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5 Secrets Your Contractor Doesn’t Want You to Know
How to protect your bottom line. You’ve asked friends to recommend great contractors, picked your favorite, checked references — and maybe even conducted an online background check on their business. So you know you’ve found a top-notch pro for your … Continue reading
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Grub Control & Other Curb Appeal Tasks for June
If your lawn could talk, it would tell you to water deeply and less often. June’s a critical month to make sure you’re giving some TLC to a key curb appeal asset: your lawn. You’ll spend less time (and money, if … Continue reading
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Sharp Homeowners Know June Is the Best Time to Do These 5 Things
Like cleaning your siding — just be sure to start from the bottom and go up. Could it really be summer?! Tackle these five summer maintenance tasks during June’s longer days and better weather — and save yourself time and money this … Continue reading
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13 Home Trends to Watch for 2022
While buyers are still seeking homes that offer safe, enjoyable shelter, new wish list items are emerging that give houses better design and function. Home design trends that are expected to loom large in 2022 are an evolution of what … Continue reading
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A Home Gym? No Sweat
In the 1980s and ‘90s, when houses were getting bigger and fancier with all sorts of specialty spaces—theaters with stadium seating, giant aquariums, rathskellers, and sports courts—some homeowners would bring in dozens of pieces of gym equipment, install cushioned flooring, … Continue reading
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6 October Home Maintenance Tasks
The temps are starting to drop; the smell of wood smoke is in the air. Temps are more chilly than warm. That’s when veteran homeowners know it’s time to do these six things if they want to avoid grief or … Continue reading
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