Comments on: Buying at Equinox or Leona tomorrow?

By: aly

aly — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:08:14 +0000

Anyone with new fron Leona? I think I might make a reservation to check it out.. they will be ready late december. so I think I guess could wait that long :)

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:05:19 +0000

Another worthless article from the PI. Why the constant comparison of Seattle to San Fransico or San Diego? I’m wondering if the people making these comparisons have even been to either of those cities…

By: Foster

Foster — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:31:11 +0000

One thing my realtor and I noticed was that the tiles at the shower surround were not bullnosed like most of the other ones you see. It was just caulked at the edge so as not to expose the side of the tile. I’m not sure if this was just done to save time, or if they actually plan on doing this in units. Regardless, it looks awful. They really should put bullnose tiles at the edges.

By: aly

aly — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:00:40 +0000

hmm,
I was at their showroom last week. Having a solid building is great, especially in the long run. The architecture seems nice. I would definetly like to have one of the places with a little garden/porch. But Weber and Thomson did not do such a great job with interior finishes. I noticed that the tub in the showroom is on the smaller side. I felt like there were some good finishes in their pallet but, maybe you can pick the finishes and come up with your own layout… Did anyone notice the reception counter? now that kinda stuff I like.. Why don’t they offer it in the units as well?
After having said all this, I just cannot wait that long to buy a place. I’m going to try to find something this summer.. :)

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:07:47 +0000

Thanks for the sales updates Foster. Are you planning on keeping your unit? :)

By: Scott D

Scott D — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:48:52 +0000

With all the responses to this project, I feel like I must interject our experience with Equinox. My wife and I had an early appointment on Saturday, the first day, and chose to cancel it for the following
reason(s): It seemed to us, throughout our contact with the sales staff, that there was somewhat of a rush job on signing people up with hard contracts. Which begs the question: Why?
We found it strange that a project would forgo a reservation process altogether and make buyers go to hard contract on a project which is at least 2 years out, a fact that would have been more agreeable if they had, in fact, given prospective owners more than two days to review the contract. Two days (plus 7 day grace period) to review an 18-page PSA and 13 pages of addendums is not enough, especially considering it is, after all, hard contract and any changes need to be in at initial signing.

We also found there to be an obvious lack of coordination and organization between developer and marketing/sales team, which in and of itself wouldn’t deter us, but didn’t help with the process. One last note: we also felt that the pricing was a bit high for presales.

Obviously, many don’t feel the same as we do as sales of this project are moving right along, but hey, to each his own. Just remember, the builders need us more than we need the builders.

By: Foster

Foster — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:43:31 +0000

5% deposit. Read the PSA & POS on their website to learn about the refunds on deposits.

By: PhilW

PhilW — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:40:33 +0000

Foster -
How much are they making you put down as a deposit? Is it refundable under any conditions?

Studios are more expensive per sq/ft because you still have to put in a bathroom and kitchen. Both of which are major expenses when building.

By: Ben K

Ben K — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:49:21 +0000

Foster – nice imagery. And, if you have any Xbox’s to spare, shoot one over my way. :)

Jim/Kiery – 208 looks like a great floor plan with the wall of windows. Congrats!

By: Foster

Foster — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:24:29 +0000

Oh, I forgot to tell people.. Unit 317, the only studio, sold for $259,950. 431 sq ft. That means over $608 a sq foot.

Do you know what this means? You could cover every inch of a space the size of that unit with standard XBOX 360s, and then cover THOSE XBOX 360s again with a layer of XBOX 360s and STILL be cheaper than the unit itself.