Winter can be rough on your home It might be unseasonably balmy out now but you know Old Man Winter will make his inevitable appearance. Mistakes of commission and omission can be costly to your home or lawn in the winter time. Here is a great list of some simple things to do [...]
Your floors look Awesome! I have never seen so many diverse yet also top quality flooring options in my 30 years of doing this. Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring, wood look porcelain, and responsibly sourced and natural products abound and they look outstanding! Don't just run to carpet or hardwoods. Here's a great article [...]
I just finished me kitchen remodel and you're telling me it's already out of style? Fear not, things are not moving quite that quickly but changes in design trends and tastes do seem to evolve and in some instances circle back around in an inexorable fashion. Some things we hope never to see [...]
Make that 11 signs that you need to get organized! When you realize on the 20th that you forgot to get gifts for 2 people! Seriously though folks, this year in particular I've had a lot of move up, move down or move away clients that have had needed organizations thrust upon them [...]
Be Safe and keep this a Merry Christmas Not to be a Grinch but there are at least 4 or 5 topical warnings in the article that are exactly the sorts of things we are doing during the holiday season so please read this excellent article, don't do things like plug in too [...]
Don't do it! Know what you can safely store in your garage. In the course of looking at north of 20,000 homes I've seen a lot of sellers, apparently short on interior storage space, make some tragic mistakes on what they stored in their garage. It's a good way to ruin what you [...]
Are smart thermostats....smart? There are a variety of factors to consider but for a short answer I'd say "Yes". Some models might be a tad daunting for the technologically challenged but for the most part they are easy to operate and have good instructions, will pay for themselves in a year or two [...]
12 Ways You May Be Wasting Closet Space Where the heck will we keep it? Storage for condo's, TH's and especially older detached homes is typically at a premium. But all is not lost. Here's a great article about how you can create more space for the things you already have or for [...]
We move into the final part of our series on potential housing solutions. We've already mined the positives and negatives of buying new and moving up/down into a resale so it's time to address doing additions. Sometimes we just need to blow out a kitchen, or add a sun room to the existing [...]
I wish I would have read this article! Well my HVAC just bit the dust after 17 years of faithful service. Who knows I might have gotten 18 or 19 out of it if I read this article about extending your HVAC's life. Actually I did many of these so perhaps I got [...]