Albany Park Sectional Reviews?
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We are thinking about getting this Albany Park sectional for our living room. Since we aren’t local to the company, we can’t see it in person before purchase, so I’m looking for reviews.
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Comments (19)Thank you all for your comments! The weather is getting cold and I hope everyone stay warm and safe. Littlebug- For UPS person or guests, I expect them park on the N St and walk up to the front door. The bottom right corner of the house is close to the community gate. There are about 30 houses on N street and only 10 on W street. So people entering the subdivision will see the front first. In case we do not have enough parking spaces there, they would find a spot close to the front door on the W St. Since the sidewalk is adjacent to the curb (without any grass between the curb and the sidewalk), the walk does not seem too bad. I understand the current layout with garage in the back is not ideal for guest parking. The lot is too narrow (70ft x 130ft) for front-or side-loading garage. Annkh- Yes. Very good suggestions on the window sizes. On the east side, the wall to wall distance is less than 20ft. The current neighbor does not have a single window. We currently have three windows in the bedrooms and one in the 2nd floor kids bath. They are for lighting and ventilation. On the wall facing the west street, we had small windows to limit heat exposure in the summer as we are building in the hot climate of deep south. I went ahead and did some changes. On the east side, the bedroom window sizes are increased from 2050 to the standard 3050. On the west side, I added two 3050 windows (one in dining and one in garage). I feel good about the window addition in garage. Just not so sure about the one in dining. Other than heat, it may cause problem for furniture placement. In addition, the small game room windows on front and west have been increased from 2010 to 2020. The two windows in the kitchen have been enlarged too. I made some small changes to the window header height. Some of the windows on the elevations look too close to the eaves so I moved them down about 6”. Not sure if that is that is right. I will verify with the designer and talk to builders. The current design has two small kitchen windows below high cabinets. I proposed to move them up to allow better lighting. Kirkhall-That is an important point and very good question. I always think that the front is on the N street as that is the front setback at on the plat. It is an empty lot in an established subdivision so we have our address already. I need to check with the city to find out where the house address would exactly be located. Or shall I also check with the post office? Lavender Lass- Thank you for your continued support and wish you a very happy new year! We are moving slowly. Just started to get cost estimate on the build. The W street is not busy. There are only about 10 homes up on that street. Our house is close to the sole entrance gate. No through traffic. Windows on the west side wall are limited and relatively small as we are concerned about the very hot summer climate here. Yes. Guests are going to park on the street in front our house. The house has a front setback of 20ft along that side so I think that is supposed to be the front unless we apply for a variance. AnnieDeighnaugh- I appreciate your comments. We have struggled a lot regarding the kitchen layout and tried different designs with help from people in the kitchen forum. I understand that the up-down island orientation would make a lot of sense in normal situations. In our case, the area is about 15ft by 16ft which is limited by the walls supporting the second floor game room. We need another 1-2ft to rotate the island 90 degree. The sink is placed on the corner so that we have more prep area to the left of the sink and in front of the fridge. Based on the prep sink size, we would probably about 2’6” landing to the other side of the sink behind the cook area. I was first worried about the island as a barrier between the cooktop and the fridge too. Just hope the problem won’t be that severe as it does not cut into the traffic much and we do have about 4ft island clearance both ways. Yes. There is a potential problem with the oven door and the pantry door being open at the same time. We may change the swing door to a pocket door to the pantry. The game room has windows along three walls. The ones on the back provide some views to the back yard and the rest are just for lighting/ventilation/exteriors. I did increase the small windows of 2010 to 2020. The front elevation needs a lot of work to make it look right. I have no idea about the front door-pediment-roof pitch proportions. I would bring the issue to the designer and certainly appreciate any comments here. Many Thanks! JF Attached are elevations with some changes to the windows. I did it on the CAD file from the designer just to illustrate some of the ideas (more windows, larger windows, lower window header, front door with vertical panels). Front Back Left Right...See MoreIt is hard to find senior mobile home parks
Comments (20)You are right, the info on MH Village is limited. It can only offer the info provided by the park owner or manager. For example, the park where I live is listed as age-restricted on MH Village. The actual fact is that they had intended to set aside one area of the park for retirees and have the rest all ages, but it never happened. We live in the section intended to be for retirees, and there are children living acrosss the street. MH Village still thinks it is an age-restricted park. What it does offer is a pretty comprehensive list of the manufactured home parks in your area, whether there are any vacancies, and any homes for sale in the park. And that is enough info to decide whether a phone call or visit is merited....See MoreGood roses for Albany, NY?
