Tired of renting an old house where the water leaks in when it rains, the plumbing constantly backs up, the lights blink on and off at random, and your landlord does nothing about any of these problems. “I’ll get around to it,” he says, and then never shows up to take care of the issues. Meanwhile, your clothes get mildewed and you have to put up with the annoyances in your rental place. You’re afraid to rent another place and experience the same problems. [click to continue…]
Perhaps you have just landed your dream job in Washington, D.C. You must now pack everything you own and move into a new home. You consider your options. You don’t want to live too close to the city, yet you don’t want an hour commute. Perhaps you look at the relatively close towns of Bethesda and Gaithersburg, Maryland. You may even consider Rockville, Silver Spring, and Potomac in Maryland. You have many options and choices available to you.
As you begin searching for a home, you are well aware that purchasing or building a new home is not in the budget right now. Because you love to cook, you feel that having a large kitchen is very important. You quickly find the perfect home in an ideal location near Gaithersburg, Maryland for a reasonable price. The only downfall is that the kitchen is tiny with many outdated features. The cheap, laminate flooring is yellowing and beginning to wrinkle. The appliances appear to be from the 1980’s and the range only has 2 burners. [click to continue…]
You have just built the deck of your dreams. It surrounds the new in ground swimming pool you recently had installed. The construction company did an excellent job installing board after board and fence panel after fence panel to create a private recreational area for your family.
However, year after year, you begin to notice the cost to maintain the beautiful deck. You must spend days staining or painting the deck every year to protect the wood from sun damage. The one year you forgot to stain, you noticed warped boards popping up. [click to continue…]
You’re lying awake in bed at night, staring up at the ceiling. Light from a full moon streams through the window, brightening the room. You can see vague forms in the room—the shapes of a dresser, a rocking chair, a nightstand. You stare up at the ceiling and see dark streaks. Water stains from that last big rainstorm, when water leaked through the aging roof. Appalled, you turn your head to the side. Now you’re staring at a gaping hole in the wall, another reminder that your house is due for a long-awaited remodeling.
Have you been putting off the renovation you know needs to be done in your house? Are you trying to ignore those cracks and stains on the walls and the ceiling for just another year longer? You know, deep down inside, that having ugly parts in your house bothers you. You want to see it fixed up and looking nice and new.
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