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Do It Yourself or Hire Someone?

What projects should you take on, and which are better done by someone else? It's a personal choice. That choice changes, depending on your time and your health and flexibility. Jim Vogel from ElderAction.org has this advice: With all of the pressures of modern life, it’s easy to forget about your house. That’s too bad

By |2018-01-03T07:24:32-05:00January 3rd, 2018|Categories: thinking of selling?, Problems and repair, Senior living|Tags: , , , , |

Inspection problems, part 1: finite repair issues

In the process of choosing a house or condo to buy, house-hunters find themselves in a lot of old houses with old and recent repairs. Every house has a component that is worn out, unless you are looking at something that just got a down-to-the-studs renovation. Like a car, a house will have something that

By |2016-12-28T14:01:06-05:00May 20th, 2015|Categories: House Hunting, Problems and repair|Tags: , , , , , |