New condos in Kailua by Schuller / Dr Horton

There has been much speculation about the new condos that are supposed to be built in Kailua by Schuller homes. The project, which will be called Ironwoods at Kailua, is planeed to be 153 condos on the north end of Kailua.

People have been calling and emailing me about this project for a year or so, and today I had a nice woman from Kailua calling me for more information because the Schuller site doesn't say much. So I called the Schuller office and spoke to a guy who said very plainly, "we don't have any new imformation about it yet."

I asked him, "Is it going to be a long time before you know anything? Years?"

He said, "It's going to be a long time."

The Dr Horton site doesn't have anything more than the number of properties that will be there. There are no floorplans, no prices, no nothing. I think they are having legal problems with the project. Either that or they are trying to finish off the Makakilo and Waianae projects, because that is what the guy said he has right now.

Whenever they actually do come out with the prices or any new information, I'll post it here, but you'll likely have to camp out in front of the sales office to make sure you get one. They are going to sell like hotcakes. Actually, they are going to sell like Kailua condos, which sell faster than hotcakes.

When you look up condos in Kailua over $500k, it's pretty slim trimmings. Only Bluestone, an older building, is priced around $800-$900k. Whereas in Hawaii Kai condos are everywhere, Kailua has very few. That's part of it's charm - mostly single family homes.

So wait until 2008 or later and I'll put some info here about Ironwood, the newest mysterious condos in Kailua.