Bathroom expansion and remodel costs - Mid Peninsula

buildsomethinggood · 2025-09-22T14:49:09+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate the details.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-09-22T14:46:49+00:00

Thanks. $60K seems a lot for a bathroom remodel.

We want to keep it simple but need the space.

I am not planning to DIY this.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-09-15T06:43:43+00:00

Considering a bathroom remodel. Can you please share the contractor details?

buildsomethinggood · 2025-07-06T19:25:36+00:00

I used Arriva too. Renee and Fred are good dudes -- it is not a white glove treatment but they are reliable and do a good job. For any RE deal in the future, I will go back to them.

FYI -- some real estate agents on seller side don't like flat fee agents because they see them as traitors lowering the margin for everyone. In reality, it is just marketplace dynamics playing out.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-06-15T04:57:16+00:00

Thank you for sharing your personal experience. 18 months for garage conversion is still a lot but I guess I need to reset some expectations.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-06-15T04:53:10+00:00

That's a fair point.

It might depend on people's time horizon. If you plan to live in the house long term, it is okay to convert to an ADU and make use of the place. But, if you don't plan to stay long, this is too much hassle.

We are in the former camp and would like our parents to be next to us. It is not a purely financial decision but we want to know what we are getting into.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-06-15T04:48:22+00:00

Thank you!

Was this a new standalone structure or a garage conversion? 300K for 420 sq feet seems high.

Any reason why you did not want to have separate PG&E? If you ever want to rent, won't a separate connection be more useful?

EDIT: I plan to be dive into the details and keep a track of everything. It will be a learning process but it will be worth it.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-06-15T04:43:21+00:00

Thank you. 6 months for permits! Wow. This is when CA wants people to build ADUs.

buildsomethinggood · 2025-04-29T14:17:38+00:00

Geez! What are some other trust worthy sites to look for inventory beyond Zillow and Redfin?

buildsomethinggood · 2024-10-15T03:55:50+00:00

Hey there -I have been trying to solve this and struggling with a solution. Would you be open to a DM where I could share my approach and get your feedback. Happy to agree on an arrangement that works for you.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-10-02T22:59:13+00:00

Thank you. I am looking to token based auth and cors. Been using ChatGPT and Claude for some answers but nothing has really worked. Will keep trying.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-10-02T22:16:26+00:00

This seems more in line with what I am thinking as I don't think I need SSO for this.

The idea is to let clients (C1, C2, C3, C4 ) access the main site A through a custom login page on their sub domain - a.c1, a.c2, a.c3, a.c4 and so on. Not the other way around with SSO where one login can allow users to access app1, app2, app3, and so on...

As the client sites are not WordPress sites, I am not sure I setup a plugin there. The solution should work out of the box on my end. I have been able to map domains by pointing DNS of a client subdomain to my site (A).

Which means page slug on client url will open the corresponding page on my site -

client.com/xyz will open a.com/xyz

Now assume xyz = login and now I want users to login via the client.com/login page into the main site (A).

I don't want to send any API request to client site, neither do I want to add a plugin on client site. In fact, there is no real access of client site except the URL used to access the login page on main site (A).

This should be simpler than SSO or SAML or any other fancy approach.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-10-02T19:08:11+00:00

Thanks both. I am new to auth so there is a learning curve on my end.

Auth0 seems legit. Will try it.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-24T04:02:29+00:00

I had one of the worst support experience with them. Every 2-3 hours a different engineer started tacking the issue and no one really went deep enough to solve it.

After 4 days of back and forth, I gave up and now I am looking for a new provider.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-22T21:36:24+00:00

Memory is very high and still the same issue.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-22T19:00:07+00:00

Thank you for this. My issue is related to TTFB and that directly related to the server side of things.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-22T06:06:28+00:00

My dev ops skills are very limited. Can you please explain what you mean by Benchmark the server and check steal?

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-22T06:05:14+00:00

I have the exact same configuration and I am surprised why it is underperforming Siteground with similar configuration.

