One of our most used and commented items we added was plush high end turf aka fake grass which covers every square inch of anything that resembled a yard on our properties which are side by side 2 story stilt houses.

The industry standard remains at 2 1/4 inches.

Hi Steven, REI Central in CHS is absolutely worth the time.

Another we looked at was physically in two pieces, a left house side and a right house side with a crack 1-3 inches wide through the cement floor front to back. 

Lender is saying it’s impossible though It would be one thing if it was an inch of gangway (not the building itself) between two houses in an urban area, but six feet of building?

Generally for every inch a slab will have an R-value of 0.5-0.7, so a 6 inch slab will have an R-value of 3-5.

Inching closer to the 7% mark, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has climbed to 6.90%, up from 6.77% last week and notably higher than the 6.50% recorded a year ago, according to Freddie Mac data.After a period of smaller rate movements offering some relief to homebuyers, recent signals from the Federal Reserve hinting at delayed rate cuts have sparked an upward trend.Sam Khater, Chief Economist at Freddie Mac, emphasizes that strong economic and inflation data are driving this shift.

I’ve run into a dispute with my property manager and am hoping to hear how others might handle this situation.The property manager just turned over a nicely updated apartment and in addition to the normal repairs and painting, installed new 2 inch blinds and ceiling fans in the apartment.

(In fact keep a half inch gap between the wood and the brick.) 

Note It is an old brick  building with old school foundation that had a few inches flooding on the 1st level recently that needs to be repaired thats why I'm weighing all my options.All advice welcome thx