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Comments (30)Wow. I’m just gonna be straight. I’m very offended. I have no plans to do this myself. This started as just a question about COST. I get that it might be difficult to assess over the internet. I NEVER said I was doing the work myself. I WILL BE hiring a contractor. In fact I mentioned that one is coming on Monday. I was just trying to COST things out. I’m not an idiot. I don’t base decisions on HGTV. WTF? Just to help commenters in the future ... maybe you shouldn’t make assumptions about the OP’s motives, plans, capabilities, thought processes... I got some good info here but I really wasn’t expecting to be insulted in the process. So I’d appreciate it if everyone just dropped it. Pretend you never even read such a stupid question as “how much does this cost” so you can all sleep at night. Oh, and for those of you that think I’m an idiot for wanting to open the wall, please don’t waste my time. I asked about cost. Heck, I just expected someone to say that either there’s a huge cost difference, there’s no cost difference or it’s not possible to know without seeing it in person. I did get that last response and some great info from a few folks. But then I was called an idiot, that I lack a multitude of capabilities, that I base decisions on HGTV, that I have horrible tastes, etc. Wow. Maybe I just don’t know the etiquette. Is it okay to ask questions on Houzz that I don’t know the answer to? Is it okay to not be a professional contractor? Is it okay to not know what I don’t know? Maybe I’ll update this thread after I’ve destroyed my house and I’m living in a shed. Because I’m just that stupid, right?...See MoreShould we remove this oak tree?
Comments (15)In the first shot the tree is well placed in regard to the house facade. However, the tree is also just big enough to make the house look dinky. After the oak is removed the exclamation mark fastigiate conifer off the right corner of the house should also be eliminated. Then the house sitting by itself in almost nothing but grass combination that the real estate industry and like-minded clients often think is the only way to go will have been achieved. If you decide later you want an actual attractive setting with well done landscaping that frames the house and differentiates it from all the more or less lawn-only places that are likely to be nearby then you can always do that then....See MoreWhat should we plant in front island where palm tree was removed?
Comments (10)Crepe Myrtle as others suggest, but make sure habit/form are what you want. You want one that will really fill out like a tree rather than lower/shrubby ones. A good nursery can help you select the right variety. There are many other types of palm that would work also, whether in that area or other areas of your landscape. Queen Palm are not the best. You might want to contact a good landscaper- there are many good ones in central Florida and it is relatively easy and relatively inexpensive (note the word "relatively") to get an extremely lovely landscape installed. Good luck! P.S. Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle! I was told it was "crepe" like the ruffly crepe paper used to make paper flowers, streamers, etc. But it's spelled both ways even in nursery catalogs. Is there a definitive answer?...See MoreShould we remove the shutters?
Comments (12)Those darned things are atrocious! We opted to not put them back in place after we had our house resided many years ago. We are just hoping that the neighborhood scouters from the HOA with the clipboard dont notice. Those things are so stupid, stupid, stupid. Ours were not real shutters and most of them are not. They are just awful, usually plastic, usless decorations that add nothing whatsoever to the house. This is a matter of style over function. And, in this case, both style and function are without value. Real shutters I would think twice about removing. But these are without function or value or quality. How did this nonsense become the norm? Time to think outside the box and stop the insanity. Why pour resources in to a well appointed exteriour with all your own carefully chose options and finish it up with this nonsense to conform to some standard? What difference would it make that these things dont appear to be at least half the width of the window? What does it matter? They are not functional....See Morejudygilpin
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