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We've got an older home in Irvine that still have the old-school aluminum (I think) sliding windows. Since dual pane windows did not exist (or were too expensive) at the time the prior owner renovated the home (probably in the 90's), he instead installed DUAL WINDOWS. Yes - two single pane...

Thanks for clarifying, qwerty. I agree w/ you on payback period as to the purchase and the zero-down lease. I personally thought that the estimated 10-12 year payback period on the lease prepayment option (the $17K option) wasn't too unreasonable. I completely agree as to your 2nd and 3rd...

qwerty, thanks for the opinion, but could you further elaborate why you believe it to be "a bad deal any way you slice it"? Like I said, there was something about this whole process that didn't feel right, so we are going to decline going solar. However, I'm interested to hear your rationale...

I went ahead and contacted Sungevity to get an estimate of what my solar options were and whether it made sense for us. The process went a bit like this: (1) fill out some information online (2) speak to a Sungevity associate for 10-15 minutes to get some more information on your home...

The sink and garbage disposal were all installed at the time we remodeled our kitchen (around July or August of last year) and our contractor did not mention any potential issues with having both the fire clay sink and a disposal. Now I'm going to have to look into this!

We used All Knight Moving twice - once to move a washer, dryer and refrigerator from my wife's second story condo, and a second time to move from our condo to our new home. Their prices were reasonable (cheaper too if you are able to move on a weekday) and we thought that they did a good job -...

We've got the fireclay butler farmhouse sink from Overstock. I can't remember the exact size that we got but it looks like this: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Fireclay-Butler-Large-29.5-inch-Kitchen-Sink/6467219/product.html?refccid=WA4OPVPMKUII2P2O7HNG2TYM2Q&searchidx=0 At our old...

To be honest, I have no idea whether we have a one speed or two speed, although I suspect a one speed (home was built in the late 70's and I assume that the pool was put in shortly thereafter).

What info do you need to provide these companies in order to get a quote? Our electricity bill ranges from $135 in the winter months and around $200 in the summer (even then, we only ran the A/C a few days when it was unbearably hot). We had all of our interior can lights changed out to LED's...

Thanks! In my case, our home does not belong to an HOA. In addition, the home was built in 1979, so I'll need to do some digging to find out who built it (though I imagine that the city of Irvine will have copies of the plans?) The landscape contractor did not indicate that they had the...

ZeroLot, thank you again for the referral to Andru. Given this experience, we are likely to hire them again for our front yard.

Hi All, KS Landscaping was doing some landscaping in our backyard planter this past week, and they advised us that the party wall (not sure if that's the right term) that separates our lot from the neighbor behind us is leaning towards our house. These homes were built in the late 1970's and...

I actually just had KS Landscaping do some minor landscaping work in our backyard (putting in some evergreen trees w/ non-invasive roots, irrigation and flowers in a planter behind our pool), and we have been very happy with the work. In the process of bidding out this job, we contacted Aloha...

I would recommend Time Palace Jewelers in Tustin. I've gone to Al (the owner) on several occasions, from changing batteries, changing straps, and servicing an automatic watch, and I have always been happy with his work.

Thank you for the referral, vonwrede. I called Kendall on Saturday and explained what I was looking to have done with the planter. Unfortunately, he advised that this job was too small for his company. I did have another landscaper come by to take a look, and he recommended having about 15...

I'd say it depends on the condition and layout of the house, as well as your neighborhood. We ourselves purchased in old Northwood, and our house does not have HOAs or mello roos taxes, which was very attractive to us (we had been looking in Stonegate, Woodbury, and Quail Hill). Our home was...

Even if Irvine Pacific had you sign such a waiver, there's no way that would hold up in court, as most judges would say that that is a contract of adhesion (i.e., that you were given no opportunity to negotiate the terms) and that such contract is void and/or uneforceable. I believe that...

Hi all, My wife and I are looking to install a pool gate and are looking for recommendations of companies and products for this application. We're getting the pool gate for 2 reasons: (1) we've got a kid on the way and (2) for home insurance purposes. We're not comfortable doing this on our...

I purchased my alarm system through www.homesecuritystore.com. I believe ours is the Visonic Powermax+, which I purchased back in 2007 for btw $250 and $300. When we moved into our new home, we purchased and set up additional wireless transmitters for the doors and windows. We also get our...

I am also interested in a tree/shrub for our backyard. We have a planter that abuts our back wall (I will try to measure the planter), but is right next to our pool. The prior owner had several trees in that planter, but that tree was shedding trees and fruits into the pool like there was no...