As a design builder, one very common request I had from clients was to open up the kitchen to adjacent rooms. This was especially true of older homes where the kitchens were often these “off-limits” spaces purposefully isolated from the rest of the home.But as people’s tastes changed, more people
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09/08/2015
I have done a lot of inspections for the clients of WALaw Realty, and I really like their business model. I can imagine that this model might cause some consternation amongst many of the more traditional agents here on ActiveRain.It is a huge understatement to say their model is different.At a re
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08/24/2015
A recent article on the NWMLS (Northwest Multiple Listing Service) website titled, “Replacing water heaters may have surprising change-over costs for homeowners,” while partially accurate is also a bit misleading. A quick read of the article would have homeowners in a panic about all kinds of pot
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08/19/2015
Future homeowner #1: Any chance we can make that storage space into a artist’s loft?Builder: Nope---would not meet code.Future homeowner #1: Are you REALLY sure---seems like such a waste of space---and my wife would REALLY love a studio.Builder: Look right here on the plans---it says, “Storage
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08/17/2015
It will not be obvious to most (and there are even ways for what we can see in the picture to be correct), but unless the foundation steps up on both sides of the doorway, the siding should pretty much never be flush with the bottom of the door threshold.This little garage was basically built on
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08/03/2015
You called several roofers and got various estimates with all kinds of options. You made the appropriate choice, according to your budget and now the roofers have come and gone.It LOOKS beautiful!It was obviously installed properly because it rained hard during the night after the installation a
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07/29/2015
As you can see, I am in “BIG TROUBLE” and just need one or two souls to get me out of this mess!Of course the more the merrier and the further away from “trouble” I can get, the less I will have to worry about “back-sliding” into trouble. I am pretty sure I do not have hexakosioihexekontahexaphob
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07/26/2015
How many of you know what your toilet tank bowl fill tube is?I can see by the non-existent forest of hands, many of my readers have no clue what I am talking about. Of course inspectors and plumbers do not count--I can see them waving frantically.The bowl fill tube does just what it says. It is
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07/24/2015
Like never before in history, we have resources of information literally at our finger tips.Numerous Internet search engines allow us the convenience of “answers” to any question we have as quick as we can punch in the appropriate numbers and/or letters.I love this freedom more than I can stand!
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07/22/2015
There is often a lot of discussion about homes and whether or not they are “up-to-code." It is common for agents and clients alike to say they want me to verify that the home is “up-to-code.”I have heard this on 50 year old homes and I have heard it on brand new construction.I am now going to bur
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07/19/2015
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