There’s no curb appeal when there are no curbs. We have clients willing to climb Mount-They-Shoveled-It to see places for sale and clients who are sitting it out. They all want to know when spring will spring in real estate. Spring in real estate generally happens when the snow melts; that’s going to be a
Whether you are a renter or an owner, the fear is there. Is your wall about to pour ice water into your living space? Where do you look for leaks? Which icicles are a problem? Theory: Water is, literally, mindless. All it wants to do is get to earth. Water will go down by the
Considering buying? If you are thinking of anywhere in the northern third of this country, you need to remember that winter will always come. It is way too easy to forget the slings and arrows of winter living here, once the white stuff melts and flows away. Don’t! Snow conditions will affect you for weeks
The owner of any residential building in Massachusetts is required to supply a carbon monoxide detector on every habitable level of a house. If you are renting, that is the landlord’s job. If you own, it is yours. When you buy, your lender will require that the local fire department certify that the correct fire
Many house hunters have romantic ideas about owning a house with a fireplace. For house hunters in urban areas, those hopes are rarely fulfilled. Existing housing in the Boston urban area was mostly built without wood-burning fireplaces. Fireplaces were not used for heating at the time that most of this housing stock was built, it
Winter is a bargain-hunters paradise, but it also house-hunting hell. Between Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Day (or Super Bowl Sunday when the Pats are in the playoffs), demand dries up, but so does inventory. The drain on demand is usually higher than the drain on supply. Sellers who can wait until the spring frequently
Want to save energy? Just add water.by Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate An often-forgotten energy saver is plain old water, added to your home's air. Humid air will feel warmer on your skin than dryer air, partly because it slows the evaporation of sweat from your skin As they love to remind you repeatedly
to keep my heat from wanderingby Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate Though I'm being pleasantly lulled by the warm weather, convinced that Spring is just around the corner, I concede that winter will soon be here. With winter comes high heating bills, which I'm thoroughly opposed to. Winter is bad enough without having to
Incredible shrinking insulationby Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate I've been in thousands of basements over the years and I can tell you that a home with well-insulated heating pipes are rare. This winter with oil prices at record highs, it pays more than ever to insulate your heating pipes. In most homes, the uninsulated