Kevin Teitel's (kteitel) Blog

Fall is upon us and now is the time to start preparing your house for winter. With energy prices sky-rocketing, making your house more energy-efficient will help you achieve significant savings on your bills. The following list provides a variety of maintenance items to check each fall, to help e...

Home Owners Associations (HOAs) are a fact of life for many communities and condos. About one in six Americans lives in an association-managed community, according to the Community Association Institute (CAI). And 4 out of 5 houses built since 1995 are governed by HOAs. This means more and more b...

Since the heating season is almost upon us, now is the time for a quick check-up on your furnace. Most gas-fueled furnaces require yearly maintenance. In fact, it would be prudent to sign up for a yearly maintenance plan with a local heating company so that your manufacturer’s warranty is not voi...

Since an April 23, 2004 Virginia Supreme Court ruling, the Fairfax County Zoning board has denied or deferred EVERY variance request to modify an existing property. This is a much more strict enforcement than seen previously, when variances were granted in almost every case. In 2003 for example, ...