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
Monday, April 2, 2012
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…
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