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Consider the House as a Whole for Insulation

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On February 28, 2011 · Add Comment · In Musings
Consider the House as a Whole for Energy Efficiency By Bill Primavera The Home Guru Don’t the winters seem to be getting more severe each year?  And with the lower temperatures, we’re all thinking about how well or how poorly our houses are insulated. Just the other day, when meeting with a landlord in front [...]
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Is Stick-Built Really Best?

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On February 15, 2011 · Add Comment · In Musings
Which Is Best?  Stick-Built, Modular or Panelized?   By Bill Primavera The Home Guru  Before I got into the real estate business and subsequently starting writing about housing, I had always thought that stick-built homes offered the best kind of construction in terms of quality and flexibility of design. I had felt that modular homes, [...]
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Home Appraisals in More Stressful Times

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On February 4, 2011 · Add Comment · In Musings
Home Appraisals in More Stressful Times by Bill Primavera The Home Guru “It didn’t ‘appraise’” is the dreaded phrase that can throw a monkey wrench into the works of a home sale and, in today’s market, we hear it more and more.  A house appraisal is an essential component of every mortgage process in that [...]
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