Browsing Category: "Exterior Design"
Buying a house is not easy for the indecisive. It means making many decisions and many choices – some major, such as choosing price, style and geographic location, and some minor, such as deciding whether the laundry facilities have to be on the main floor. Read the rest of this entry »
The exterior of this three bedroom 2,232 sq. ft. design may be finished in California stucco or horizontal siding. Window treatments and rooflines vary with each elevation. The vaulted foyer with a plant ledge over hosts a sweeping curved staircase spills to a sunken living room with masonry fireplace. Read the rest of this entry »
The sun’s dry heat and ultra-violet rays, driving rain, hail and wind, as well as air pollutants, all can destroy wood, brick, concrete and more. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the many choices you have to make when you set out to buy a house is whether you want to buy a new or a previously owned older home. Of course, we at the warranty program use the word “new” in a very specific way; to mean a recently built home that is still protected by our warranty. Read the rest of this entry »
We have just purchased an old house and we are wondering what we should do to get it ready for winter. As neither of us knows very much about the workings of a building, is there anything we should be doing rather than simply raking up the leaves and putting the lawn furniture away? Read the rest of this entry »