OT: Carpet, Tile, Painters and Granite

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Just preparing for another home and wanted to find out from everyone on recommendations for the following:

Carpet (Bonded Carpet and A1 Factory Direct were recommended years ago so interested to know if they are still solid choices)

Tile (Any good places to buy tile and recommendations on installers. We have two installer recommendations and while I can do it myself, I am trying to get it done before we move in)

Painters (Always looking for good painters – internal painting)

Granite (went with a recommendation from the board here back in 2009 and he was ok but didnt listen to us on which piece to put on the island)

Forgot the Pool. Recommendations on companies that do in-ground pools. We are looking to do a zero entry pool at some point (dad is in a wheelchair so rolling him in vs transferring and dropping him in is easier).

Some of these are things we arent doing immediately but want to get input from the board.

Thanks in advance.

[bearishgurl]

LA, I take it you’re now trying to buy a cosmetic fixer in SD County?

Did you sell your house in Denver?

If so, you didn’t stay there very long. I thought you liked Colo.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Hey Bearish. My wife unfortunately has had a rough year with health (she has meniere’s disease) due to the altitude and drastic barometric changes so we need to be back to sea level. We did welcome a second child after not having much success in SD so we got something great out of living here! Living here was nice, its a great city and we loved the proximity to downtown.

We listed our Denver home mid April and it sold in 3 days (market almost as crazy as SD). We close on it in a week and have found a home to move to. The home is only a year old and is nicely updated but there is carpet on the master bathroom floor and the carpet on the 2nd floor is low grade so we would like to have those items swapped out before we move in. The other items will be items to change/ add in the next year or two.

I forgot to ask if anyone has blind company recommendations. We put in custom shutters in our Denver home (Norman from China) and we would like to put them in again.

[bearishgurl]

I understand. I have had vertigo to varying degrees almost all my life. I have never been able to ride twisting or quickly-dropping amusement-park rides because of it. However, I CAN stay at 8000 sf at a hotel but need an entire day to get acclimated at that level. It’s better if I spend one day at 5000 ft, then the second day (24 hrs) at ~8000 feet before going up higher. I DO take Dramamine or meclizine before ascending higher and then can stay at 11,000 – 12,000 feet all day. Never tried to camp up there, though. We always descended to 7000-8000 feet for the night.

Congrats on your new addition to the family! If you don’t mind my asking, where in SD County did you end up buying in this time?

[spdrun]

Carpet is vile, nasty stuff that traps dirt and allergens and reeks of toxic solvents when new. Get wood or Pergo flooring.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Thanks. We are moving back to SEH (where we moved from) for a few reasons but primarily because it will be an easy transition on our 7 yr old daughter. She already has friendships from living there previously so it will be an easy transition for her. We wanted a house that was large enough for us, an inlaw suite and a lot that had enough room for a pool. We also scored almost no Mello Roos which is a nice touch.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

Thanks. We are moving back to SEH (where we moved from) for a few reasons but primarily because it will be an easy transition on our 7 yr old daughter. She already has friendships from living there previously so it will be an easy transition for her. We wanted a house that was large enough for us, an inlaw suite and a lot that had enough room for a pool. We also scored almost no Mello Roos which is a nice touch.

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