Comments (11)Are your relatives *in* Albany (Schenectady-Troy)? The urban heat island is zone 6, and things like Knock Out do well. Outside of that, it's zone 5, and a cold winter can kill them off. Disease pressure is very high. It isn't quite as bad as Philadelphia and D.C., but close. That's how you have to think. This is my 'other' garden in Hyde Park. Climatically, it is very similar to the rose garden in Schenectady, but this one is no spray. Most of the roses are Fairy Tales from Palatine, and have done quite well. They do get some blackspot in August/September, but haven"t found it debilitating. The pink roses are Pomponella, the amber roses near the stairs to the lower level are Caramel, and the light ones are Lion. The red roses in the middle beds are Red Fairy, which I don't recommend. Too much blackspot. I don't have a feel for how hardy the Fairy Tales are yet, since they haven't seen the temperature where things start to fall apart (-12). If they are not in the heat island, things get a lot harder. I used to choose roses by trying things that were both hardy in a midwestern zone 4, and disease resistant in New Jersey and Virginia. It tended to work well, but didn't produce a long list. Some Explorers are good, though by no means all. I have yet to run across a Parkland rose that can handle the disease pressure. That is also true of Austins. The Buck roses beloved of the midwest tend to bomb here also, though we are trying Prairie Harvest and Country Dancer (from Palatine) on the lower level. They were just planted this spring, so I have no idea how they will recover from winter. When I grew them own-root, they had good disease resistance, but poor vigor. The really good roses here are the hardy once-bloomers. However, most newbies don't want to have anything to do with those. There is a local rose society, the Capital Region Rose Society. If you go that route, make extremely plain that you are looking for no spray recommendations because these roses are not going to be sprayed. It doesn't tend to be how their minds work, and they have probably forgotten about the option of kicking the question out to me. I am going to be busy for the rest of the weekend. If there is anything you want to know, PM me....See MoreIkea Kitchen Plan - Review Request!
Comments (15)Lisa, funny you asked about the configuration of the pantry because I am actually unsure about how I want several of the drawer stacks to be set up! I originally thought I would do 5-10-15 for all of them but laid awake just last night thinking that there was probably a better configuration for several of them. I'm now actually leaning toward 5-5-10-10 in a couple of places. And I left the pantry with the 15-15 bottom drawers and then 2 internal drawers as the planner showed. I'm thinking it will be mostly for renters use, so I have no idea if that will work well or if there is a better way! Since we have the owners closet/pantry, that is where we will store most of our food. There will be open shelves to the left of the range also which could be good for renters to store food. Finally, I was thinking that both the 21" upper cabinet on the left end of the window wall and the 30" drawer stack below it could be for food like cereal, snacks, etc. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts about the best storage options! If I order before the sale ends, I was planning to order only the frames for several cabinets that I am unsure of. Then I can use the gift card later to add the drawers and fronts for those units. A few other things I want to mention and get everyone's thoughts - first, the cabinet I have for the prep sink is a smidgen too small for the sink I want and will require the front edges of the frame to be notched to allow for the sink lip. We did this in our regular kitchen (also frameless cabinets) to squeeze in a small second sink and it was no big deal. Its either that or give up 3" of passageway space leading into the kitchen. WWYD? Also, I'm surprised no one commented on the wide "filler" pieces at the ends of the uppers on window wall. I really want DH to build me some of those cubby cabinets to go there - one for wine glasses, and one for coffee mugs. Ikea has them but they are a bit too wide and they don't look very well made to me. The other option would be to move the glass cabinets away from the window frame to eliminate some of the filler space. Thoughts? Thanks!...See More
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arrived it's a completely different fabric than what is advertised in the Pictures. And for whatever reason you can't even order a swatch in the color I bought. The one I received is more of a chenille soft shiny fabric and the website has more of a herringbone sturdy fabric?? Hoping to hear from customer service sooncstreber
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