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Can Contractors Perform Home Inspections?
Occasionally potential home owners will bypass the inspection in favor of a family friend who happens to be a “contractor”. Typically, this is someone who builds, remodels, or repairs houses, or components of houses. -
Winter Home Projects To Tackle This Year
As the weather gets cooler, you will most likely be spending more time inside. Having a project or two to occupy your time will be crucial to making it through the winter. -
Christmas Gift Ideas for the 2021 Holidays:
Christmas Gift Ideas for the 2021 Holidays: -
Need a Vacation? Here are some of the best spots to Vacation to in the Winter!
Need a Vacation? Here are some of the best spots to Vacation to in the Winter! -
Canning Tips/Tricks
Canning is one of the easiest and best cooking pastimes. Have excess veggies or fruit from your summer garden? Instead of tossing them, can them! -
Levels of communication
While not directly affecting your home, communicating in everyday life, business, or with your spouse is crucial to relationships. The way you communicate to others is one thing you can control, but is the other party hearing what you are saying? -
Indoor Gardening During the Winter Season
Ahhhh… Winter, my favorite time of year! (Call me crazy). One thing that I miss most during the winter season is the ability to have a garden but does snow and freezing temperatures limit us from growing fresh produce? Nope! -
Preparing your home for winter
As the shadows lengthen, and our best hope of seeing the temperature in the ’70s and ’80s is next May, we try to prepare ourselves mentally and physically for the onset of winter. -
Ribbon of Hope
The Month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but not only should we recognize this form of cancer, but all. One local organization does everything it can to assist cancer patients and their families during their difficult times. -
Getting Your Home Inspected After You Close
The seller-driven market today is, unfortunately, leading to a high percentage of buyers bypassing home inspections with the hope that doing so will enhance their offer in the seller’s eyes and provide an incentive for getting it accepted. -
Why you have a mini-septic tank in your basement?
During construction, bathrooms are installed primarily on the main level of homes….well duh! This is a standard of construction and a minimum standard to avoid the use of an outhouse or port-a-potty. -
Why do I have a sump pump?
In Northern Indiana there are a variety of terrains on which homes are built. Generally, the elevation is on the lower side, and there are many lakes, wetlands, and low-lying areas that include a high water table in relation to the grade level.