It seems like news reports of home improvement scams and unscrupulous contractors keep mounting. In light of the flurry of repairs needed with damage from the recent East Coast storms, the building trades have come under close scrutiny. Despite the publicity, many homeowners continue to experience problems with building and ...
read moreThe state of the economy and financial pressures continues to play a big role in homeowner decisions. Uncertainty in the housing market has made remodeling and renovation of existing homes more attractive than buying a different home or building a new one. Some of the trends discussed at the annual International ...
read moreOne of the fastest growing problems in the home improvement industry is contractors who work on a cash basis. The reasons for this are varied, not the least of which is that it allows a contractor to have a stream of untraceable income on which taxes can be avoided. To ...
read moreThe decision between selling your home or staying and remodeling is always a complicated one. There are many things to factor in, but in the current economy, many real estate experts are recommending that if at all possible homeowners look toward adding value to their residences and finding improvements that will ...
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