Onyx at Jordan Ranch - Dublin
Just bought a house at Onyx at Jordan Ranch in Dublin, anyone living there? How do you like it?
There should be a WhatsApp grp for your community. Ask your neighbor. Atleast cottonwood school should be walkabale distance. Welcome to Dublin. Not sure if you go to Sunnyvale or Cupertino but tons of guys do scoop from around here especially to Sunnyvale.
Will check. Closing in a few weeks. I’ll commute to Sunnyvale
If it’s Arques then don’t worry. Quite a few can be found in scoop.
Almost 90% of the folks in my community close to Jordan ranch commute to either South Bay or SF. Agree with OP wit respect to homes in San Jose.
What community are you at?
Let’s just say in one of the communities located at Central parkway and not too far from Fallon
Ask the same question in September.
What’s happening in September?
The end of the selling season. We’ll know how bad the housing market is by then.
New construction is indeed an entirely different thing. We live in Dublin but not in Jordan Ranch. We recently bought a house here and everything's great except commutes. A ton of restaurants, cuisines and friendly, calm communities everywhere. So far I'm riding fine but I'll move out to another state and sell this stuff the day I'm really tired.
What if you have to sell for 20% less than what you paid?
That won't be the case at all.
How much your home is going to appreciate is not everything to consider when buying a home. People have families and need good schools and safe neighborhoods to live. These new constructions are awesome and reasonable priced. Sure, if I could afford it I would buy a house in PA or Los Gatos.. if you plan to stay 5 to 10 years on the place, not sure it matters so much how much it will appreciate. Besides, there are tens of thousands of people pouring into Bay Area every year. This shit ain’t gonna get cheaper. Prices will keep hiking, even further from Bay Area. There’s only so many houses. Still, I prefer the better life quality and the piece of mind that my kids will go to an excellent school and they are in a safe place when I’m not home.
Net migration in is now marginally negative.
but older people aren't moving out so houses aren't turning over as fast
Problem with Dublin is incompetence in trustees serving Dublin school board. Except one, all the others don’t give a rip to the community or parents.
@OP I looked at a Plan 2 there a while back. They were pretty firm on price. Were you able to negotiate? Where did they budge and what did you get? Congrats on the new home!
They are firm on the price but sometimes they reduce if they have a house left from a phase that is completed. Got a plan 1 with a bunch of upgrades and reduced for 20k. Also their lender gives 10k towards closing costs and are willing to negotiate a sweet deal if you are talking to other lenders
Nextdoor has reasonable info. I’m in San Ramon myself. Like it much better than the chicken coops in the South Bay and throwing up gang signs to the hood homies. Schools are great where I’m at. You get used to the shuttle life pretty quick. The hard part is fitting in gym time. I basically just work out twice a week on the weekends near my home. Need to work at a campus with an on-site gym.
Sanramon is much better than Dublin.
Based on...?
Especially the fact that schools are over crowded in Dublin and there is only one high school now. Second, I like the landscape better. Just that east side of Dublin is little crowded. Try taking a drive along windmere.
Not worth traveling 3+ hours daily in a shuttle
Not worth for me living in a dingy funky ass looking tiny 70 yo ranch in San Jose with sad schools... you can’t have it all
Yeah buy house and only live weekends with family,