It's a big week here at our house -- carpentry has started on both our hallway coat closet and the bed nook for our office/second guest...

When we left off in my last installment of this series , we were at the tail end of our bathroom renovation, which I'd taken over after...

When we bought our needs-everything "downsizer" condo, I didn't set out to manage the renovations. While I've done it in the past with...

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how my husband and I came to buy our future home. It is a charming Mid-Cambridge condo in a...

First of all, let me preface this post by clearly stating that I am not an CPA or otherwise qualified to give tax advice, so please view...

The Globe ran a great piece by Robert Robillard, aka, “The Concord Carpenter,” that I thought would be useful to share. Had originally...

The following information comes from Colin Gibson of Gibson Home Improvement — I thought it was very good information and appropriate for...

I know we’d all much rather be thinking about fun stuff like the holidays, snow, maybe some time off from work… But in the next couple...

It really pains me when I hear people reference “Zestimates®” of their homes. The Zillow algorithm for estimating a home’s market value...

Don’t worry — this has nothing to do with the “fiscal cliff” that we’re all so sick of hearing about… simply a posting of our residential...

Lots of frost on the ground this morning, which got me thinking about how much I miss the little woodstove I had in my old apartment....

The NYT recently ran a great piece about what standard homeowners’ hazard/disaster insurance covers and what it doesn’t, and makes a good...

If you trust that this guy knows what he’s doing (how could you not), then things are looking good for the country’s housing market. Not...

I know it’s June, and we’re all thinking about air conditioning, not heating, but if you’ve got an old boiler (from 1983 or older), it...

The City of Cambridge is sponsoring a series of information sessions on the city’s affordable housing programs — the next of which is...

Shortly after Hurricane Irene, real estate attorney Rich Vetstein put together a little summary on what types of damage are typically...

Last week an agent–whose identity shall be protected here–was trying to sell his Somerville condo by telling my buyer clients how much...

Wanted to share this useful resource, recently published by REALTOR® Magazine — it’s a good reminder that hardwood and carpet are not...

The Mass Department of Public Safety offers some winter storm tips on its website, most of which are pretty boring and obvious. BUT… if...

If you haven’t already heard it all over the news the past couple of days, be aware that homeowners in Massachusetts are now legally...