Category Archives: Home Improvements
Preparing Your Home for Winter – Part 2
As I mentioned in my previous post, now is the time to prepare for winter and fix those items that can help you have a more secure, warm and better insulated winter. Doing these repairs and improvements now in the … Continue reading
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Prepare Your Home for Winter – Part 1
Summer greetings! I hope you are all enjoying the few actual days of legitimate summer that graces us here in Upstate NY. As someone once told me, summer in Upstate NY is really just three days of really bad sledding. … Continue reading
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Recommended Summer Reading
I hope you are all having a great summer. If you have the opportunity to take vacation this summer and have some time for a little light reading, why not read up on home building and renovations? One of the … Continue reading
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How do you find a General Contractor you can trust?
So you want to build a new home, or make a large renovation to your existing one. Congratulations, this is an exciting time, but it can also be a nerve-wracking one. Who are you going to get to oversee the … Continue reading
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DIY or Hire A Contractor for Home Improvements?
So, you want to be “that guy”. The one who decides to build a detached garage by himself. The guy that doesn’t have the right tools, so he MAKES the tools out of scrap iron and a wires stripped out … Continue reading
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Should I Renovate or Build a New House?
This is a common dilemma that I run into with many of my customers. They agonized over spreadsheets trying to find out what is a more feasible option both in terms of lifestyle and budget. And to their credit, it’s … Continue reading
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Create An Outdoor Living Space
When it comes time to make home improvements that will help with future resale value, we often think of redoing the kitchen, new floors, new windows and even finishing the basement. But one of the most often overlooked improvements is … Continue reading