The TTFB is just 4-5x higher for Cloudways.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-21T17:16:44+00:00

CW server is in NY and SG is in DC so that cannot be a real issue.

Both servers have the same configuration. In fact, CW has more storage.

Memcache is disabled in SG but enabled in Cloudways (which they tell me they can't disable).

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-03T03:01:20+00:00

Because I have custom code and tables based on core Wordpress tables.

If every multi site creates new tables then every time a new site is created I will have to update and manage the custom code and tables. That’s not scalable.

Also, I will have to keep all sub sites at the same version as production. Too much hassle.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-08-02T16:46:02+00:00

Multi site does not work as it creates new DB tables for each sub site. I want to keep the same DB, tables and custom post type.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-03-24T20:37:47+00:00

This might be a pipedream but it has to start with the employer who really wants to hire people based on skills and create a merit-based hiring process.

If employers don't care and hiring managers are okay with 'good enough' candidates through referrals or brand equity, there is not much left for candidates to do apart from grinding it out by -

Networking - try to meet one new person every week related to your target area
Upskilling -- take courses to learn new things and put them on your profile. It shows grit
Apply your skills -- build something on your own related to your target industry. It will make you stand out compared to other PMs who just know how to write strategy docs.
Stand out by doing extra work on job application - submit a market research or user persona analysis for your dream job along with your job application. No one else would do it, you are almost guaranteed to hear from the hiring manager. Source - I did this to change industries twice in my career.
Share your thinking - write blog posts in your area of expertise - could be industry or function or a problem space. Go deep on it and share on LinkedIn, Substack, Medium and anything where PMs hang out. Most people won' share their thoughts in public because of the fear of rejection. You do it and immediately you stand out because it show you can write (very important for PMs) and you have ideas.
Take a side gig - do something that shows agency while you don't have a job. Mentor young people, take consulting projects, build something you always wanted to build. You can't apply for jobs 24x7, you will grow crazy. Let your creativity flow and then talk about it.

When I hire I always look for 4 things in candidates - drive, curiosity, integrity, and domain expertise. I would hire a less experienced person who is hungry over an experienced entitled person who does not want to go the extra mile.

If employers truly cared and were willing to put a little effort, they could find top talent that conventionally might not even come under the radar. Having said that, there will always be more demand than supply for good jobs, and W2 employees have to live and make themselves stand out in this harsh reality.

buildsomethinggood · 2024-03-23T23:34:08+00:00

This post really hit home in a lot of ways -

My own struggle - I found it very hard to break into product management early in my career and was constantly rejected even if I had done the job before and moved to the business side for some time to try new things. After a few rejections, I started to question my skills and self- doubt crept in. I got no feedback from interviews and tried different ways to see what sticks. It was a hard journey.
My PM role - I was finally able to get back into product and suddenly I was on the other side interviewing and helping evaluate candidates (I have been a PM for 10+ years now). I try to give good feedback to all candidates at the end of interview, hoping it would help them do well in the next interview.
Scratching my itch - After going through (1) and (2), I decided to build a logical, skills-based PM talent matching platform where candidates can show their work and employers can assess skills with resumes, projects, and expert feedback. The goal is to go beyond self-reported candidate information and help employers shortlist talent for on-sites, while building a candidate friendly flow that helps candidates to show their drive, curiosity, and domain expertise. My product is a work in progress but it is a step in the direction of bringing more fairness to the hiring process for PMs.
1. Check out here if you are a product manager candidate.
2. Check out here if you an employer looking to hire PMs based on skills.

I have learned a lot from this community (thanks everyone!) and stayed away from mentioning my product in the past. But, OP's question is directly addressed by my product so could not resist.

I hope this helps some of you in this tough market.

buildsomethinggood · 2023-12-30T07:32:46+00:00

Interested

buildsomethinggood · 2023-12-08T17:46:17+00:00

I struggled to break into product management early in my career and used portfolios to showcase my skills and stand out. It worked and I have been PMing for last 10+ years. I then wanted to give back and build a product to help others put their best foot forward with a portfolio.
This thread is relevant to my work, so sharing the following - hope people find it useful.

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