Hi. Recommendations needed. We're looking to add a couple of electrical boxes on internal walls in our unit. Want to find a capable licensed electrician -- preferring one with experience at the Vaux. If you've had a good experience with such an electrician, please share the contact info. Thanks, all. Ed & Patty Long, Unit 403

The peephole in our door is too high for my wife to see through. And we don't have a doorbell. The Nest Doorbell is on sale online for black Friday. Is it OK at The Vaux? Provides a doorbell and a camera that should work with your WiFi. There's a battery-only option. I'm assuming the wired option would be too much trouble. Looks like it would be screwed into the door frame. Thoughts? Information? Need to order this weekend to get the good price. Ed UPDATE: A board member advises that such a doorbell/camera, which must be located in the corridor, would be considered part of the Common Elements under the by-laws -- and not allowed at this time. I'm wondering if there might be a way to have these approved, if the meet certain uniform requirements. The technology has advanced -- would be nice to be able to keep up.

We're new to Portland and the Vaux. We're looking for a dentist with good results on crowns and implants. Having a problem with existing crowned tooth. Looking for a capable dentist we can continue with long term. Recommendations please, please . . .

We're new at the Vaux and wanted help with our window shades. We like the Hunter-Douglas shades installed in our unit, but several weren't working right. A neighbor at the Vaux suggested Mari Design. Here's our experience: We've reached out to Mari Design (https://maridesign.com/) on the shades - couldn't schedule an appointment for an evaluation for about 4 weeks - apparently they were quite backed up due to having done the window treatments at the new Lincoln High School - After the four weeks, the Mari Design folks came by for the evaluation, took away three shades for repairs by an independent shop. Professional, on time. In the meantime, we stopped by the Hunter Douglas store in the neighborhood - they were quite helpful - gave us a couple of names to help with the shades. FOLLOW-UP: The Mari Design team returned today - the three shades were repaired and the reinstalled them. Showed up on time, friendly and respectful. I think the cost was reasonable.

We're new at the Vaux and wanted the carpets cleaned. Here's our experience: We connected with Gallaghers - (503) 477-4097 - based on a recommendation from our realtor. They came in and did a nice job for us. Very professional in scheduling and estimating process.