If you're in the South Bay, you can try the Home Depot Expo on Almaden. I've seen floor samples there for sale that are relatively inexpensive. I've heard that Minton's Lumber in Mountain View carries inexpensive vanities. If you're looking for a small piece of granite for a vanity top, you can try some of the fabricators and ask about remnants. They'll generally give you the granite for free, all you pay for is fabrication. There are dozens of small fabricators around 101 and 280. All Natural Stone off 101 across from SJC has an area of granite remnants that they sell very cheaply, although they don't fabricate. If you're in the East Bay, you can try the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Oakland. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Oakland ReStore

My first thought reading this thread was to suggest getting bids from other than Swan and Blue Haven. Blue Haven gets way more bad feedback than good, and Swan is usually high priced and mixed reviews. I'm in Stockton and went with Premier Pools over here. They built a good pool and I negotiated a fair price, but their customer service and communication was appalling. Wouldn't recommend them unless the price was really right. I'd look for a smaller PB if I had to do it again. Our pool was approx 29'x16' (400 ft freeform). Pebble Sheen finish, solar (8 panels), 2-speed 2hp Jandy pump, Polaris 360 cleaner, auto fill, Jandy PDA and Aqualink controller, sheer descent, about 40 ft of raised bond beam, 400 sq ft of stamped colored concrete for $40,800. We paid another $1800 to demolish existing patio and patio overhang and take out few shrubs and small trees. $225 for new fencing material (they built new fence as part of contract). $3,200 for additional 300 sq ft of stamped colored conrete. And $1200 to move 220v line for existing above ground hot tub. ($47,225 total) We bid out landscaping and irrigation separately. One other thing to consider if you go with a pebble finish. Try and get an idea of which colors you like and make sure that color level is specified in the bid. They usually don't tell you the pebble finish only includes a couple colors, and then when you pick your color further in the building process, you find out it's a "premium color" with a premium upgrade charge. Also, don't hesitate to let them know they're bidding against each other and you're on a tight budget. You'd be amazed how the price can come down. Good luck!

Can I talk about Rosa 'Munstead Wood? Cultivated in a garden in zone 9b (winters with little intense and little persistent frost between -1º / -5ºC and very hot summers, with temperatures around 32 / 35ºC and even some days reaching almost 40ºC) I cultivate two specimens of this variety in my garden. Both are grafted. In my garden is very refloreciente. The roses are beautiful and have a strong aroma. However, I must emphasize his propensity for powdery mildew. Just formed the buds at the beginning of spring quickly appears the terrible white powder on them. It is true that then, in summer, when the temperatures rise a lot, the disease low in intensity and practically disappears. I do not apply chemicals. Sometimes I make a mixture of potassium soap with water or I make a tea of nettles. How much color is very changeable. The spring bloom is so dark. The typical dark purple color appears in autumn bloom. It is a rose-bush with many thorns. The leaves are beautiful when they are born. With a very beautiful dark border !! It is very refloreciente. The flowering continues well into the autumn. It is also true that little resemble the roses of spring and those of autumn. The roses that sprout in autumn are less full of petals and somewhat smaller. The color, as I say, much more obscure than those of spring. I write a blog about my garden and you can read if you are interested in many comments on the behavior of this rose in my climate. This is the link: Rosa 'Munstead Wood'

Agoodlot! That was a huge kind hearted thing for you to do. In fact, Nick seems like a great person since I have seen him here so you can be assured it's in good hands. Funny you should mention the Fish Emulsion because what you see is for real, at least in my case too. I have yet to battle mites and scale and other pests that ail many of my fellow citrus partners here from just that alone, used consistently all summer which takes dedication. If it were not for this routine, I would fight them all the time like a use too in years past. There use to be a time when many friends and members here had the same results and I believe many have left for many reasons but one because many had pest issues and no longer do, so no longer come here. I miss them all. Please, feel free to share your experience with Fish Emulsion since the turnover group of a minute few have become very , let's just put this in a nice way, doubtful of its benefits)) You are a blessing here and I am sure your trees will be very happy. Here's a link I'd love you to post to..Best regards my friend [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/fish-fertilizer-emulsion-with-foliagepro-proper-dosage-dsvw-vd~5224289?n=34[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/fish-fertilizer-emulsion-with-foliagepro-proper-dosage-dsvw-vd~5224289?n=34) Mike