IndieDev
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gaogi said:I don't have any friends, so don't really need to worry about visitor parking.
I think you have bigger worries than a driveway and visitor parking.
gaogi said:I don't have any friends, so don't really need to worry about visitor parking.
IndieDev said:gaogi said:I don't have any friends, so don't really need to worry about visitor parking.
I think you have bigger worries than a driveway and visitor parking.
IndieDev said:gaogi said:I don't have any friends, so don't really need to worry about visitor parking.
I think you have bigger worries than a driveway and visitor parking.
rkp said:i think he was referring to you not having friends...not the location you are picking...
irvinehomeowner said:IHO's list of uses for a driveway:
1. Wash your car (although may not be HOA legal anymore... or safe for the environment)
2. Park your car when you need to use the garage to entertain friends... or if you don't have friends... use the garage to put together a piece of furniture
3. Shoot hoops
4. Handball
5. Frying turkey
6. Canvas for cement crayons
7. 8 extra feet away from your neighbor
8. Bounce house area
9. Scooter/bike parking while kids are playing
10. Garage sale zone (<-- although... haven't done one in over 10 years)
Not without getting run over by your neighbor.homer_simpson said:irvinehomeowner said:IHO's list of uses for a driveway:
1. Wash your car (although may not be HOA legal anymore... or safe for the environment)
2. Park your car when you need to use the garage to entertain friends... or if you don't have friends... use the garage to put together a piece of furniture
3. Shoot hoops
4. Handball
5. Frying turkey
6. Canvas for cement crayons
7. 8 extra feet away from your neighbor
8. Bounce house area
9. Scooter/bike parking while kids are playing
10. Garage sale zone (<-- although... haven't done one in over 10 years)
You can do all those on a motorcourt too
Once you have a driveway, there's no going back (my attached condo had a driveway).homer_simpson said:irvinehomeowner said:IHO's list of uses for a driveway:
1. Wash your car (although may not be HOA legal anymore... or safe for the environment)
2. Park your car when you need to use the garage to entertain friends... or if you don't have friends... use the garage to put together a piece of furniture
3. Shoot hoops
4. Handball
5. Frying turkey
6. Canvas for cement crayons
7. 8 extra feet away from your neighbor
8. Bounce house area
9. Scooter/bike parking while kids are playing
10. Garage sale zone (<-- although... haven't done one in over 10 years)
You can do all those on a motorcourt too
USCTrojanCPA said:Don't do window coverings, baseboard upgrades, crownmoldings, and wood flooring because their mark-ups are very high.Portola92618 said:Anyone have any experience with the TM design center? We're trying to decide what things to upgrade using the credits and what things we should do on our own. Looking for advice and tips from future/current homeowners who have been to the TM design center.
Depends on what the cost of upgrading the tile is...tiles run anywhere $2/sf and up plus about $3-$4/sf in labor (plus another $1/sf to remove existing tiles). Most of my buyers did get the upgraded granite countertops because it is cheaper to just upgrade. Again, it's up to you if the cost of upgrading it makes sense to you.PS2012 said:USCTrojanCPA said:Don't do window coverings, baseboard upgrades, crownmoldings, and wood flooring because their mark-ups are very high.Portola92618 said:Anyone have any experience with the TM design center? We're trying to decide what things to upgrade using the credits and what things we should do on our own. Looking for advice and tips from future/current homeowners who have been to the TM design center.
What about their tile flooring? We are trying to see if it's worth it to upgrade the 13x13 standard tile to an 18x18 tile with TM or take all standard and hire a contractor to do it afterwards. Any thoughts?
What about the granite counter-top upgrades? Is it worth it?
Most of them did wood flooring (either laminate or engineered wood) downstairs excluding the bathroom and carpet in the bedrooms and upstairs. Half of them went with the standard TM tile flooring for the bathroom and half of them upgraded tiles. Home Depot does not have the best pricing as independent contractors will be a bit lower, but it'll give you a good comparison for TM. Funny that you say that, some of my buyers gave me the Mr. Las Ventanas nickname. haha I am curious, how did you find out that they were my buyers?PS2012 said:Thanks! If you don't mind, what did most of your buyers do with their flooring? We think that TM's prices are pretty comparable to the Home Depots/Lowes when it comes to tile flooring at least (retail) - but we weren't sure if independent contractor pricing for labor would be cheaper than paying TM or Home Depot to do it. We are newbies on this topic so hope you don't mind the questions!
BTW - we ran into one of your buyers the other day in LV - you're pretty famous in this area!
What a small world. Which plan did you guys end up buying? Let me know if you would like any contractor referrals.PS2012 said:We ran into them while walking the neighborhood and they asked if we used a broker (which we did) and they asked if it was you. They referenced this forum - which I've been reading since early this year...so we knew exactly who you were - just didn't know your name. haha.
USCTrojanCPA said:What a small world. Which plan did you guys end up buying? Let me know if you would like any contractor referrals.PS2012 said:We ran into them while walking the neighborhood and they asked if we used a broker (which we did) and they asked if it was you. They referenced this forum - which I've been reading since early this year...so we knew exactly who you were - just didn't know your name. haha.