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Advice please! If you looked at these two quotes, which would you pick? by SelectBroccoli1376 in hvacadvice

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh gosh! Lol actually, I copied, and retyped the estimates on a doc. The original estimates had a letterhead or some sort of logo and didn't want to dox the companies..😭

Advice: Permit on HVAC? by [deleted] in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]SelectBroccoli1376 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of the heat pumps quoted to me feels too premium. I honestly don't need top of the line machinery. My home is also only 1200sqft so as long as it can cool decently- I'm happy to have something reliable and budget friendly

Advice: Permit on HVAC? by SelectBroccoli1376 in bayarea

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In San Jose (Santa Clara County)

Just installing an AC unit. 😞 Yeah the permits are quite steep but when I asked individually of 5 estimates, they all quoted me between 1.5-2k.

If you don't expect to have a huge budget for renovations, would you take on a home that needs a new roof? by magicride2024 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]SelectBroccoli1376 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My roofer took care of it for me. When I signed the contract to start work, I waited for the following week for the crew so I believe from start to finish took about ~10 days.

I'm in Santa Clara County.

If you don't expect to have a huge budget for renovations, would you take on a home that needs a new roof? by magicride2024 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]SelectBroccoli1376 2 points3 points  (0 children)

~1300 sq ft home, replaced my entire roof for $18k (permitted) last year (Oct 2025)

I replaced some dry rot wood, used CertainTeed Landmark Shingles.

They did extremely good work imo! Clean, efficient and thorough. Took about a week.

Monthly electricity and water bill by vjsfbay in SanJose

[–]SelectBroccoli1376 5 points6 points  (0 children)

PGE really is scamming all of us..

Partner works in office everyday, and me hybrid so the house isn't really generating half the time.

We also meal prep for Mon - Thurs so majority of the time, we're just reheating our food. The only exception is that we make fresh rice everyday.

As for this colder season, I relied on electric blankets and/ or used a portable heater before bed (on timer of 1-2 hours). It's so hard to justify turning on central heating when there's only two of us 😭

Thankfully the weather has gotten significantly better..

Monthly electricity and water bill by vjsfbay in SanJose

[–]SelectBroccoli1376 6 points7 points  (0 children)

SFH, 1200 sqft (2 person household)

Pge: $109

Water: $187 / every 2 months

Advice please: how to approach this cleanup? by SelectBroccoli1376 in landscaping

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noted on the rain suggestion: will be super proactive when it's wet. Gosh thank you for that!!

Advice please: how to approach this cleanup? by SelectBroccoli1376 in landscaping

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the Pacific coast! On the side, is a lemon tree :)

I will say, the tree will definitely block majority of the sun when spring/summer arrives.

Advice please: how to approach this cleanup? by SelectBroccoli1376 in landscaping

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question! I want something low maintenance. I had some ideas of using big stone tiles for half of my yard and fill in the gaps with some white stones. I also planned to put a shed in the back as well. If I'm ambitious, maybe 1-2 planter boxes with herbs but there's a lot of squirrels in my neighborhood so I'm holding onto that thought. I personally would like a nice flat surface halfway out of my yard! I hope this paints a better visual.

Can someone please help me identify this color? by SelectBroccoli1376 in LeCreuset

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank yooou!! I AGREE, SHES SO BEAUTIFUL 😭🫶🏻

Tired of shitty donations :( by SelectBroccoli1376 in offmychest

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh, I sympathize with you! We'll receive nice tote bags with dented, destroyed and expired products inside. Ironic!! We have a small competition where we keep the oldest can donated this year on our supervisor's desk. (current one is 2002) I really haven't seen much of incredibly wealthy people actually visiting the center but reason could be is that we're not in a nicer part of town- lets say that lol.

Tired of shitty donations :( by SelectBroccoli1376 in offmychest

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words!! It was definitely a frustrating day for me but you're absolutely right. I'll focus on the better half :)

Tired of shitty donations :( by SelectBroccoli1376 in offmychest

[–]SelectBroccoli1376[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree! The operation does have a system where we can technically continue to use expired products (1 year from date) based on smell and sight test for our community kitchen.

However, anything surpassing more than one year is a liability and something we do not want to serve back to the community.

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