What to Consider BEFORE you DIY

With 35 years of all kinds of construction, (here in the Shenandoah Valley area for about 19 years) I have seen and repaired just about every issue a homeowner could face.  Regardless of the size of the property or the financial standing there has been one issue that is present in most homes that we…

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How to Budget for Home Maintenance

It’s the American Dream – owning your own home…  you scrimp and save, pay off debts, clean up your credit, maybe even tighten the belt and do without for a bit… and you  save, save, save….  finally, with finances in order and pre-approval in hand the dream starts to feel like a possibility.  Shopping can…

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Don’t Forget to Check out the Inside!

Winter, thankfully, is ending.  How did you fare?  We were mostly lucky, our weather was fairly mild this go ’round.  A mild winter is not a hall pass to skip your maintenance checks and move on to Spring.  This transitioning season is still a great trigger to check on your property’s preventative maintenance needs…  Mostly preventative maintenance…

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Living Lean & Clean in ’17

Practice Purging, Organizing and Cleaning via Schedules  Living in 2017 can be lean and clean if you purge what is no longer valuable and useful; organize what you need and want; then keep it all clean, clean, clean.  Sound overwhelming?  It needn’t be – we’ve got resources! We recommend getting rid of all that you…

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Are You Making the Grade?

“Back to school” conjures up  a lot of different images for us all…  an end to summer’s frivolities, cooler temperatures, holiday entertaining & spending…   How about your property, is it “making the grade?”  Is your house or business ready for the seasons ahead of us?  Do you have a PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN in place?  Do certain…

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Helpful Holiday Home List

  Winterize Before the Snow Flies !!! Have Your Heating System Serviced and Your Chimney Sweeped If you didn’t have your heating system serviced in the fall, there’s no better time than the present to make sure it’s in tip-top shape.  Creosote buildup found in poorly maintained chimneys is a leading cause of dangerous house fires.…

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An Ounce of Prevention…

If there is one thing I’ve learned during my 35 years working in homes and businesses, it’s this, it pays to maintain and repair rather than to put small repairs off until another day.  It seems most times when that day finally arrives, what was once a small nuisance is often an inconvenient, and costly repair/replacement.   For…

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