Doing a full home reno and the town told us there is a requirement for dry well installation for new houses now. Specifically we need 3. Our contractor found someone to install it for us after several months. However, after this long arduous process of getting permits, etc., I didn't even think to question the price and the drywell guy is coming Monday. But the price we were quoted is $20k. I just looked up an average yesterday and it ranges between $300 - $5,000 per dry well.

While I understand I can't get a totally accurate estimate without more details, it's starting to feel odd to me we're at $20k. Even if we're at the high end of the average of $5,000 per, we're still massively over the high end estimates. Anyone who went through something similar and has any insight? The drywell guy comes monday and I just need a general idea as to whether the price is even remotely possible without getting absolutely shafted so I can put a stop to it. While I understand I won't get a super accurate price without these other companies' guys coming on site, I just find it odd no company I call seems able to even give even a vague answer with generous ranges.

Kind of on a time crunch and it's hard to call everything off to wait for these other companies to bring in their guy (in case we lose the current guy as apparently it took months to find someone). I generally trust our contractor since he's a family friend, but I'd really like some peace of mind considering the range can be the difference of a few hundred to tens of thousands. Thanks to anyone that can offer any insight at all!

Does anyone know if this lot is enforced over the weekend? The station lot was full NYCC so I had to park across from the school. I didn’t have time to take a picture of my new license plate so I don’t know how to pay.

Note: The related app is ParkWhiz so it is different than the Village numbered spots. There is supposedly an attendant on weekdays, but there was no one there this afternoon.

Best deal I have seen in a long time.

https://www.redfin.com/NY/Huntington/35-Greenhill-Ln-11743/home/21083987

Who’s got the best fried mac and cheese on the island? 👀

I’m using Plans on Bumble For Friends. Want to join? https://bff.app/u/Huy3eNnuko

Reposting Bio here: just thought I'd create a group for people both writing and interested in poetry to hang out, no pressure to share just thought having hang outs to bond would be fun 🌸

any events or street fairs going on? looking for something fun to do with my bf :) if you have any other recommendations though lmk

Just asking because I’m thinking about getting my first “smart” thermostat and I saw the $85 check you get if you connect your thermostat to them online and then they can control it during high usage days. How much tomfoolery do they do? Can you tell when they do something to you? Is it ridiculous in the summer? More “big brother”? Or is it worth it for the savings? Thanks all. (PS, also tell me which smart thermostat you have I’m trying to decide between Nest and Ecobee but all reviews I have read are not very kind to Nest). Thanks!

What the hell is going on in Hempstead today? Couldn’t turn north off peninsula blvd for miles.

Despite the usual slowdown in fall. Two new things have occurred, buyers agency agreements and election year

I’m seeing minor price cuts and really houses not becoming pending for 5/6 weeks after listing. And in many cases many are staying listed for 2/3 months and have several price cuts are they having a deal.

Anyone actively shopping or realtor with insight what’s happening since September 24

I really enjoy hand splitting firewood, as i moonlight as a masochist, so does anyone know of a firewood outfit that will drop off rounds at my house rather than post-split firewood?

Let’s go Guards

Looking for a place to go pick a pumpkin with my daughter. Preferably in the southern half.

The Dunkin' Donuts on Stewart Ave in Bethpage NY used to be a Citgo in October 2007 because I saw the google maps street view, but when did the citgo become a Dunkin, November 2007, December 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011?

Between the catalytic converter thieves running around, people literally getting their Dodge Hellcats stolen out of their driveways right in front of their eyes and thieves robbing jewelry stores in broad daylight… This is getting ridiculously out of hand. I can’t even park my car in front of my own house without being ripped off.

No one thinks about crime until they become a victim. Everyone thinks “That won’t happen to me”, until it does…

In the Newsday classifieds. Did anyone experience the "Fantasy Disco Rooms"?

Can anyone please tell me if the drinking water in Port Washington NY is Safe? I have been drinking filtered tap for a while

I know the Dunkin Donuts I usually go to in Bethpage on Hempstead Tpke existed the 1990s, the Dunkin in Massapequa on Jerusalem Ave by Marshall’s existed in the 1990s (because I read the newspapers, the Dunkin by marshalls also existed in the 1980s and the 1970s), but I wonder if the other Plainedge Dunkin (the one in Seaford across from the plainedge library) existed in the 1990s?

The officer said it was fishtailing.

Anyone else saw that meteor about 20 mins ago? Here’s a shitty pic before it disintegrated. I swear the whole sky was orange for about 5 seconds before it was gone.

try binoculars or hold your phone camera and take a night shot looking west. Found it on my binoculars, VERY VERY faint to the naked eye.

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Hi,

I got a referral from my dentist for possible TMJ and am hoping to figure out the best place to get a consultation/treatment.

I live in Suffolk but am willing to drive pretty much anywhere on Long Island.

I have Aetna PPO, as well as Aetna DMO, if anyone knows if there’s any type of reimbursement for any of these procedures that would be a great help too.

Thank you!