Comments on: 90 Percent American in Ranch Estates http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 19 May 2013 21:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: artfox http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-295333 artfox Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:38:01 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-295333 Maybe the architect could revise her preferences and find some different, more affordable handles that are made in the U.S. Aesthetics vs what's practical is a tough compromise, isn't it? Maybe the architect could revise her preferences and find some different, more affordable handles that are made in the U.S.

Aesthetics vs what’s practical is a tough compromise, isn’t it?

]]> By: Sihaya http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-295326 Sihaya Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:17:25 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-295326 Patrick - click the link that's embedded in the article. The pulls were probably reused by somebody else. Patrick – click the link that’s embedded in the article. The pulls were probably reused by somebody else.

]]> By: toasty http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-295295 toasty Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:52:38 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-295295 Charles is going crazy up there ;-) Automation is the key to using the technology that makes life easier. we're getting to a point where we can automate all of this stuff, robots and controller programs are getting more sophisticated in what they can accomplish. it's very likely that the USA door pulls are for the most part, hand made, but then, the ones in China and Italy are probably handmade to an extent as well. problem is, they can get away with paying their workers a fare wage in their economy which is very cheap. Over here the skilled laborer that makes those door pulls gets paid $20 an hour, over there it's $20 a week. as to the east end being a wonderful place to live at 1/4 the price of other in the loop options, yes, it is. but I like it the way it is, so anyone who wants to come over, please leave the historic districts and walmart hate in the heights. Charles is going crazy up there ;-)

Automation is the key to using the technology that makes life easier. we’re getting to a point where we can automate all of this stuff, robots and controller programs are getting more sophisticated in what they can accomplish.

it’s very likely that the USA door pulls are for the most part, hand made, but then, the ones in China and Italy are probably handmade to an extent as well. problem is, they can get away with paying their workers a fare wage in their economy which is very cheap. Over here the skilled laborer that makes those door pulls gets paid $20 an hour, over there it’s $20 a week.

as to the east end being a wonderful place to live at 1/4 the price of other in the loop options, yes, it is. but I like it the way it is, so anyone who wants to come over, please leave the historic districts and walmart hate in the heights.

]]> By: caneco http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-295290 caneco Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:29:46 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-295290 For the price of 160 american made pulls one could buy their own CNC machine and just make the pulls themselves (obviously it isn't that simple, but still). I would have just contracted the work out to a local metal fabrication shop or artist, I'm sure you could have got the price down to less than 20 a piece. For the price of 160 american made pulls one could buy their own CNC machine and just make the pulls themselves (obviously it isn’t that simple, but still). I would have just contracted the work out to a local metal fabrication shop or artist, I’m sure you could have got the price down to less than 20 a piece.

