Whether you’re dealing with rain storms, high winds or lots of snow, winter weather is making its mark across the country, causing varying degrees of home repair situations. Consumer Reports highlights four common problems often caused by harsh winters and offers tips for how you can remedy the issues…before they become more serious and . . . → Read More: How to Assess Your Home for Winter-Weather Damage
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Interview from the Real Estate section of the Times Union dated November 18, 2012 http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/No-thanks-4041463.php#ixzz2Cgj5Fdp2
1. Odors. Here’s the problem: People who live in the house don’t smell the house. They’ve become immune to it. They don’t smell cigarette smoke. They don’t smell the ratty old dog. They don’t smell the fish they . . . → Read More: Top 20 Seller Tips to Make Your Home More Marketable 
While many remodeling projects add important value to a home, the No. 1 reason to renovate is to improve your daily living environment. According to a survey conducted by Houzz, an online platform for home design and remodeling, among homeowners planning to build, remodel or decorate in the next two years, 86 percent cited . . . → Read More: Remodeling? Lifestyle Trumps Profit 
We’ve all noticed a beautiful home where the original brick fireplace apparently has had smoke coming out the front (seeping past a screen at times) where the effect over many years is that the brick or tile are discolored or blackened from the soot or the dirt. Until recently, I would have recommended a . . . → Read More: What to Do With a Dirty Fireplace Façade 
I was thinking about all the mistakes I had made decades ago in dealing with the removal of paint from hardware where caustic cleaners gave metals unwanted coloration or wire brushes destroyed the finishes. It was not until several years ago that I learned of a simple technique using three common products found in . . . → Read More: Stripping Old Paint from Hardware? Whether you’re a home buyer, homeowner, or home seller, mold poses a wide range of problems, from cosmetic issues to serious health hazards. According to the Alliance for Healthy Homes, more than 1,000 types of molds have been found in U.S. homes, and approximately 6-10 percent of the general population, and 15-50 percent of . . . → Read More: 10 Ways to Prevent Mold in Your Home Measuring for Window Treatments Whether you are selling your home or moving into a new one, you should focus on your window treatments. Aside from repainting and general cleaning, windows are actually one area you can pay special attention to and get big effects from. The way you display or cover your window . . . → Read More: Focus on Window Treatments It can be tough in this economy to begin all the energy efficiency projects you’d like to do for your home, but with skyrocketing fuel costs, it’s more important than ever to at least pick the low-hanging fruit from the efficiency tree. There are several ways to make your home more energy efficient with . . . → Read More: Energy Efficiency Part 2: The Low-Hanging Fruit Well, the groundhog says spring is coming sooner than later. True or not, home improvement stores are already starting to offer sales on items for your spring cleaning projects. Your home is your real estate investment, and whether or not you are putting it on the market, regular maintenance is one of the simplest . . . → Read More: Prepping for that Fresh Spring Clean You may be looking at your heating bill and wondering whether it’s time to finally commit to energy efficiency or qualifying for a renewable energy tax credit. Some of the credits associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expired at the end of 2010, but there’s still plenty available. There are several ways . . . → Read More: Energy Efficiency Series Part 1: Solar Water Heaters |
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