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Rachel Rosson rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office
16 Ways to Green Your Home #2
12 August, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General
#2 Program Your Thermostat When you are at home keep the thermostat at 78 degrees or higher in the summer and 62 degrees of lower in the winter. Programmable thermostats allow you to program the syst... read more
Rachel Rosson rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office
16 Ways to Green Your Home #1
11 August, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General
#1 Switch to Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) This will lower your utility bills. CFLs can be a huge energy saver. Replace some, or all, of your incandescent bulbs with fluorescents and enjoy r... read more
Lois Wells
Coldwell Banker Realty - Houston Bay Area
A good first impression is crucial!
11 August, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Marketing, Home S...
Your carefully groomed landscaping -- or, in contrast, weed-overgrown jungle -- is one of the first things a potential buyer notices. But enhancing curb appeal is also something every seller should do... read more
Laramie Driscoll
Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan
Closets
9 August, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Remodeling
Looking at the space, moving furniture around on a floorplan, I settled on an ideal location -- under the hanging vent system on one side of the room.   Closet systems abound... read more
Juan Arrieta
Elite Texas Properties
Think twice about undertaking that "Do-It-Yourself...
3 August, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Remodeling, Home...
Most homeowners, even those who have what they would consider an "outstanding" home, have somewhere in their minds a certain project or "slight modification" they would like to undertake in the n... read more
Ann Marie Gargano-Parks
Texas Legacy Properties
6 Landscaping Tricks That Wow Buyers
2 August, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Marketing, Home S...
In today's market, sellers have to work harder to persuade buyers that their property is worth the bite. I found this article by landscape designer Michael Glassman for guaranteed curb appeal.http://w... read more
Lois Wells
Coldwell Banker Realty - Houston Bay Area
REPLACE OUTDATED HARDWARE AND LIGHT FIXTURES.
31 July, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Marketing, Home S...
Giving a room a more modern look requires little more than a screwdriver and some new fixtures. New hardware and new drawer handles or knobs can be had for as little as $2 each. You might also try swa... read more
Ruth Ann Manison rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC
P C Power Tool Saves You Money on Electricity
26 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Houston...
Did you know a typical PC uses 535 kWh of electricity each year? The worst part is that 66% of that energy is wasted when the computer is on, but isn't being actively used. There is a free energy-moni... read more
Rachel Rosson rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office
Updates that Recoup the Most Money
23 July, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Marketing, Home R...
  Remolding magazine shares findings on home remodeling with Realtor magazine.  We will see average cost recouped for 30 home improvement projects by region of the country plus the average... read more
Lois Wells
Coldwell Banker Realty - Houston Bay Area
MAKE ENERGY SVING CHANGES.
21 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Home Mar...
Start with changing out your light bulbs with compact florcent light bulbs. I was suprised to see a 15% savings in my own electric bill with just this one change. Change your AC filters at least... read more
Ruth Ann Manison rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC
Home Gardens Growing in Popularity
17 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General
More Americans are growing their own fruits and vegetables at home in order to cut food expenses. The National Gardening Association predicts a 19% increase in home gardening in 2009. An estimated 43... read more
Ruth Ann Manison rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC
T.R.C.C. New Construction & Remodeling Complaint D...
15 July, 2009| Home Builders, Home Improvements & Repair, Home Re...
The Texas Residential Construction Commission is being abolished at the end of August, but there will be a one-year wind-down period, which ends 8/31/10. If you purchased a new home or had your home r... read more
Ruth Ann Manison rating starrating starrating starrating starrating star 4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC
F H A 203k: Cool Loan Includes Rehab Money @ Purch...
15 July, 2009| Home Buying, Home Improvements & Repair, Mortgage...
I just got back from StarTex Title on Buffalo Speedway where I heard an interesting presentation on FHA 203k loans. Kerrie Saeger of Houston Capital Mortgage shared her insights on this special loan p... read more
Lois Wells
Coldwell Banker Realty - Houston Bay Area
Find any problems now not later.
13 July, 2009| Home Improvements & Repair, Home Marketing, Home S...
 PAY $250-300 for a home inspection. Hire a home inspector to point out which areas THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM when your home is on the market. A common mistake is making cosmetic upgrades while igno... read more
Roger Martin
Roger Martin Properties
HEAT WAVE
1 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General
July is upon us!Just a reminder not to overload your air conditioner in this extreme heat!  Most residential air conditioners can only cool a maximum of twenty degrees.  This means that du... read more
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