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New outside lights

151949 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:15:09 GMT

Many of the homes in our plan the outside lights the builders used are going kaput. So the HOA is pretty much allowing us to replace them with whatever we want, as long as both sides of the villa do the same.Our new neighbor on the other side of our villa is a lighting contractor, so he called and said he'd send the new lights down if my DH would install them on both homes. And since that is right up my DH's alley, he said sure. They arrived yesterday - OMG , PERFECT for us. Mission style , leaded glass, and included in the box was the OK from the HOA our neighbor had obtained. DH is hanging them all today. One in the front door alcove and one on each side of the garage doors, and a fan with light for each lanai, in the same style.DH is leary of going up high enough on a ladder to do the lanai fans so we are having my cousin do those for us. They certainly are very pretty, I'm sure much better quality than we would have bought at somewhere like Home Depot.

Our neighbor said anything we want to replace in the lighting area we could chose from his website and he'd sell to us at his cost. We have 2 questionable ceiling fans with lights DH was going to try to repair (noisy) but now we are thinking to just replace them.

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Dominosmom — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:22:16 GMT

sounds like a good deal to me. Electricans here charge a lot for replacing fixtures. Hope you are happy with them in the long run.

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millieshops — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:26:02 GMT

@151949How nice to have such a great neighbor - and new lights too.

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Twins Mom — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:37:43 GMT

Love those win/win situations. You are blessed with this type of neighbor. I miss those who have moved away who made the word neighbor such a warm and positive thing. New lights can add so much to looks.

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151949 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:52:22 GMT

It is a win / win - we get new lights for free and next door gets his lights all installed for free. Plus he got to choose the style - no input from us on that. I think he remembered we have mission style in the house, and went with that. They don't really have furniture yet so he went with our style. Very considerate.

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BirkiLady — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 17:36:43 GMT

How nice that you'll have unique fixtures from everyone else in the neighborhood! Sounds like they will last much longer than eight years, too. Your neighbor is looking out for his investment very well.

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Mominohio — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 18:22:14 GMT

Little things like this really make such an improvement and refresh a home.

Since we got all our trees down (for now), I want to get a new lamp post for the front yard. I don't mind the pole itself, it can be repainted, but it is in dire need of a new top.

Thanks for the idea, Husband is on vacation this week. Maybe we will get that done!

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Tigriss — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 20:25:40 GMT

@151949 If I remember corectly, your old neighbors were one of your reasons for wanting to sell. They weren't very desirable. Glad to know the new one is much better. Many people won't tackle changing light fixtures even though it is super easy and saves tons of money, more than the fixture in many cases. The same with ceiling fans.

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BirkiLady — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:09:58 GMT

@TigrissWe haven't heard anything about the neighbors with all the annoying kids. If I remember correctly, they were related to several other homeowners in the neighborhood. Doubt they have all sold and moved. After all, those "villas" are all in the same "Plan". (Sounds like identical duplexes in a complex to me.) Perhaps those stories weren't as dramatic as we were led to believe?

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faeriemoon — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:55:23 GMT

I'm a little curious about mission style exterior lighting on a Florida "villa." Is the villa not Mediterranean?

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151949 — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:06:55 GMT

Our villa is called a "Florida style". Really no other name for this style home that I'm aware of.

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AuntG — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:14:39 GMT

The description of the new lights sounds very nice. It seems the neighbor issues have improved so things really have worked out. I know you want to paint your interior: get some estimates because the cost might be less than you expect. Our painter used high quality Sherwin-Williams paint and the total house was $500 less than I had budgeted for the project.