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- Rome Apartments and Villas Brought by Roman Homes Voted as Best Vacation Rentals by Survey
- Pineapplefish Luxury Villas Go Green
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| Rome Apartments and Villas Brought by Roman Homes Voted as Best Vacation Rentals by Survey Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT Sprung from Rome University, Roman Homes prepares quality Rome apartment and villa rentals with finest service and support. (PRWEB) July 29, 2010 -- Roman Homes is a Rome-based vacation rental agency preparing high-end apartments and villas for Rome travellers. Quite originally, it began its activity following an idea of the founders, Rome University members, to host travelers visiting the Eternal City for cultural reasons. Word of mouth increased the popularity, and so did the visitors' requirements, which brought the founders to prepare an attentive service with hand-picked properties. Although today the Rome apartments and villas of Roman Homes please tourists the world over, the members still follow the same philosophy of hospitality and of bringing countries together. Roman Homes is not an internet search-engine type service. On the contrary, they only handle hand-picked apartments in Rome's centre, and selected villas near Rome, suiting all wallets and tastes. All properties are managed with exclusive rights, enabling Roman Homes to handle every detail personally. Internet search-engine type or portal websites impress you with a mere "collection" of properties, but they don't know well the owners, nor the properties or their current status, so it is difficult or impossible for them to prepare the units adequately. At Roman Homes you will be followed at every stage and detail: extensive e-mail property and travel guidance before renting, check-in/out and assistance during the rental. They also prepare many side services: car service, Roman cook at your home and cooking lessons, an extensive variety of Rome guided tours, and daily excursions to Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli Villa d'Este, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast. The Rome apartments are mostly endowed with terrace and views, all have TV, air conditioning and internet. They are shown with accurate photos, descriptions and floor plans, which have become a reference in the Rome holiday rentals business. The Rome villas all have a pool, a garden and they are prepared with typical Italian charm. The staff members will make you feel their human touch, and although they speak many languages, they have a thorough knowledge of Italian culture and language. You will find vacation apartments in Rome more comfortable and convenient than hotels rooms, in fact they should be compared to hotel suites. Nothing can make you feel more at home than cooking in a real kitchen and eating with real dishes. You will have space and a sitting room enabling you to hobnob and to reflect on the day spent touring Rome, and the added bonus of a terrace will enable you to have meals "al fresco". This is why Roman Homes' slogan is "When in Rome, stay in homes as the Romans do". Roman Homes was recently voted as Rome's most caring agency by a survey performed by a quality control directory of Rome rentals, which praised the quality of Roman Homes' apartments and villas, and the hospitality of staff members. ### ROMAN HOMES Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Pineapplefish Luxury Villas Go Green Posted: 29 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Pineapplefish, the luxury vacation company are leading the way in renewable energy on Anna Maria Island, having just completed the most extensive installation of Photovoltaic solar panels for electricity generation, and hot water heaters in their luxury vacation rentals ever seen on the island. (PRWEB) July 29, 2010 -- Pineapplefish (1), the luxury Anna Maria rentals vacation company are leading the way in renewable energy on Anna Maria Island (2), having just completed the most extensive installation of Photovoltaic solar panels for electricity generation, and hot water heaters in their luxury vacation rentals ever seen on the island. Photovoltaic (PV) uses sunlight to generate electricity. Solar PV cells can be arranged in panels on a buildings' roof or walls and feed electricity into the building directly. Hot water generators use simpler technology - 'black boxes' which sit on the roof and absorb the heat of the sun. This hot water feeds the domestic hot water tank, where it can be heated further if required. Four Pineapplefish homes - Plumfish, Limefish, Honeyfish and Berryfish have just received this treatment. Solar Technical Experts Tom Stockebrand (3) led contractors Solar Direct (4) and Harriman's Inc (5). After an initial analysis, they determined how much technology would be needed by looking at the roof orientation, the amount of roof, and the size and building style of each house. The average cost for each house was $6/watt of PV installed, which translated into $12,000 for a small home (before rebate) and $30,000 for a larger home. The current Florida State subsidy rebates 60% of these costs within the next 18 months (i.e. net costs of $4,800 and $12,000 respectively). The homes then benefit from generating 'free' power, from selling electricity back to Florida Power and Light (FPL) for the same price, as they would have bought it (11c/kWh). If the solar is not enough, FPL continues to provide power to the house in the normal way. Solar expert Tom Stockebrand said, "The great thing about solar power, is that the cost benefits are immediate. Including rebates from the State of up to 60%, having a much lower electricity bill, and the potential of selling what your home generates, but doesn't need, it is very appealing. When looking to install photovoltaic panels, it is important to ensure that the amount you install is consistent with the needs of the house. You must also take into consideration other energy saving devises in the home, such as CLF and LED lights, careful temperature control, solar hot water and double-glazing. All these have an impact on the energy required." Lizzie Thrasher, said "whilst, as Green Entrepreneur's, we fully appreciate and advocate the use of green energy in our homes, I am no technical expert, so working with Tom Stockebrand, who not only is an expert, but our neighbor, and our contractors, we have received excellent guidance and we are confident that we've got it right. We are passionate about energy efficiency in our homes. When we use the air-conditioning for example, the very thing that causes the house to use energy – the heat of the sun – can now generate the electricity to cover those costs. We believe that as one of the early adopters' of this technology, we are helping to finance the research and development and creating the demand for