it was a pretty good floorplan.Personally I was shocked about the noise from Nobel in some units in Avanti and Vista La Jolla. At least freeway noise is more white/background noise.
[quote=deadzone]not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype. [/quote]
You are probably right, but that’s the case with almost all of the UTC/Rennaisance/La Jolla Colony. So if you have to be in that area, which I did, you pay for the “privilege”…
March 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM #369986Participant[quote=deadzone]The tri-level floor plan is pretty much a waste of space and the bedrooms are a bit small.[/quote]
I agree with you on that; which is why I said earlier that I am very picky when tri-levels are concerned. However, for a tri-level, I think it was a pretty good floorplan.Personally I was shocked about the noise from Nobel in some units in Avanti and Vista La Jolla. At least freeway noise is more white/background noise.
[quote=deadzone]not very exciting for the price (rental or sale). in the Mid-2000s rent I expect to be either very close to the beach or in a nice detached house.
La Jolla Colony in general is overpriced because for one reason or another it is in demand and popular. The location is good, but mosty I think it is just hype. [/quote]
You are probably right, but that’s the case with almost all of the UTC/Rennaisance/La Jolla Colony. So if you have to be in that area, which I did, you pay for the “privilege”…
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