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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Told Oldham's New Project
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Would you live in an IKEA designed community?
Inter IKEA Holding Services, is building Strand East, an entire community in Stratford, East London. Rebuilding in what is an abandoned industrial area, the site is just south of the Olympic Park, where the this year’s summer Olympics will be held. Unfortunately, it won’t be ready for those heading out to watch the summer games. Construction on the 26 acre development is set to begin in 2013 and will take 5 years to complete. Future IKEA residents will live in 1,200 residences, of which 40% will have 3+ bedrooms, built around offices, shops, restaurants, schools, and health care facilities to eliminate the need to hop into a car.
http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2012/04/16/would-you-live-in-an-ikea-designed-community/
http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2012/04/16/would-you-live-in-an-ikea-designed-community/
Monday, April 2, 2012
Sunset Breezehouse Factory Preview April 21st, 2012
Please join us Saturday, April 21st at our factory for an exclusive sneak peek at the Sunset Breezehouse. We are very proud to have been selected to build this year’s Sunset Idea House and we can’t wait to show it to you! At the factory event, we will take you behind the scenes to see the home’s precision-engineered construction up close and to meet with Sunset editors, designers, and Blu Homes architects.
When: April 21, 1-3 pm
Where: Vallejo, CA
RSVP TODAY
When: April 21, 1-3 pm
Where: Vallejo, CA
RSVP TODAY
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Considering Remodeling?
Budgeting for a large remodeling project presents a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem: Homeowners won't have a feel for the cost until they get bids from contractors.
But unless the homeowner give the contractors a ballpark figure from the start, the contractors will have to guess at what to include in their bids -- and they'll come back with a huge range of prices for very different plans.
To solve this problem, homeowners should start by finding the average costs. When insurance companies need to pinpoint construction costs, they multiply the length by the width of the space and then multiply that by the project's typical cost per square foot. Estimators who provide such data to claims adjusters and contractors use the following averages for cost-per-square foot: Kitchen, $174; Powder room, $133; Master bathroom, $160; and Family room, $92.
Next, homeowners should tweak the costs to fit the scope of the project. The numbers above are for complete remodels, meaning the room is demolished right down to the framing and rebuilt. With a less involved project, reduce the number by about 30 percent. For a cosmetic update, as in fresh paint on the cabinets plus new lighting and hardware, reduce it by about 60 percent.
But unless the homeowner give the contractors a ballpark figure from the start, the contractors will have to guess at what to include in their bids -- and they'll come back with a huge range of prices for very different plans.
To solve this problem, homeowners should start by finding the average costs. When insurance companies need to pinpoint construction costs, they multiply the length by the width of the space and then multiply that by the project's typical cost per square foot. Estimators who provide such data to claims adjusters and contractors use the following averages for cost-per-square foot: Kitchen, $174; Powder room, $133; Master bathroom, $160; and Family room, $92.
Next, homeowners should tweak the costs to fit the scope of the project. The numbers above are for complete remodels, meaning the room is demolished right down to the framing and rebuilt. With a less involved project, reduce the number by about 30 percent. For a cosmetic update, as in fresh paint on the cabinets plus new lighting and hardware, reduce it by about 60 percent.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
What Does Warren Buffet Think About Buying A Home?
The greatest investor of the last century privately has told the people closest to him that buying a home right now “will be the best opportunity in [their] lifetime”.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Odyssey is all about olives
As part of the annual Season of the Olive, Olive Odyssey will celebrate the salty fruit with a weekend of activities at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards. The event is set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Experience the olive in old-world style with host Don “The Olive Guy” Landis and a gathering of olive enthusiasts at an Olive Odyssey. Olive curers offer their unique delicacies and share their curing recipes in the Tuscan courtyard at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards. Olive notables and olive tree experts will talk about the fruit and answer questions. The Olive Press will offer tours of the olive mill, tastings of their many flavors and styles of olive oil and open their olive gift shop to browse.
More OLIVE GOODNESS...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tomorrow is “Jazz on the Menu”
Make your reservations today!
For the second year, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival will present dinner at not one, not two, but 15 local restaurants — with different jazz musicians at each one — all to benefit our Education Programs.
Meal seatings 6 – 9 pm on Thursday, Feb. 2. View all participating restaurants and performing musicians. (Despite what the Press Democrat says, there are no $25 tickets necessary.)
Again, the hot spot will be the After-Party at Costeaux - which the PD’s Chris Smith reports is Tony Bennett’s favorite Healdsburg restaurant – with jazz, wine and desserts. This year tickets are only $10, and are now on sale.
Read more on this page…
For the second year, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival will present dinner at not one, not two, but 15 local restaurants — with different jazz musicians at each one — all to benefit our Education Programs.
