Roof Replacement Stories

Two years after we bought our town home,  the roof started leaking.  Prior to that my husband’s coworker spent $3,000 for a mold clean-up in his attic and his home insurance didn’t cover the damage because it was “poor workmanship.”  So the poor guy had to pay for the clean-up and for roof replacement. Our roof [...]

Search for a General Contractor

We have established the fact that we are “DIY challenged” when it comes to finishing a basement with a bathroom and learned valuable important lessons in home improvement.  It’s a good thing that we haven’t done high cost mistakes before it was too late.  We have done more work for our contractor that’s for sure.  [...]

Basement Project

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions In the last 3 weeks or so I have been obsessively doing a feasibility study on whether to finish the basement or not.  After all, it is a big decision to make since it translates to spending thousands of dollars.  We have been faced with this decision because we do plan to [...]