Answer: Summerizing a Home Minnesota homeowners leaving for the winter know the drill (or should): to avoid the risk of frozen pipes (and the resultant catastrophic flooding), turn off the water to the home, then drain the existing water in the home’s plumbing. Last step: turn down the thermostat to a chilly 55º or so,...Read More
One in a Million 37,000 You could be forgiven for doing a double-take driving past the McDonald’s in Sedona, Arizona (my family and I recently visited). Apparently, it’s the only McDonald’s in the world (out of almost 37,000) where the company’s famously “golden arches” instead are teal (blue-green). I assume the city’s zoning restrictions dictated...Read More
“Walk´- out“: when a home is built on a slight hill sloping away from the front, making the lower level above grade. Walkout basements are something I associate with the Midwest, not the Southwest; for one thing, homes in the Southwest usually don’t have basements. However, that doesn’t mean Phoenix doesn’t have properties with that design....Read More
