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Comments (16)Quote: "I have checked out my PB with the BBB and everything looks great. He has built pools for 5 personal friends dating back 8 years and none of them have had any problems and recommended him highly." Excellent, sounds like a great track record! ==As far as automation...forgive my ignorance...would that be the Pentair Intellitouch Wireless? He has included the 4 keypad in our bid but I'm wondering if I should request the 8 keypad. Any thoughts?== Yes, I just responded in your other thread too but the Intellitouch is your automation system. Since you've got Pentair automation you should definitely consider the 4 speed Pentair pump (4x160). It's an excellent and efficient pump and can be programmed to run at various speeds for different functions through the Intellitouch. Regarding the keypad, it really depends on what you're controlling. Is it the QuickTouch remote? If so, that's just a simple 4 button on/ off keychain-sized controller. They also make a full-featured controller that allows you to make adjustments as well as turn things on/ off (costs a lot more though). ==One other thing...our weeping wall will have 4 weepers along the 40' wall. There will be a loveseat in the water in the back center so no weeper there. Should I request a fifth weeper at the loveseat? Would that require additional plumbing or pumps?== Hard to picture what you're describing, do you have a plan you can scan & post? I guess it depends on whether you want water spilling on you while you're seated or not. It would require additional piping, but probably not another pump....See MoreWhen to list home when building?
Comments (18)Gobruno -- we live about 1 1/2 hrs north of you and we are in the same dilemma. Our current home is 6500+ sq ft and sits on an entire city block. So selling this place first is a must before we even think about breaking ground on our new/smaller retirement home. I work for a realtor, and he suggests putting it on the market asap, and we have already reserved the cover of a local real estate magazine for immediate exposure. It's going to take the right person at the right time, and we are prepared for a long wait. But that's fine with us. Only bad thing is the rising taxes on this property. As both federal and state budgets are in the tank, local property owners will ultimately bear the brunt of the deficits. We are paying $600 per month property tax, and that is going to skyrocket over the next two years. Our local school budget went up 10% this year, and that has not even taken into consideration cuts in state budgets. Locally, our city council is running amok with spending. Our little village of 1600 has the second highest property taxes in the state. So bottom line, having to rent while the new house is being built is just fine with us. The new house is outside the city limits, hopefully will have some type of geothermal heat, and we will be on well and septic. We are looking at good savings on all counts....See MoreWhat details make a new build seem not so generic
Comments (26)If you're not having an upstairs laundry room, DO add a laundry chute . When we were house hunting I found it strange to see five K, and over, sq. ft. Homes without either. I pictured the lady of the home, or the help, floating down the grand staircase with a load of laundry in her arms. Seemed silly. We love ours, and they are rare here, so kids are fascinated, loving to drop stuffed animals down the chute. If your home is large enough, a back staircase is both practical and cool. Add some whimsy or mystery, especially if you have children . My grandmother's house had two or three closets that secretly ( or so it felt) connected. Butlers pantries are both practical and sentimentally old fashioned...especially with a swinging door. Wherever you have interior glass( French doors, cabinets) make the glass beveled. If it's not too late to suggest, stay away from soaring ceilings everywhere, and open design. Keep ceilings at 10 or so feet, and modify the separation of the rooms to please yourselves, without going all -out open. Just my NSHOs :>). It's fun to dream along with you. Keep us posted on your exciting new home as it progresses. Marti...See MoreWhen inches matter and "seat of the pants" building.
Comments (4)1965. Apparently 30" was allowable for upstairs hallways then, as were 12" on center toilets. Part of the issue is the narrowness of the building lots. The neighboring historic houses are trinities with near vertical box winder stairs, 5' wide lean-to kitchens and things like that. We looks at a house from the 1840s that was largish but had a pinch point like this on every floor where there was a passage like this along side a large chimney to rooms in the rear. The house had very little furniture in it, you couldn't get things in. I have no idea how this was allowed, except that if you measure out onto the nosing of the stairs it's about 30", which is sort of a cheat. The wall enclosing part of the upper set of stairs narrows it along a whole area rather than just a stair post. (sorta). It could be solved by redoing the bathroom and getting things back to at least 30" I am lucky to live in the 20" style of house which feels enormously wide compared to this....See Moreamanda_childs
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