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I'd wait until you go through the full process before giving them credit.  From what I see, all their prices are ridiculous.  In addition, you get less for free than you used to, which ends up costing you more money.  Meaning, the "standard offering" is lower that what it used to be.  Did...

Maggiano's in Costa Meas or Il Fornaio in Irvine.  We've been to a lot of Korean 1 year birthday parties at the prior and did ours at the latter.  These are for lunch. If you want to do a champagne brunch, you can try Taps which has a nice but pricey brunch and get the outside patio.  You...

seems like a decent price.  I'm getting much higher quotes.  13 windows (forget sq footage) but got a quote for 5,000 and one for 4,300.  I don't want a bar and was told consistently that it was more expensive to do it that way (so I'm told).

dont do subway tiles.  1) expensive.  2) i did it in all bathrooms and builder did a crappy job.  3) sealing the grout has been a nightmare.  with regards to floors, i did them all through the builder (downstairs bath is in wood)  i paid 900 for the laundry, 900 for bath 2, and 1700 for...

Just starting to get settled.. will share more later.  PS9 - yes I would, but I would do things differently in terms of options, demands and overall expectations...

i would have, except we've moved in and i wouldnt trust ip to get the place clean enough to give our little one a bath.  i've also purchased different cleaners and what not to get the grout clean that they said would be perfect by move in (it wasnt). i dont want to seem like a complainer...

yeah, onQ was the preferred lender.  some challenges, but not anyone's fault.  in the end, things got done.  some issues with the house.  in the end, it just depends how much you care.  some people/companies do and some don't.  best buy delivered appliances.  the guys tracked a lot of...

When I have time, I will share my IP story...

for irvine pacific, they wont let you put "carpet everywhere" or "vinyl everywhere".  They have their standard pre-plotted options, and none of their project managers, workers, or subcontractors have the IQ to do anything but that UNLESS of course, you pay $20/ft for flooring then they can...

Off topic but can I ask why you decided on Plasma?  To me, picture quality is the first place to start.  Our main TV is in the great room obviously which has a lot of windows.  For bright rooms, its LED over plasma.  Starting install this week.  Looked okay in the store, but a bit worried...

Brokers are definitely not easy.  I think they ask for more because they don't want the loan to come back to them.  I've had to provide some interesting documentation... I won't be suprised if "take a picture of your left nut and send it w a medallion guarantee" is a future requirement... 

haha i just don't like Cox because it's expensive.  they wont give you better pricing, you are forced to go in every so often and ask for better pricing and/or threaten to leave...    I just did the same, asked if i could use their internet with direct tv and go the "why are you switching"...

TEEEBOW!

keep hearing that ATT Uverse is garbage..  know someone in stonegate who has it.  says internet is slow, and that their router is a POS.  going with cox, which is weird, because i don't really like cox.

are you buying this for a brand new house or replacing everything in an older house?

did more research on direct tv and satellite tv is all new to me.  so i guess it works like this.  you have a dish and a single wire multiswitch (SWM) with a power inserter that splits the signal (to various boxes) with a LNB.  You can get different types of SWM splitters - but my question was...

having a 65" samsung delivered thursday.  I saw the 80" in person and it was nice.  if you read the reviews, IHO was right.  Don't get the 80" unless you get the 240hz quattron.  the sharp is backlit led so you get better blacks then the samsung, which is sidelit.  watched sample programming...

not trying to make large scenes or cause riots.  I've always found more success in reasoning... well maybe that's why I'm not more successful... hmmm In any event - OnQ has been great to work with.  Kudos.    TIC - getting a bit better and "trying" to be more responsive, jury is still out. ...

i dont know how these things are officially labeled.  There is a pre-drywall inspection.  I don't think there is harm from paying an inspector.  Someone I know just purchased a place and TIC was very resistant to the idea "why would you need an inspector, we are a top notch builder!"    I...

a lot of people i know just got a check back for whatever was left over.  The lowest I've seen the 30 year (for a $625K agency jumbo) is 3.5% with zero points.  Today, its still at 3.625% (from what I've been told).  Has anyone seen lower?  I locked at 3.625% w/ no points.