I suggest you get as many quotes as you can. The more quotes you get, the more educated you become. Make sure that the model numbers of both the condenser (outside unit) and air handler are written on the quote. This will avoid the "bait and switch". Your true cooling costs are determined by the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) and not SEER, much to the misunderstanding of many people. Whichever SEER system you get, you want a 12 EER minimum. In my opinion, a 14 SEER / 12 EER offers you the best combination of purchase price and true operating costs. A good installation is more important than the brand name. For example, a properly installed Goodman will perform much better than a poorly installed Trane. Equipment is properly sized using a heat gain/loss calc called a Manual J. Most contractors do not do it. Consider a PARTS AND LABOR warranty for your peace of mind. Good luck. __________________ Gary G

I’m a little late to this board, but we used Repose in our old house that we sold. We used It as a whole house color inside and it turned out very pretty. It does reflect a little different in each room bc of windows and lighting. That house was 1600 sq ft, the dining room was very small and it looked great in there, made the room look much larger. All of that said, we just finished painting our current dining room in Repose today. We covered red walls. The first coat I noticed a lot of green undertones, and the color looked much darker. We have the second coat on and it’s pretty, but I’m not feeling like it looks as grey as it did at the other house. Depending on where you stand in the room, it looks grey, greige, or more tannish looking, I don’t know if the mix was off a little or if it’s just the lighting of the room. It is north facing, which is apparently not the best place to put Repose. I’m going to see how it looks in a couple of days and may try another grey.

As of now we are planning to just have short plants and some pots there (just removed some giant evergreen bushes that covered the whole bottom third of the window). We may add a second front porch/patio in front of that window in the future.

Well, had the youngest baby's BD party on our AT and it was a big success! We ended up paying about $5,000 for the yard. The AT has a cooling agent (or the under stuff does) and the kids and dogs have so far been loving the yard! The dog actually spends a lot of his life living on this turf! When the temps get above 80*, I go out and test the turf, and it's just fine. The babies are happy and so am I! I still have some real lawn in the front yard, just trying to help with drought conditions that will (even though they say it's over in CA) continue in CA. I'm pleased! Enjoy your day!