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Group-buy stories, by project.

How neighborhood group-buys actually save money — for solar, roofing, pools, HVAC, and more.

General

When you should NOT renovate your home

Most home-improvement sites only know how to sell you a project. Here's our honest take on the times the smartest move is to do nothing — and keep your money.

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Solar

How block solar pricing works (and why your neighbors matter)

Group-buy solar gets cheaper as more homes on your block join. Here's how the tiers actually move the price — and why recruiting a neighbor pays you back.

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Solar

A homeowner's guide to going solar (U.S. Dept. of Energy)

A solid, vendor-neutral primer on rooftop solar from the Department of Energy — worth a read before you join your block.

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New roof

What a group re-roof actually saves a Palos Verdes block

Re-roofing a whole street in one mobilization is dramatically cheaper than one job at a time. We break down where the savings come from.

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Pool

The neighborhood pool group-buy, explained

Pools are a big-ticket build — and a great fit for a block deal. Here's how clustering interested yards gets everyone a better number.

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Battery

NEM 3.0 made batteries the smart add-on — here's the math

Under NEM 3.0, exported solar is worth far less than what you pay to pull from the grid. A battery closes that gap — and a block buy makes it affordable.

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General

Why installers quote a whole street at once

For dealers, BlockSun turns scattered, expensive leads into pre-screened blocks. Here's the installer side of the group-buy.

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