Green Louisville Home Builders on the Rise
I think it's safe to say that Green is the new Black and that's not likely to change. But many green products are very costly and their benefit to the…
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Weatherize Your Louisville Home
Today, our Louisville weather brings us a crisp 20 degrees on our thermometers. That's chilly! Homeowners should (if they haven't already) give some thought to the heat that could be…
10 DIY Cheap and Easy Ways to Protect Your Home
A home is burglarized every 15 seconds. This information comes straight from the FBI. This results in thousands per hour and untold millions in stolen goods, not to mention the…
Home Improvement Projects That Are Good When Selling Your Home in Louisville
You may have thousands of reasons for selling your home, but for the person buying it, there is only one reason to do so – because they like it. And…
Top 10 Louisville Home Improvement Projects
Note: This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Find more great articles in our Top 10 category. Let's be…
Improve Your Deck for the Fourth
Home improvements can cover anything from replacing a faucet to adding an addition onto your house. Given that it's the 4th of July, I thought I'd post how you can…
Home Improvement Costs vs Values for 2008
I posted Are Replacement Windows a Wise Home Improvement? last month with the chart you see below. Today I thought, why not include the whole story for you? So here…
Foreclosures: Builders Lose, Consumers Win
Just a quick post to bring this issue to your attention. I feel like half of my job is battling the largely negative news coming from almost every media outlet…
Are Replacement Windows a Wise Home Improvement?
Perhaps no home improvement project has more perceived value than installing replacement windows into your home. Is this a well-deserved perception? Like most things the answer is, "It depends." The…
Louisville Home Owner Asbestos Prevention Info
Asbestos is a highly fibrous mineral whose qualities made it one of the most desirable building materials in the 20th century. Manufacturers of asbestos were aware of its potentially harmful…
Winterize Your Louisville Home
I'm certainly no home improvement specialist myself, but I understand the value to prospective buyers of having a property in tip-top shape. After you read this article, you'll see benefits…
Home Improvements That Are Eco-Friendly Too!
I saw this article—Top 10 Ideas for Eco-Friendly Home Improvements—a while back and thought I'd share with you. If you can find that the environment-friendly solution also saves you money,…
Save Money on Your Heating Bill This Winter
Louisville, Kentucky generally has mild winters but that doesn't mean we should not take advantage of every opportunity to save money on our heating bills. You never know when we'll…
Cooling Your Home Without Touching the A/C
From a wonderful, home improvements site, Home Tips, comes this helpful list of ways to help your home stay cool as Summer is almost upon us. Keeping your home in…
Hot Water, Forever?
After all, the company does bill their product as the Eternal water heater. So is it? ...this hybrid water heater will generate a first hour output rate of more than…