New York Renovator

Offbeat Design is Right!

Posted on19. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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When I was young– back in the late 70s and early 80s– there was a craze for families to get “back to nature.” Not to be swinging from the trees, mind you, but to leave the dirty urban centers with their high taxes, crime, and chaos, and live free in the wilderness. We moved away [...]

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OverGrading Your Upgrade

Posted on17. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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When I bought this old house, I knew it needed work. I was actually thrilled to get a house that I could do “my” way. I envisioned solid-surface countertops, brass fixtures, a jacuzzi in the Master Bedroom Suite, a Family Room with a great big stone hearth, and solid oak flooring everywhere!
Whoa, Nellie. I [...]

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A Good Property Search Website

Posted on28. Nov, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Isn’t it wonderful how the Internet has freed up so many things? Over a decade ago, when I was looking for a house to buy, it was so hard to find houses on the market. All I had was a little newspaper, printed by the local realtors, of specialized house listings (that is, they listed [...]

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Staging Your Home to Sell Your Home

Posted on21. Nov, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Now that real estate seems to be the hot topic these days (what with the mortgage bust and the major shift in the real estate market), more people are thinking about selling their homes. Now everyone knows that you can’t put your house on the market, fling the doors open, and expect interested buyers to [...]

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Housing Market Bubble Burst in Parody

Posted on13. Nov, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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OUCH! How does one say that in German? I found this video, a German parody about the real estate market bubble (and there are some jabs about AIG and 401Ks). It’s funny, but also very, very sad. How do you think our idiotic politicians get our countries in such a disastrous mess? (Hint: it’s alluded [...]