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6 January 2025 | 9 replies
The condo has some issues: a faulty breaker box, old and not well-sealed windows, and uneven floors.
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12 January 2025 | 20 replies
You may have some extra costs, like dumpster versus city trash collection or parking lot sealing and striping from time to time, and possibly different building standards if you are doing major renovations, but day in and day out they are very similar.
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27 December 2024 | 21 replies
and deal with power lines, water lines and sewer, maybe seal the well.
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21 December 2024 | 14 replies
@Michael BertschAs a general rule, we only leave a fireplace functional unless it has a sealed, externally vented, gas insert ... and, even then we may disconnect it.Check with your insurance provider and see how unhappy a functional fireplace in a rental makes them.
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22 December 2024 | 9 replies
If you get front loading units tell each tenant not to overload the washer because it will cause the seal to give and make the unit leak.
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20 December 2024 | 2 replies
It is usually much easier to seal a existing door way then it is to move walls in my experience.
13 January 2025 | 41 replies
You're like the boat builder who doesn't know to seal the planks.
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21 December 2024 | 6 replies
To avoid the risk management/insurance that comes with tenants' wood fire use:I'm thinking to seal the chimney cap on roof and run a cord putting an electric Infrared heater fireplace in there, so they can still open the glass and get heat and watch TV over the mantle, but can't burn anything or have any flame.
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4 January 2025 | 67 replies
Will put grey epoxy with "colored sprinkles" on the surface to help seal the concrete.