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Wet Basement? If the Carpeting’s Ancient, Not Likely

When Older is Better Older may not be better when it comes to furnaces, roofs, and major appliances. However, if there’s any question about whether a home’s basement is wet, old is very good. Why’s that? Because carpeting that repeatedly gets wet and dries out becomes moldy, discolored, and generally starts to deteriorate. Ditto for any...
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Hardwood Floor Fake-Out

Home Buyers Who Get a Post-Closing Lump of Coal When there are hardwood floors in the closets, you usually expect to find them under the carpet in the adjoining room. Usually. The exception, in my experience:  1950’s construction ” often ramblers ” that were built just as high-quality, affordable carpeting took the housing market by storm (think...
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Picking New Basement Carpeting

Doing Carpeting “Due Diligence”:  Better Than Google If you know next to nothing about carpeting, you probably think there are two kinds:  cheap and expensive. If you know a little more — say, because you’re a Realtor — you may be aware that there’s low pile (berber) and high pile (shag would be very high pile); that the former...
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What Makes Something “Beautiful?”

Light Fixture as Work of Art If you can capture “beauty” in an algorithm — or otherwise define it (besides simply acknowledging that something is “aesthetically pleasing”**) . . . by all means, let me know. But, I think most people would agree that the stunning light fixture above qualifies. P.S.:  after paint and carpeting...
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