]]> By: Charles http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294820 Charles Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:59:37 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294820 It sounds like the price for the American made drawer pull is expensive, but I would bet it is a pull that the company makes very few of and it is most likely hand finished or even hand forged at that price........ The one from China is most likely a pull made from an alloy plated with whatever finish it is trying to look like, such as copper or aged bronze.... The cheaper is also never going to have the crisp detail you will see if the pulls are hand finished or forged by hand. I love a bargain, but cheap knockoffs are never a bargain since you end up replacing them like toilet paper. Homes from the 1800's managed to feature solid wood interior doors, wood details throughout the home, wood floors, handmade wooden windows which today would cost you a pretty penny from Jeldwen or Pella..... Technology is supposed to make our life easier and the cost of making various products cheaper, so where is the savings? We as consumers should expect the best at a fair price instead of settling for the overpriced lack luster things we see today.... Also inflation isn't to blame for the rising cost of quality consumer goods, the idea a dollar is some how worth more now than it was a hundred years ago is an idea that does not hold water.....what has driven the cost of living to the breaking point is plain greed......companies need to stop trying to post bigger profit numbers and instead focus on keeping earnings steady.....also the million dollar home boom is CRAY-CRAY since Houston has the Eastside neighborhoods waiting for buyers to wake up and realize the freeway doesn't make your home in Southhampton more special, many of those homes sat closed up for years....It's time to stop labeling one area better than another so we can get to work fixing the problems..... It sounds like the price for the American made drawer pull is expensive, but I would bet it is a pull that the company makes very few of and it is most likely hand finished or even hand forged at that price…….. The one from China is most likely a pull made from an alloy plated with whatever finish it is trying to look like, such as copper or aged bronze…. The cheaper is also never going to have the crisp detail you will see if the pulls are hand finished or forged by hand. I love a bargain, but cheap knockoffs are never a bargain since you end up replacing them like toilet paper. Homes from the 1800′s managed to feature solid wood interior doors, wood details throughout the home, wood floors, handmade wooden windows which today would cost you a pretty penny from Jeldwen or Pella….. Technology is supposed to make our life easier and the cost of making various products cheaper, so where is the savings? We as consumers should expect the best at a fair price instead of settling for the overpriced lack luster things we see today…. Also inflation isn’t to blame for the rising cost of quality consumer goods, the idea a dollar is some how worth more now than it was a hundred years ago is an idea that does not hold water…..what has driven the cost of living to the breaking point is plain greed……companies need to stop trying to post bigger profit numbers and instead focus on keeping earnings steady…..also the million dollar home boom is CRAY-CRAY since Houston has the Eastside neighborhoods waiting for buyers to wake up and realize the freeway doesn’t make your home in Southhampton more special, many of those homes sat closed up for years….It’s time to stop labeling one area better than another so we can get to work fixing the problems…..

]]> By: Eric http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294808 Eric Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:40:00 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294808 Two words: plaintiff attorneys. Two words: plaintiff attorneys.

]]> By: miss_msry http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294794 miss_msry Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:11:06 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294794 PS, Looking at you Academy. PS, Looking at you Academy.

]]> By: miss_msry http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294792 miss_msry Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:09:18 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294792 Do you have to get the USA NB online, because those I've seen is stores are all made in Chine. Their spelling, not mine. Do you have to get the USA NB online, because those I’ve seen is stores are all made in Chine. Their spelling, not mine.

]]> By: John (another one) http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294784 John (another one) Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:52:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294784 There are a lot of unquestioned assumptions about trade here. There are a lot of unquestioned assumptions about trade here.

]]> By: Commonsense http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294781 Commonsense Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:47:32 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294781 Meh, I'm not for or against apathy on this one. Meh, I’m not for or against apathy on this one.

]]> By: Patrick http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294779 Patrick Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:46:26 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294779 I would have recycled some of the materials from the old house into the new one. Save $$$,the environment and go a bit greener at the same time!!! Just saying. I would have recycled some of the materials from the old house into the new one. Save $$$,the environment and go a bit greener at the same time!!! Just saying.

]]> By: Patrick http://swamplot.com/90-percent-american-in-ranch-estates/2012-10-15/#comment-294770 Patrick Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:36:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=48440#comment-294770 Go with the Italian cabinet hardware.Not because it's Italian,per se, because it's NOT Chinese-no matter how much less Chinese products are-they're just cheaply made junk; and because,in this case,the American cabinet hardware was many times way more expensive than the imported Chinese & Italian products.Chinese: 160 pieces@ $4 each = $640.Italian: 160 pieces@ $9each = $1440. AMERICAN :160 pieces@ $72 x= $11520 !!! Go with the Italian cabinet hardware.Not because it’s Italian,per se, because it’s NOT Chinese-no matter how much less Chinese products are-they’re just cheaply made junk; and because,in this case,the American cabinet hardware was many times way more expensive than the imported Chinese & Italian products.Chinese: 160 pieces@ $4 each = $640.Italian: 160 pieces@ $9each = $1440. AMERICAN :160 pieces@ $72 x= $11520 !!!

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