Meal seatings 6 – 9 pm on Thursday, Feb. 2. View all participating restaurants and performing musicians. (Despite what the Press Democrat says, there are no $25 tickets necessary.)
Again, the hot spot will be the After-Party at Costeaux - which the PD’s Chris Smith reports is Tony Bennett’s favorite Healdsburg restaurant – with jazz, wine and desserts. This year tickets are only $10, and are now on sale.
Read more on this page…
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
From A $7 Million View Home To A $4 Million View?
Purchased for $7,000,000 in 2004, the 4,836 square foot home at 333 Belvedere Avenue across the bridge in Belvedere returned to the market in early 2009 listed for $12,900,000. The property had been been refinanced in 2008 with a first mortgage for $4,650,000 and a second for $2,100,000 to which a third for $1,725,000 was added in July 2009.
Reduced to $9,950,000 in December 2009, to $8,950,000 in 2010, and then withdrawn from the market five months ago last asking $7,500,000, the one-time Blanding Estate Carriage House which was "beautifully transformed into one of Belvedere's most prominent view-oriented residences" (according to its Sotheby's listing) sold on the courthouse steps for $4,175,000 last week. But wait, there’s more.
While we can't currently confirm, and perhaps a bit of bravado is in play, if a plugged-in reader's source is correct, the multi-million dollar property "was bought by a neighbor with the intent of demolishing it to clear the view."
Reduced to $9,950,000 in December 2009, to $8,950,000 in 2010, and then withdrawn from the market five months ago last asking $7,500,000, the one-time Blanding Estate Carriage House which was "beautifully transformed into one of Belvedere's most prominent view-oriented residences" (according to its Sotheby's listing) sold on the courthouse steps for $4,175,000 last week. But wait, there’s more.
While we can't currently confirm, and perhaps a bit of bravado is in play, if a plugged-in reader's source is correct, the multi-million dollar property "was bought by a neighbor with the intent of demolishing it to clear the view."
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Blueprint for a New American Home
Expanding the Spaces a Family Really Uses; More Practical Doesn't Have to Mean Smaller
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Chocolate, Charity & Cheer: Tips for Hosting a Christmas Cookie Swap
http://www.simplebites.net/tips-on-how-to-host-a-christmas-cookie-swap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SimpleBites+%28Simple+Bites%29&utm_content=FeedBurner
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Yummmm
Hungarian Goulahahahahahahash
Recipe submitted by Liz Vezer of Vezer Family Vineyard
Visit picturesque Suisun Valley, Napa Valley's neighbor by 6 miles! Cooking Class, Dinner & Tasting with Liz for a special occasion reservation at the Vezer Family Estate ... add an escorted ATV Vineyard tour for the perfect day. Open year-round No Appointment for Mankas Corner or Blue Victorian Tasting Rooms. No Fee Wine Club.
Ingredients:
•1 Bottle Vezer Family Vineyard 2006 Zinfandel - I personally use 1/2 to drink while cooking & 1/2 to cook in the recipe
•4-5lbs lean stew meat - cut into chunks so it absorbs the wine better
•1 large onion chopped fine
•10-12 cloves garlic minced
•3 lbs. Potatoes
•2 lbs Carrots
•10-12 TBS Hungarian Paprika
•3 large containers of beef stock
•1/4-1/2Cup Olive Oil (you decide how 'virginal')
•2-3 Turkish Bay leaves
•2 TBS Sea Salt
Serves approximately 1 tribe or 8 people. Continue reading Hungarian Goulahahahahahahash
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Recipe submitted by Liz Vezer of Vezer Family Vineyard
Visit picturesque Suisun Valley, Napa Valley's neighbor by 6 miles! Cooking Class, Dinner & Tasting with Liz for a special occasion reservation at the Vezer Family Estate ... add an escorted ATV Vineyard tour for the perfect day. Open year-round No Appointment for Mankas Corner or Blue Victorian Tasting Rooms. No Fee Wine Club.
Ingredients:
•1 Bottle Vezer Family Vineyard 2006 Zinfandel - I personally use 1/2 to drink while cooking & 1/2 to cook in the recipe
•4-5lbs lean stew meat - cut into chunks so it absorbs the wine better
•1 large onion chopped fine
•10-12 cloves garlic minced
•3 lbs. Potatoes
•2 lbs Carrots
•10-12 TBS Hungarian Paprika
•3 large containers of beef stock
•1/4-1/2Cup Olive Oil (you decide how 'virginal')
•2-3 Turkish Bay leaves
•2 TBS Sea Salt
Serves approximately 1 tribe or 8 people. Continue reading Hungarian Goulahahahahahahash
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