Comments on: Your First Look inside 1575 20th Ave

By: anon8mizer

anon8mizer — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:19:41 +0000

Living in reality: Get a kitchen hood with a big blower. When I remodeled I got one of those 600cfm wall mount kitchen hoods and it works great. when that thing is on it takes all the smoke and smell away. As a matter of fact when that thing is turned full on I can feel the strong draft coming into my kitchen through the window. The higher the cfm the noisier it gets so that’s the trade off you have to make, although most of the hoods are adjustable so at low speed they are not that noisy. There are professional models that go up as high as 1200cfm but for a home chef that may be a bit overkill.

stay away from the microwave/kitchen hood combos that you see in all these standard remodel jobs. The hood is really underpowered if you cook a lot.

By: Living in reality

Living in reality — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:24:38 +0000

What’s up with all these homes with “open kitchens” ? Don’t people cook anymore ? if you did use the kitchen for cooking in this house, the living room would be “unusable” – the smells, the noise, the mess ??

Or is that kitchen just for microwaving your “tasty” box of lean cuisine ?

I am just curious – we’re in the market and an open kitchen like that is a deal breaker for us.

[Editor's note: There are plenty of places without kitchens like this. You know who to contact should you need help finding one. ]

By: John

John — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:52:55 +0000

Oh yes, the 22nd and Irvine produce market is the best!

Ideally, the Central Sunset Irvine section will develop into something like Inner Sunset, and maybe spread into the other side of 19th Ave too.

By: kennykohlmyer

kennykohlmyer — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:58:33 +0000

Zero, you are right in this instance. That handrail is wrong. But choosing a Home Depot item to go along with a custom item is the essence of style. If you can make it work, that is.

By: anon8mizer

anon8mizer — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:26:30 +0000

Yay. That neighborhood needs something modern and striking to break up the gray monotony of misty summer days. Now if we could just have more diverse dining choices along Irving street to do “22nd and Irving produce market” justice, we’d be in good shape.

By: zero

zero — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:22:26 +0000

“SWEET”? You have got to be kidding me. Why spend thousands on a custom fabricated, open riser staircase and then use a handrail from Home Depot?

The whole thing is a mish-mash of styles and poor finish choices.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:06:39 +0000

yeah, hi. i’d like a few more pictures. i’d like to scroll down the screen a lot more–maybe like 3/4 of the page could be dedicated to pics. could you do that for us/me?