She apparently had an issue before I purchased the house and sealed (cemented) her basement walls in response.

What's your thought on people learning the construction and being able to under stand how foundations are made, windows are installed, what flashing is used for, and that concrete is not the same as cement?

And, they also want me to cement my private driveway, because it has gravel.

I have placed some sand filled cement pots around the decks and outside the garage where he smokes.

That cemented my decision to give Home Depot most of my business at this point.

I've been residing with cement board such as Hardi panel and Hardi plank lap siding.

We have construction equipment, excavators, trucks, cement trucks etc and large portions of land around the island but we are looking for funding to execute.

if you will not be i would do as @Ricardo Meza said and carefully remove the grout, but be careful trying to break the tile out with just a chisel, any pressure against surrounding tiles will chip them. what i would do, is take a grinder with a diamond blade and carefully make some cuts, cutting out the towel bar holder and a couple cuts in that tile ( being careful not to hit other tiles), this will make release cuts so that the tile will remove easier with the chisel. the towel bar holder is cemented into the wall, when you get it out there will be a hole in the wall there.

I just recently bought a house and there is almost no yard, however, next door is an empty lot with some cement.

Replacing the stairs with cement or metal stairs is a CapEx.Hope that helps