more competitive USA manufacturing, essential in solving the climate problems we are facing". Hot Water heating installation costs were around $5,000 per house, of which $500 is then rebated. Hot water heating in this way is very efficient, with an average pay back of the technology of only two years. To encourage vacationers and others to switch to solar power, Pineapplefish provides information packs in each house and on the Pineapplefish website showing the electricity savings in watts and $. In addition, each house will have a prominently displayed electricity meter (running backwards!) showing the savings, and at the end of each year the numbers will be calculated and shown as a Payback for the original investment. Notes: 1. Pineapplefish Luxury Villas Pineapplefish is a collection of 7 luxury villas rentals on the beautiful Island of Anna Maria, on Florida's Gulf Coast. All our homes are luxurious, stylish and all were chosen for the fantastic often waterfront locations with breathtaking views. Each of our luxury villas are unique and finished to the highest standards and whichever home you choose, each is full of high tech equipment such as flat screen TVs and wireless internet, combined with an eclectic mix of styles and designs, with luxurious furniture, high quality soft furnishings and original artifacts and often, original paintings hand-picked from the islands network of talented artists. 2. Anna Maria Island is an undiscovered hidden gem on Florida's Gulf Coast. With average temperatures of 84F/26C, exquisite white sandy beaches and the clearest Gulf seas, it offers complete, indulgent relaxation. And, the Island has it's own 'Old-Florida' charm, low-rise houses, tropical plantings, quirky shops and world class dining. You may never want to go home! 3. Tom Stockebrand is a solar expert, having worked at MIT Lincoln Lab for 7 years and 28 years at Digital Equipment Corp. In 1976 after moving to Albuquerque he build his own Solar house and in 1982, Tom converted a pickup truck to pure electric, and have been driving pure electrics ever since. In 2002 Tom, retired and moved to Florida. 3 key issues drive Tom: 4. Solar Direct is a leading company for renewable energy, offering a wide spectrum of products and services. www.solardirect.com 5. Harriman's specializes in domestic hot water solar power systems, sales and installation and are based in Venice, Florida. www.solarbyharrimans.com 6. The current rate of federal rebate is 60% of the cost of the equipment. In the future, the federal rebate will be 30%, which is enough to make the installation feasible in many cases. 7. The cost of PV Solar Panels is $6/watt, of which $4.00 was due back as a rebate. The average house uses between 15 and 30 mega watt-hours per year. A 5kW solar array here in FLA provides around 8 megawatt hours per year (40%) and costs $30K ($21K after federal rebate). The resulting saving of around $1,000 per year yields a return on investment of 5% of the value of the installation per year at current rates, getting better as the rates inevitably rise. A larger array will give more of a return, but once installed, people tend to add improvements and use a lifestyle that reduces energy use in the first place, increasing the payoff incentive. # # # Pineapplefish Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:09 AM PDT Vacation rental discussions continue D iscussion of county planners' proposed rule changes for vacation rentals in Cambria and Cayucos is expected to continue at a meeting of the North Coast Advisory Council's Land Use Committee meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, at Rabobank, 1070 Main St. County planner John Busselle couldn't give a formal report at the council's July 21 meeting because the document wasn't finished yet. There are about 350 vacation rentals — private homes rented out for days or weeks at a time — in Cambria and about 250 in Cayucos, he said. Proposed changes include: • For new vacation rentals to continue after three years of operation, they'd need a minor-use permit; • Code enforcement would be tightened for grandfathered vacation rentals; • The 200-foot buffer between vacation-rental units would extend across the street, as well as alongside and behind the home; • The property manager's name and contact information would be required to be posted outside the home; and • Vacation rental noise audible from 50 feet away could be reported to sheriff's deputies or code enforcement officers, who could decide if the sound was unreasonably loud. —Kathe Tanner Ricci files to run again for SSCSD Dee Dee Ricci has filed to retain her seat on the San Simeon Community Services District Board of Directors. The retired legal secretary has been on the board since she was a successful write-in candidate in 2006, but also served a prior term from 1993 to 1996. The other San Simeon district seat that's up in November is currently held by Terry Lambeth. While he hadn't yet filed for reelection as of mid-day Tuesday, July 27, he told a reporter for The Cambrian about a week earlier that he intends to run again. Local candidates who already have signed up to run in other Nov. 2 races include: • Cambria Community Services District: Greg Sanders (running for his third term), Jim Bahringer, Valerie Bentz and Harry Farmer. Longtime incumbent Peter Chaldecott is not running again. • Coast Unified School District: Gretchen Ross of Cayucos. Seats currently held by Dianne Brooke and Del Clegg will be up for election; neither has announced their intentions. • Nobody had signed up yet for Cambria Community Healthcare District's three available seats on the five-member board, posts currently held by Runo Lemming, Frank Fratto and John Hedding. Deadlines to file are Aug. 6, except for the Cambria services district or any other race in which an eligible incumbent doesn't file for reelection. In those cases, the deadline is Aug. 11. For details, go to www.slocounty.ca.gov. —Kathe Tanner Pembrook road repairs pending Repairs to stabilize a Park Hill slope and repair Pembrook Drive after a large sink-hole took a 50-foot concave bite out of the roadway Feb. 27 can't begin until right-of-way agreements are obtained, according to county Public Works. The work would restore the street that normally loops through central Park Hill, zig-zagging from Shamel Park to Huntington Road. The slide took with it a 6- inch Cambria Community Services District water main, an 8-inch district sewer main, utility poles and service. Services have been restored, but the roadway remains closed. Michael Britton, the county's project manager, said July 19 that "plans are complete and ready for the county to perform the repairs." "Once we have all of the appropriate permissions, we expect to begin work immediately," he said. —Kathe Tanner Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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