I guess the Macon house puts yesterdays house on Jefferson in perspective.

Posted by: Chopper at August 10, 2007 4:39 PM in response to Open House Picks

Rejuvenation Hardware
They have everything in stock.

http://www.rejuvenation.com/?ipb=GA1017

Posted by: Chopper at August 13, 2007 11:32 AM in response to Hinges and Latches -- where to buy?

FYI- I bought a house listed by Arlene at Awaye and found her to be really helpful and a total straight shooter. But I dont know any thing about that building.

Posted by: Chopper at August 17, 2007 8:43 PM in response to Small Condo Conversion in Carroll Gardens

Why do we continually see posts on this site asking if its OK to lie and break the law?
Will I get caught? Is that the only motivating factor?
Where is your moral compass?
Come on. Do the right thing people!!!

Posted by: Chopper at September 14, 2007 10:23 AM in response to Violation Reissuance Program

This one is slightly off the beaten path so it hasn’t garnered the attention that 360 has, but it should -- Its totally out of scale.
These developers are totally out of touch with the neighborhood.
The most ridiculous thing I have heard from a developer lately, was last Monday when at the CGNA meeting Stein said “we started by modeling 360 around some of the work that had been done in Williamsburg”. Get a clue dude, the two neighborhoods share little in common and I don’t think many people would point to the Wild West development of Williamsburg as a shinning example of community responsiveness.

Get your licks in now all you money grubbing jerks because 360 has brought a new awareness and the zoning is about to change in CG.

Posted by: Chopper at September 14, 2007 10:56 AM in response to Size Doesn't Matter on Luquer Street?

Dear Money Grubbing Jerk,

I own in the neighborhood too. I want to be able to expand a little too.I’m not aware of any scenario currently being discussed that would prevent someone from expanding their brownstone/rowhouse within reason. Comparing home owners expanding to developers building 11 story buildings is crazy. Your argument is the same flawed scare tactic developers have been using to exploit neighborhoods for years. What is being discussed and is likely to happen are some caps that would prevent Finger buildings like the one this post is referring to.

Just one question? How do you see down zoning pushing out renters? What will push out current renters is developers buying small building and building excessively large condo/co-ops and selling them at high market rates that most renters are unlikely to be able to afford.

And to Zach I would ask- How are near Million dollar market rate apartments at 360 Smith and 100 going to to free up rentals? There is no rental or low to middle income component to either project.

I for one don’t want to stop development. I just think it needs to be responsive to the community.

Posted by: Chopper at September 14, 2007 11:52 AM in response to Size Doesn't Matter on Luquer Street?

When I had my brick facade repointed we we were missing about 10 bricks and had the same issue. Our contractor, Jahan was able to find some salvage ones to match. I think he got them from a similar house that was doing some demo.

Posted by: Chopper at September 14, 2007 5:49 PM in response to brick matching

Get yourself an old pot and boil paint crusted old metal hardware inm water. It works. And its not toxic.

Just a question? Why cant you sand the parquet?

Posted by: Chopper at September 24, 2007 11:55 AM in response to 100 years of baggage

We have a GE stove that I wasnt sure about before we got it but it has turned out to be great.

I did see the other day a new high end line from kenmore that was cool. I might check that out.

Posted by: Chopper at September 24, 2007 1:38 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

This oven looks good but has a really annoying fan at the back of the range. It comes on when the oven temperature is over 375 degrees and after you shut the oven off the fan stays on for 15 minutes... I'm not a happy customer.

Posted by: guest at October 4, 2007 11:28 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

PC Richards has the Cafe line on display in some locations. I saw it in Yonkers. It is available to ship.

Posted by: guest at October 9, 2007 7:58 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

I did see the GE Cafe series. It is looks absolutely stunning. Personally I like it better than the Wolf/Viking. We are building a new home and would purchase it in a minute IF - it came in white. For some reason all appliances - for the most part - come in stainless. What happened to choices?! We will probably go with the Jennair duel fuel slide-in range (about $2,200) We have had one for the past ten years and have been VERY pleased with it.
I wish you luck, but, if you are going with stainless - I would definately go with the GE Cafe. GE is an excellent product and the Cafe series looks great.

Posted by: guest at October 20, 2007 12:39 AM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

We just purchased the Cafe gas range. The only problem so far is that the instructions to use Crema ss brightner before using the range are in error...according to ?Crema. So far no one at GE has been able to tell me what product to use & I will not risk damaging the ss surface by using the stove before protecting it.
Does anyone have info on this?

Posted by: guest at November 24, 2007 3:27 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

We just purchased the Cafe gas range. The only problem so far is that the instructions to use Crema ss brightner before using the range are in error...according to ?Crema. So far no one at GE has been able to tell me what product to use & I will not risk damaging the ss surface by using the stove before protecting it.
Does anyone have info on this?

