Avoiding “The Bowling Alley” Effect First, a caveat:  unless there’s also a detached garage in the back of the house (typically, off an alley), converting a one-car garage into something else is a non-starter. That’s because going from a one-car garage to a no-car garage is guaranteed to destroy much more value than it creates. But, assuming that that’s not the...Read More

Until last week, I was under the impression that when trees grew too close to a power line, the homeowner needed to call the utility company to have the line dropped, so that a private tree contractor could safely remove the tree(s). True — as long as the power line is between the home and...Read More