No Mello Roos and HOA good or bad?

[Lola The yorkie]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Oh, I understand, Lola. SoCal born and mostly bred back in the dark ages when places like Newport Beach (my home), Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, etc. were filled with nothing but custom homes.

But I understand your feelings about weather. We just happen to enjoy four seasons all in one place. By the same token, you couldn't pay us to live in "...little boxes made of ticky-tacky and the all look ther same."

To each their own. By the way, in my day Irvine was empty ranch/grazing land.

this isn't the old days..when of course there was open land..

in case you haven't been here in the past 25 years..there is NO open land

27 years ago when we were living in Irvine we really wanted to custom build..we spend a year looking for "land"..hubby worked in Irvine so it had to be close..half acre lots in the Tustin hills then..minimum of 1 million bucks..then to build a decent sized home..way more than our budget

so we bought a John Lyttle home in Lemon Heights..yeah..a development..all one story homes..on half acre..and all look different..as close to custom as one can get

comparing what "used to be" when you grew up a century or so is not even reasonable..or comparison

personally living in the Ozarks would not be on my bucket list..

and yes..the weather is what we love about OC...a mere two hour drive to our second home in the desert..ahhhhh...the way to retire..

my opinion only of course

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Lola The yorkie

this isn't the old days..when of course there was open land..

in case you haven't been here in the past 25 years..there is NO open land

27 years ago when we were living in Irvine we really wanted to custom build..we spend a year looking for "land"..hubby worked in Irvine so it had to be close..half acre lots in the Tustin hills then..minimum of 1 million bucks..then to build a decent sized home..way more than our budget

so we bought a John Lyttle home in Lemon Heights..yeah..a development..all one story homes..on half acre..and all look different..as close to custom as one can get

comparing what "used to be" when you grew up a century or so is not even reasonable..or comparison

personally living in the Ozarks would not be on my bucket list..

and yes..the weather is what we love about OC...a mere two hour drive to our second home in the desert..ahhhhh...the way to retire..

my opinion only of course

Don't look now, Lola, but you simply reiterated all the points I made about the passage of time and personal preferences. Thank, you!

[Fontucky]

I'm in a 70-year-old house in Fontana. I can paint it mammary gland pink ( I used that term because titt-y is censored) with purple polka dots, build a tree house in one of the large shade trees, leave my garage door open 24/7, have a dumpster, park a commercial vehicle in my driveway, AND get a CCW permit.

Just thought I'd file a report from the county next to OC.

[LadyTighe]

No Mello Roos means you don't pay it separately. It gets rolled into your taxes. So instead of your taxes being 1.2% for example, they bump up to 1.6% to include those Mello Roos. Luckily if it's part of your taxes, (our tax guy said) you can claim it come tax time.
As far as HOA goes, it depends on the community. The more houses in a community the less the HOA, theoretically. I dont mind them. No HOA means your neighbor can put a car on cement blocks in their driveway LOL!

[randy crocker]

trying to decide if we want to move into a house that has mello-rooss and hoa. this property is in wildomar ca., any suggestions