Repair Chronicle # 3: Refinishing Wood Floors Q1. What was the scope of your project? The carpet in our home was getting old and worn out so we decided to tear it up and replace it with new carpet. When we ripped the carpet up we discovered that the original floors were hard wood floors. It didn'
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11/21/2008
I wanted to share an educational moment with some general information and advice on online social networking and promoting your business online. You may have heard of yelp.com but some other sites you may be familiar with (or not) may include Facebook, MySpace, Plaxo, yahoo groups and meetup.com
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11/20/2008
When out looking to buy a new house both buyers and agents express feelings of apprehension to homes that are close to major roads or railroad tracks. When looking at the data for homes that back to or are near a train track, they take longer to sell than others of the same size and interior fin
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11/19/2008
REPAIR CHRONICLE #2:POPCORN CEILINGSJulie Nelson - NW Hills / Austin, TX - submitted 03/08 Q1. What was the scope of your project? [fix a leaky faucet, add a 2nd story]Scrape the ugly popcorn stuff off the ceiling of my office in my new 1970's house in the woods. Basically a very easy project, ve
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11/19/2008
By our favorite South Austin contributor-Patti P. One night last week I planned on cooking pasta for dinner-knowing what time the family would most likely be home and ready to pounce on their plates-and being that it was my turn to cook-I started the big pot of pasta water before everyone was ho
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11/17/2008
REPAIR CHRONICLE #1:STAINED CONCRETE FLOORSPatti P - Shady Hollow / Austin, TX - submitted 02/08 Q1. What was the scope of your project? [fix a leaky faucet, add a 2nd story]The entire main floor of Casa Przybylinski (other than kitchen & bathroom) was carpeted with allergen hugging Berber loops
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11/14/2008
A definite first. We were about to write an offer Friday morning on a house my buyers were very excited about. My buyers are also very expectant, as in the baby is due this week. As you may guess from the title, that Friday appointment did not happen as contractions take precedence over real e
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11/13/2008
If you are in the process of buying a home and have chosen to purchase (or the sellers are providing for you - even better) a home warranty, then we would like to help you assess your options. Remember that a home warranty is not the end-all to home repair or home headaches as they do not always
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11/13/2008
