how much is your architect charging?
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Comments (19)all the varied rose prices are making me nuts. I see one deal then another and never know where to stop! Well back in the bare root season I bought 2 expensive roses in peat pots. They were about $22 each. Black Baccart & PJP II. I got those planted nice and early and they are two of my nicest roses. That same darn nursery keeps knocking down the prices on those peat pots. First to $9.99 so I got Candyland climber, rock N' roll, and mardi gras. the candyland is going gangbusters and the other 2 are starting to fill out. Now they dropped the prices on those peat pots to $5 with some giant plants in them. I picked up an iceberg this week. And I'm not sure if I can resist the Dreamweaver climber they had. Of course I have also picked up cheap $6 container roses at Lowe's (which grow really well!) and a bunch of body bags I bought at HD (not that great really...). boy you can spend almost anything on these roses. Of course our local nursery has rows & rows of gorgeous giant container roses. My favorite "break" is to take a cup of coffee and wander through their roses. I haven't been brave enough to buy one but I find a new favorite there all the time. Diana Princess of Whales was sooo tempting today. ok way too long of an answer! gbebeh (with wayy too much shopping in San Diego)...See MoreHow much to Charge for Violette De Bordeau and others?
Comments (19)Thanks everyone for your responses. Tagtail, I am not sure what you mean, could you elaborate, please? I see "Whenever possible, non-researchers should obtain planting material from commercial sources, or seedsavers/heirloom plant sources, etc. which can be identified on the internet." To me, that means that one should not just request cuttings because they are "free", but to exhaust other potential sources before requesting cuttings. I believe I did that. I looked many places, including ebay, and doing general searches, I think I searched pretty thoroughly for the varieties(and quantity of varieties) I was wanting, (that was my first step when starting to look for cuttings). When I saw that the quantity and variety wasn't as diverse, and truthfully, the price was prohibitive, I requested from UCD. I put my honest purpose for requesting the cuttings on the order form, and if they were unable or unwilling to send me any cuttings based on that, I would not be offended. I would be disappointed, but I would understand. Carrie...See MoreHow much did your architect cost you?
Comments (186)@DE wrote, "riverrat1, now I want to know - why did it take 3 years for an architect to design a house. this grows more interesting by the minute" We used the services of the Architect to walk through the property to evaluate the lot. = 2 meetings to discover it is a buildable lot to build what we wanted in a house..that took an additional 4 weeks. Remember we were in no hurry and took our time. Another 6 months for her to come up with Schematic drawings of 5 different house drawings. We took our time reviewing those schematics of another 6 months to pick and choose parts from those schematics to come up with a plan that worked for us. Another year to tweak plans, engineering, lighting, design, picking finishes ( traveling to find antique cypress doors) and a few changes to the final drawing. At this point we brought on board a designer/ decorator and builder. Bringing on the designer/decorator and builder took another 5-6 months. Found changes, on plans, with the team, and took another 6 months to implement those changes. Attorney = 4-5 weeks. More engineering was involved at this point. Now we are up to about 2 years 8 months. and we will start soon n a few months. I'm so happy we took our time. Time well spent. Altogether about 3 years when we start. We have all finishes, windows, doors, countertops, moulding, cabinets, floors, lighting, roofing, appliances and a myriad of other things like house wrapping, insulation, drilled shafts, HVAC, etc. picked out already. It's been a wonderful project. I've had a lot of help and feel good about starting this build. When we decided to build I was going to make sure that all of our allowances had already been picked out and knew the cost of each item....See MoreHow much would you charge for childcare?
Comments (32)Hi again, all. Bestlawn, I maybe shouldn't even have mentioned the drive to and from the job, because it made it seem like I am 'charging' her for that. I realize it is MY expense, but it was mentioned only to explain that I have to factor in the cost of gas (in my private thoughts) that I'd use doing childcare outside my home, to know if the salary would be anything comparable to what I could make watching two children in my home, with no driving involved. I live in the Toronto area, and straight babysitting wages (no meal preperation, or transporting to school required) here are generally $10.00 per hour, even if you only have one child. Out of curiosity, I looked up the tuition for the Montessori school the children will be attending, and it is $18,000 per year per child, for a full day program. The mother wants to enroll her two girls, from 1:00 til 6:00 each day. I'm not sure how much she'll be paying for those hours, but that's an astounding amount of money to pay for a 3 and 4 year old, in my opinion. Anyway, today I went on the interview. Just FYI, the house is close to the million dollar range, and had a Jaguar and a Lexus in the driveway. During the interview, the mother said I'd be responsible for making the children breakfast and lunch, and driving them to the Montessori school. I thought she might ask a little about how I planned to spend time with them, wondering whether I'd take them to the park occasionally, or do crafts with them or whatever. But she didn't ask anything and just seemed concerned that they'd have a way to get dropped off at the school after lunch. I was most surprised that she never asked me anything about my driving record (spotless, but I could be unlicensed for all she knew) and said she only uses booster seats for her two kids. Her 3 year old is very petite and cannot possibly be legally heavy enough to be out of a car seat yet. So I was starting to get a really bad feeling before we even talked wages. I had decided that even if the pay was satisfactory, I'd have to insist she get a proper car seat for the youngest or I'd refuse the job. So....when she said her childcare budget was $8.00 per hour, (for feeding 2 meals to 2 children and transporting them daily to their Montessori school) that clinched the non deal! Minimum wage her is $8.75, so it became obvious that she was budgeting all her money to get her children a great start in education, but was not too concerned about safety, and cared little about how the first half of her childrens' day would go, while in my care. It definitely wasn't for me!...See Moremydreamhome
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