ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2010
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Should everybody have a generator to guarantee the supply of electrical power to their homes? I never really considered that question because in my neighborhood, for years, there had never been a real issue with losing power for any extended period of time. But more recently with some of the wind...
11/21/2010
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This is a real mystery story that happened to me! I call it "The Case of the Disappearing Staffordshire Figurines." Sometimes when two people decide to get married or take up living together, the going can be tough in combining tastes for furnishing and decoration, especially among those who hav...
11/19/2010
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How embarrassed I was when showing a house and I couldn't figure out all of the safety devices meant to stump toddlers, from the gate at the top of the stairs to the doorknob lock on the basement door. There was even a lock on the toilet seat, but fortunately no one asked to go. It's a wonder th...
11/19/2010
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When I was a kid, loud noises upset me greatly. Even mild ambient noise like the drone of my mom's vacuum cleaner made me anxious. I suspect that I had a low-level case of Asberger's Syndrome, undiagnosed because nobody knew what it was in those days. But noise still upsets me today, especially...
11/12/2010
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Just recently a fellow realtor told me she was in the throes of a discordant relationship with one of her sellers where there were exchanges of upsetting telephone calls and emails that were ruining her life. She blamed the situation on the current market and not being able to communicate the rea...
11/09/2010
I've lived in my home for a long time and, because it's an historic structure built in 1734, I've done many renovations and upgrades to it through the years. Sometimes I managed to do it in an organized fashion, other times not, depending on the throes of my career and whether I was in a very bu...
11/08/2010
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From castles to humble cottages, stairways have allowed more living space under the same roof by providing a means to get to another floor. Unless you live in a ranch-style home or a one-level apartment or condo, you climb stairs. Some of us love the transition from one living space to another (...
11/06/2010
Other than a fire or tornado, the worst event that can happen to a home is a burst water pipe flooding it. As the temperature suddenly plunges, have you remembered to disconnect your garden hose from the outside spigot? This is one of the major reasons for burst water pipes inside a home, but th...
11/05/2010
