You're not wrong.

But I called my vet and explained what I needed and as they told me the costs of everything, I realized that I would be paying upwards of $600.

The Vetco Animal Hospital was half of that. And, as I mentioned before, they took great care of my dog. My thought process was that, perhaps, the prices for all of their services would be more cost effective.

You're welcome! I hope it works out for you!

A week ago today I took my dog to a Vetco Animal Hospital in a Petco store. He got bloodwork, a fecal test, updated vaccines, meds for a bellyache, new heartworm and flea/tick meds, and A LOT of attention from the vet. I made it out of there for $300. I saw signs stating that they do x-rays, although I don't know how much they charge for them.

I was able to make the appointment online. I picked one that was a little further from my house than I would have liked, but I wanted him seen that day. The hospital was clean and ran smoothly, and the vet was kind and patient in explaining so much to me. I was very impressed.

I've lived in Nutley my entire life. My husband and I love it here. We have great neighbors, the schools are amazing, and my kids (elementary schoo agel) often come home, change, she's just run to a friends house or to they park to play until dark. We think nothing of it. It's very safe. We like the schools, the Parks and Rec does a great job with sports and other activities, the holiday events are fantastic, there are great parks and restaurants, and it's close to everything.

Here's the downside. Taxes are insane My parents own a large and gorgeous home on the opposite side of town. I'm set to inherit that house (hopefully many, many years from now), no mortgage, free and clear. We can't afford it. The taxes alone are more than my mortgage and taxes. They're really very high.

Light My Fire ran our gas line. I totally forgot about that! I'm sure that there are a couple of steps I have forgotten about. We also had some other work going on at the same time, so it's all blending for me. And, yes, you will definitely need permits.

We installed a gas fireplace in our home where there was no pre-existing fireplace. It was completed less than a month ago.

We went with Light My Fire in Fair Lawn, primarily because the other places we went to were slightly rude and didn't want to put in the effort with us to help us figure out what we needed to get done. They really showed no interest in dealing with us. Light My Fire was very patient with us and gave us several options. They came to our house and really helped us decide the best options. The final cost with them was about $7,000 for the gas insert and installation.

We decided to remove a window to place the fireplace in its spot. So we incurred some costs that you won't in terms of .having to purchase siding for the outside of the house and materials to close up the window hole.

Also, we had to build a frame for the fireplace. We had an electrician come in to give us a dedicated outlet (actually it was a whip). We have a neighbor who was able to do the window removal and siding and build the frame, and a friend who is an electrician, who did that work inexpensively.

Finally, the finishing work on the fireplace. All the work outside of the $7000 for Light My Fire cost about $5000. Most of that money went into the finishing work because we had friends do the other things.

I love our fireplace. I wish we had done it years ago. I highly recommend Light My Fire. The one glitch in the system is that it took forever for the actual gas insert to be shipped. We were given an initial date of late May and barely had it installed by Thanksgiving. The finishing work was done about a week later. So we literally JUST had this work done.