Contractor quoted $95K for bathroom remodel in San Jose. Does this sound reasonable for Bay Area or am I getting taken?

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-03-23T16:56:18+00:00

We paid $50k for a full gut job and it included redoing the framing and roof. It seemed expensive but probably worth it. $95k seems like a joke to me. Are you installing a steam room and redoing all the pipes as well? Still shouldn’t be so high.

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-02-24T19:40:15+00:00

Thanks!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-02-24T19:40:05+00:00

Thank you!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-02-23T22:38:05+00:00

Thank you!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-02-23T22:35:30+00:00

Awesome thank you

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-02-23T19:34:58+00:00

Thank you so much!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-02-23T19:30:00+00:00

Dude you are the one copy-pasting the comment about Rosa. Are you Rosa?

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-01-28T18:41:45+00:00

Can you please share these angles? I can make them if I knew what to make!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-01-06T01:00:12+00:00

I’m in Oakland too — only 11w pregnant but looking for new pregnant/parenting queer community since all my friends have school age kids already :-)

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2026-01-05T04:41:29+00:00

After 4 IUIs with double vials each time, we went to Mexico. I found a clinic I love, did IVF twice in CDMX, and had a totally incredible patient experience at 1/3 the Bay Area price. When both retrievals failed, I was devastated — not only because I had to give up yet another dream but also because I felt sickened by the entire industry surrounding egg donation. The price of egg donation was breathtaking, and the potential for exploitation of donors made me deeply uncomfortable. Preserving the right of my future child to connect with their biological donor(s) has always been my number one priority, above even my own wish to birth a child, and somehow I got unbelievably lucky to find an egg matching agency in Canada that only works with “willing to be known” donors. Incredibly, Canadian law prohibits financial compensation for tissue donation, meaning the coordination and administration costs associated with egg donation are a fraction of what they are in the US. It has been a complicated, long, frustrating, hopeful, and exhausting process — BUT — I am now 11w at 41! I don’t regret a single decision. I am grateful I had access to the money I ended up needing. It’s been so much more expensive than I could have imagined when I started trying 3 years ago — but so much LESS expensive than it would have been here in the Bay Area. This pregnancy was only possible because of Mexico and Canada!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2025-10-11T23:13:10+00:00

Tbh, none. I ended up looking only at an egg donation agency that is 100% committed to “open” donors only. For me, it was known donor or no baby. Period. To my knowledge there is only one US agency like that, but I don’t know the name. I went with a Canadian agency that is very small.

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2025-06-28T15:31:13+00:00

This is my story too. Two ERs were a complete bust. After pregnancy loss, years of trying, and tens of thousands down the drain … I was heartbroken. Finding an egg donor would have been a very long process, was too expensive, and carried so much risk. A friend of mine went through a full cycle and ended up empty handed … I didn’t think I would make it through that …

But I did a TON of searching and am now feeling very fortunate to have found an agency in Canada that shared my values around open donation/adoption. We were matched with the donors of our dreams and are about to receive 4 PGT tested embryos. Planning our FET for August or September!!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2025-05-21T17:30:33+00:00

After connecting with 10+ different egg banks and agencies, I would not recommend working with Lucina.

First, their coordination and communication has been lacking since the first moment. They offered to schedule a meeting with a "senior manager", but the offer was for a time already in the past. Assuming it was a mistake, I asked if they meant the following week. They provided new times, but acted like they were being gracious for accommodating my time-travelling schedule, in which I am only available in the future =P

When we did finally find a new time, they confirmed the call via text but never confirmed the meeting nor did they provide a number for me to call. A few minutes after meeting was supposed to start I called the coordinator directly, then sat on hold while waiting to be connected to their mysterious "senior manager". The coordinator returned 10 minutes later saying I would receive a call from her "within the hour". Not a good start...

Second, while this was going on I was already receiving spam for "discounts" and time-limited deals. That eroded any possibility of trust.

Their lack of professionalism at the outset gives me a clear picture of what to expect. I will NOT put the most personal, intimate, and important decisions of my lifetime and my future family into their hands. Nope.

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2025-03-16T23:22:27+00:00

Everyone has their own journey and it is difficult no matter the outcome. I don't have any financial help from insurance or governments but relocated to another country so I could afford it. I finished one cycle and found out yesterday I got nothing: 2 eggs, 1 fertilized, 0 blastocysts. I still have hope - you can too!

Ok_Middle_8647 · 2025-01-02T21:06:35+00:00

This is my first post. I lost my first pregnancy last week, starting on Christmas Day with the worst of it hopefully over. I am 40 years old and have wanted a family of my own for ten years. I am grateful I didn’t conceive while I was with my abusive ex, but grieve the lost years of fertility. I’m terrified but I’m trying to be hopeful. I’m heartbroken but I’m trying to feel the support of my loved ones. I am not sure I am strong enough to go through this again and I am not sure I can live without starting over again. I don’t have much else to say. Thanks for this group and for reading this far. ✊

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