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We're very excited about the latest addition to our Hideaway Cove team as George Kruse has joined our team. He is an extremely talented individual and there seems to be nothing that he cannot do. We have a long "to do" list of projects just waiting for him.
We've upgraded our wireless internet by installing two new Linksys "N" Routers on property. These are the latest and greatest from Linksys and are faster and broadcast further than the older "G" Routers. They were programmed to talk to one another and the addition of the second Router ensures that we now have strong signal strength in both of our buildings. Don't worry if your laptop is equipped to handle the G Routers, they will still work with the N Router. |
We read a great review recently on a new clock radio that also has a built in iPod docking station so you can wake up to your own music. Pretty cool. The product is called iHome and we’re trying them out in a couple of the units. They have very large numerals to tell the time, which I like a lot, and have fantastic sound quality. If they turn out to be as great as they initially seem, we'll add them to all units.
We've put new couches in the Coral, Aloha, Beachcomber and Oceanview. We are on a relentless march to replace all of our convertible couches with more comfortable couches that do not fold out into beds. We've found over the past eight years that the latest generation of inflatable mattresses are far more comfortable and easy to use than convertible couches. Each mattress comes with its own motor that automatically inflates and they also are now "double height" bringing them up to standard bed height. By summer, we expect the change out to be complete.
A new spa has now been installed in the Seabreeze and it is fantastic! It is larger, has many more jets, mood lighting, a waterfall and is so much quieter that we love it! The biggest advantage of this new hot tub is that it heats from ambient temperature to 104 degrees in just four hours. The old tub took 24 hours to heat up, which presented a problem if the prior guests turned it off. Now, if housekeeping discovers that the prior guests have turned down the temperature, they can bring it back up prior to the next check in.
We bought the hot tub on Oahu, as nothing was available here locally. It was a huge project installing it that involved taking down, and then rebuilding both the lattice privacy wall and the railing on the deck. We had to arrange for delivery to the property from the docks, then hire another company to deliver a special fork lift that could go up two stories and then out six feet with 800 pounds.
The fork lift was such a big piece of equipment that it dug two foot deep holes in the lawn that then had to be repaired. This spa also required 220 volts which we didn’t have, so Ken Wheatley Electric was also on hand to wire things up. Ken is my neighbor and managed to squeeze this job in during the very busy Christmas season. Kudos to Ken!
With only a three day window to accomplish everything I'm happy to say we finished just in time for our honeymooning guests from Japan to be the first to enjoy.
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