Posted by: guest at November 24, 2007 3:37 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

It's a hit or miss whether or not they will inspect the old violations. But if an inspection is done and the violations were deemed not corrected, it will reflect on the record as "false certifcation."

I just sent in my paperwork after correcting the ones that weren't fixed. How many days did they say after you send in the paper work do the old violations get removed without an inspection?

Posted by: guest at December 14, 2007 10:38 AM in response to Violation Reissuance Program

I fell in love with the GE Cafe series when it first came out - but after much research I'm leaning towards the Jenn-Air. It just seems like you get more for your buck with Jenn-Air. Any comments, pro or con on either of the stoves?

Posted by: guest at February 16, 2008 9:26 AM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

When using our Cafe duel fuel range tonight(not the convection) the fan in the oven (which was about 425 degrees) started making a clanking noise. It lasted a few long seconds and did not stop until I opened and closed the oven door a few times. Any ideas what may have caused this. Oh after it happened I did try the convection and the fan was fine.

Posted by: guest at March 31, 2008 10:29 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

I recently bought this stove and have it installed. I haven't used the oven, yet and will have to find out about the Crema? I wouldn't buy this stove again. I don't have duel fuel, but the lower oven is Electric, so much for saving electricity. I didn't find any pre-sales info saying the bottom oven is electric, but it is.

The large front burners are too big for any quart pan. I have wooden handles on mine and they are right in the fire, so all cooking with small pans has to be done on the back burners. They are really back there, so gravy or anything needing stirring means bending over to reach. Forget it if you have a large pot on the front.

I complained to GE about the design. Guess they think we have a plethora of large pots we want to watch and everything else will simmer on the back burner. However, the back burners are too low to properly heat a small pan, even with the heat on high. Forget soft boiled eggs, it takes so long to heat the pan that they are hard cooked before the water boils.

Unless you love to put a bunch of giant pots on the front burners to boil, forget this stove. Find one that has the small burners in front, where they belong.

It does look good, but be sure your upper cabinets over the counter next to it have clearance. The heat coming out of the front burner when it isn't covered by a pot seems to be hot enough to cause damage to the cupboard.

Luckily, I bought the extended warranty so I can get the fan noise fixed.

Posted by: guest at May 14, 2008 12:06 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove

I do not recommend the GE Cafe range.

Many of the features of this range are very nice. I like the convection oven. I like the center griddle. I like the simmer burner. I like the way it looks.

However, the front right burner is almost unusable. This range costs way too much money to have an unusable burner, especially one in the most convenient cooking position.

I've had GE technicians come out twice to fix it. The first time there was no change in function after replacing the burner valve. The second time, the technician refused to do any repair after seeing the problem and told me there were no repairs he could do that would fix the problem.

I've contacted GE customer relations, and they said the problem I am having is "by design" and there is no way to fix it. They say if I call for another service call I will be charged for "customer education." They said that even if I was dissatisfied with the design, they would not take the range back. They offered no remedies at all, but they did "understand my frustration."

Here is the problem:

The front right burner has a numbered scale on it and is labeled "Power Boil" at the high end, followed by Hi, 8, 6, 4, 2, Lo. When you first turn on the burner, it is in the "Power Boil" range and the flame is very, very high for rapidly boiling water. When you turn it down to Hi, the flame drops some, but is still very high, like you would expect. As you continue to turn the knob, the flame drops in size very rapidly so that it is almost down to nothing by the time the knob is where the 7 would be (the space between 8 and 6). After that, as you continue to turn down the heat, the flame drops extremely slowly if at all, until you reach Lo. Essentially, there is little or no difference in heat between where the 7 would be and Lo.

This makes the burner very hard to use. If you are at 8 and the pot is boiling too rapidly, and you just want to turn it down a little bit, turn it one notch to 6 and the heat is almost completely turned off. If you are at 2 and need more heat, turn it one notch to 4 and nothing changes, turn it one more notch to 6 and nothing changes, turn it one more notch to 8 and all of a sudden your food is burning or boiling over.

GE says this function is by design and can't be fixed, but they can't give a reason for this ridiculous design. I’ve used a lot of ranges, some very old ones and some very cheap ones, and none of them have ever behaved like this. Every other range I have ever used has had continuous, even adjustment in heat between numbers on the knob, which is exactly what you would expect. And all the other burners except this one on this GE range work the way you would expect. I think this is probably not a design issue, because there is no good reason for a designer to specify the one burner to work so counter-intuitively and differently from the other burners on the same appliance. This is more likely an engineering issue or a manufacturing issue. If it is by design, they need to fire their designers. Whatever the reason for this problem, they need to get an engineering fix, and do a recall.

I’ve seen other reviews and forum threads by customers with this same exact problem, so do not buy this range unless you can live with the problem I just described. And if you do buy it, do not expect GE to do anything for you except to "understand your frustration."

Posted by: guest at May 29, 2008 4:58 PM in response to GE Cafe Series Stove