rental matters

Tenants, save on your energy costs

One of the perks of owning your own house or condo is that you have the authority to make the place more energy efficient. As a tenant, you are stuck with what you rented. Right? Wrong! There are things you can do to reduce your heating bills that don’t have to stay in the rental

By |2024-11-06T16:44:09-05:00December 18th, 2013|Categories: Energy efficiency, rental matters|

Huzzah for a Responsible Landlord

by Dave Twombly As promised in my last post, this is being written from my new Cambridge apartment.  Sitting at the kitchen table (yes, I have a table in the kitchen now!) on the top floor of a wonderfully maintained building, I want to repeat that phrase, ‘wonderfully maintained’.  It still makes me giddy.  Neither

By |2024-11-06T15:28:16-05:00September 8th, 2011|Categories: Dave, Happy Home Ownership, rental matters|

The Joys of Searching for a Rental

By Dave Twombly Dave Twombly is moving! Here's the story: Maybe you are like us. A young(ish) family, new to parenthood, realizing that it's time to move. Your once great apartment, convenient to everything, is now too small, not aging well, or not what you deem safe for your newest roommate. Or worse, perhaps your

By |2024-11-06T15:27:28-05:00August 19th, 2011|Categories: Dave, House Hunting, remove, rental matters|