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Comments (10)Bill, it is the tub deck (6x6 tiles) and a splash of one row of the same tile. The skirt is getting done and there will be two access panels. There are also three squares (16x16")of decorative (jelly bean tiles) tiles 'on the front of the tub. The tumbled marble is 12x12 on the floor and about 6' up the shower walls, and on the tub skirt. The shower has subway tiles above the 12x12's, and 6x6's on the ceiling. There are also 6x6's on the tub deck. The shower measures 3x4'. The pattern is straight, but offset everywhere. No listello. There is a bench and one niche in the shower. No kerdi (can't find anyone)so it will have a vinyl or copper pan (supplied by the plumber). Yes, the tiler is furnishing and installing the board for the shower and the tub surround. Thanks Bill for your help. You two guys are unbelievalbe. Super job and the information will really help me to make a decison. Well, if you are in ME, wouldn't you like to come to the Cape? We have plenty of spare bedrooms. Janet...See MoreMLS & price per square foot
Comments (12)People are right when the say that sq ft and quality don't go hand in hard. Or that sq footage and actual liveability in home don't mean much, either. Would definitely rather have a 3 bed-3bath 2700 sq foot home than a 5 bed-3 bath----more rooms but smaller would not make comfortable living to me...liveability is all in design--not just size I use sq ft comparison when I check MLS listings all the time...if you know the market, it tells you if home in particular area is going at discount -- maybe because of pre-forclosure issues, maybe because it has been listed for long time--maybe there are design issues---pool vs no pool In the DFW area P/S/F is used to market and is what the TAD--local tax authority--uses most of the time to evaluate homes--sq footage--how many garages--if there is a pool--and neighborhood/lot prices...ar what they list on each property valuation sheet they rarely (if ever) do an on-site walk-through inspection so the finish out has little to do with what the appraisal is...they go by neighborhood values. Mainly increase in valuations can happen by neighborhood, not individual homes ... When a subdivision goes in the builder turns in development plans/lots are sized, amenities like community pool is there is one are calculated, so lots/land have valuation set. The homes are built--they know what sq ft the builders are doing because those plans have to be turned in to city and they see them for valuation. If the builder builds a spec and completes w/o a contract, title company notifies TAD. Builder is paying the first year prorated tax, depending on whether he gets contract. When it sells, people are not required to turn the selling price over to TAD--that info is protected in TX--so the builder's valuation is what the new home owners have...because the tax base is set to only increase certain amount from year to year,,,the valuation can be pretty low the first two years...after that usually gets closer to market value... People have to get permits for things like adding a pool or remodeling to add rooms---so TAD can keep up w/upgrades like that usually...so an individual home might have increased appraisal with improvements/extra sq ft after the initial appraisal. The hinky part comes when builders turn in one set of plans and then people contract to have attic space built out or maybe a 3rd-car garage added ...that sq footage almost always does NOT go into the TAD records...a pool is almost impossible to not have valuated to increase taxes... MLS sq ft descriptions around here often say "Total sq footage does not reflect TAD info" or "Sq footage based on currant appraisal"--which means a physical walk-through and measurement of rooms was done by home appraiser, usually from the bank or mortgage co buyers are using... Some times the people at TAD actually read the MLS listings and if they see mention of that, send you a nice letter---I have heard of that happening twice...I also saw a house on new MLS listing with a pool and when I checked TAD to see who the builder was, TAD info did not show a pool...so there are some delinquent taxes there for current original owners... O course Sq footage is only one factor in evaluating a home's true value and if you want a home or if it is worth the price the sellers have put on it...but around here if you compared having a heat pump over having more sq footage--most people would value the sq footage...having trees and privacy on a smaller lot is usually more valuable to buyers than a larger, open-to-everyone's eyes-lot--yet home valuation comes only from lot size not intangibles like trees/views... in certain price ranges, wood floors are mandatory and included when you see sq ft...in others if you get real wood floors you are getting a deal...it just means you have to know your market......See MoreCost of Low-E Glass (ie: per square foot)
Comments (6)You have definitely done your homework, hopefully I can offer a few suggestions... As I think that you already know, using coated laminated glass will give you the same SHGC performance as you would get from an IG, but at the loss of the IG U-factor improvement. Keep in mind that laminated glass will generally have a shorter warranty period than will an IG (depending on manufacturer - but shorter warranty for lami versus IG is fairly consistent in the industry). Depending on the IG manufacturer (and materials), IG seal failure is not likely to be a problem. The better systems in use today have seal failures significantly less than 1%. There is significantly less reason to anticipate "down the road when the seals blow" than you might think. There is at least one other consideration when dealing with internal softcoat coated laminated glass. There are several different laminated glass interlayers in use today. It is likely that you will be looking at a PVB interlayer since a significant majority of laminated glass windows use PVB interlayers. Without going into all the technical details, not all laminated glass manufacturers who deal with coatings are comfortable with the compatibility or longevity of laminating softcoat coatings with PVB interlayers. Cardinal, for example, doesn't even offer an internally coated PVB laminate. Okay, all that said, I am really not trying to talk you out of using a coated laminate, I am offering a few other considerations...hopefully not making your call more difficult. In the case of an IG I would agree completely that getting a coated LowE coating or getting the LowE coating on a tinted lite is superior to an IG with separate coated lite and tinted lite. "I guess I could order the SolarBan 70XL in Atlantica tint to get even better SHGC, if PPG makes the 70XL in tint (on one piece of glass.)" I believe that PPG does offer the 70XL tinted as well, if so I think that it would be worth your while to check it out. "Also no one I've talked to even mentions the 70XL even though I am aware of it. I am surprised about how few Low-E options are presented by window/glass companies. Either they don't know about them, don't understand them, or believe their customers are incapable of understanding the differencea." --- All of the above? I am curious why you want to temper the glass in the laminate? While I understand (and agree with) your desire to temper the lites in the IG (I would do both lites at your sizes - I would also consider thinner glass since tempering would allow you to safely go thinner), but since laminated glass is a safety product that meets all the same safety codes as tempered (actually exceeds tempered in some respects), from a strictly safety standpoint there is no reason to temper the glass as well as laminate it. Although some folks advertise "self-clean" glass, other folks call it "easy-clean" glass just to avoid the controversy of the glass "cleaning" itself. It is a photo-catalytic titanium dioxide coating that does work really well. A few window companies offer it as a standard, others as an option, and others don't offer it at all. And while I don't deal directly with glass or window pricing, based on what you are asking for, and since you are in SoCal, I don't see that your glass quote is really out of line, which doesn't make it less painful. You are considering some potentially expensive options....See MorePrice per square foot of Carrara marble
Comments (17)I also thought that Danby marble was out of my budget, but Mountain White Danby or Montclare Danby are the lower tiers, compared to Imperial, etc. I started this process wanting Carrara also, but just about all of them were way too gray for me. The few whiter carrara slabs were too small for my projects (I would have needed to purchase 3-4 slabs, and have 4+ seams). Then I searched Westwood Marble And Granite website which shows pricing and that's how I learned that I can afford Danby. My point is you don't need to feel like you have to settle. Here's one of my MtnWhite slabs: Here is a link that might be useful: marbleandgranitePricing...See Morecreek_side
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