GHREB, today you turn 6 years old! We’re pretty busy with the Spring real estate market, so we didn’t have time to bake you a cake. We did get your favorite from a local bakery though. Just a small token of our thanks for all that you do for us and our readers. Enjoy your special day! ps- We also bought you a fancy schmancy camera which I’m sure you’ll love to show off the
Every year we come up with a list of projects we need to carry out on our house in order to keep it properly maintained. We go through enough home inspections to know that we need to keep on top of maintenance issues so they don’t cause larger, more expensive problems down the line. This year one of our projects was going to be replacing the boiler. It’s an older gas boiler that was put
Do you know if your house has a boiler or a furnace? Don’t be too concerned if you don’t, we find most people tend to use the word “furnace” to describe the mechanical unit that heats their home and they really have no idea whether it’s a furnace or a boiler. But wouldn’t it be nice to know the difference? And then you could use the right term the next time you’re talking to your
An agent recently posted this gem for a newly listed property in our MLS database: PERFECT UNIT FOR A SINGLE LADY OF ANY AGE; ABSOLUTLY A 24/7 SECURE BUILDING. The caps and typos are their own, not mine. My first question is, what if this single lady had a gentleman caller? Would she still find this to be the perfect unit? And just what is wrong with this agent’s statement? Per state law, we are
Maybe you noticed. We had a large snowstorm come through on Friday. Hopefully by now you and your street are shoveled out. Many people remain stuck though. Help them if you can. Be neighborly. There was plenty of advance warning that the storm was coming, but of course no one really knew just how much snow we would get. Most agents realized that showings on Saturday would be a waste of time, so if they