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I am currently house hacking my house and it is a duplex. My house is not 100 years old and has wood siding on it.I replaced a couple of pieces from dry rot 6 months ago and now I have a couple more pieces. Easy fix. ...
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I'm in southwest florida, the naples area and man these costs are very expensive! 32k for 14 windows all impact rated, and 55k for about 2400sqft of hardie board siding installation. Any ideas on how to get these cost...
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I currently owner occupy a 120 year old duplex in Minneapolis, MN that I purchased in August of 2020. Now that winter is here, I've had the unfortunate realization that the original windows are extremely drafty and le...
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I am wondering whether I should finish the basement; I can do it very cheaply myself, but the cost of adding an egress window is worrying me.1. If I do most of the work myself, how much should adding an egress cost?2....
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I have a few questions... The wooden inserts between the brick and window, what would that be called? The wood is rotted and is not very attractive. What would you reccomend I install in it's place? Some home owners i...
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I'm purchasing my first apartment complex and many of the exisiting residents have tin foil in the windows. Is there a good way to get them to take it down? Has anyone on here dealt with this before? Any thoughts?
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My team is looking at a rental property in Georgia that is on the market for $50k, with a 70k ARV. The estimated rehab from looking at it was $10,000 (new windows, carpet, holes in the wall) but the bid from the cont...
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I have seen several window posts lately and thought I share one on glass properties. I have tried to break this down to simple terms and only hit the important parts of glass. There are many variables to glass but on...
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Hi I am Donna,And I just paid cash for a fixer upper. I am currently breaking down the house to the studs and boy did it need it. The house was made in 1954. I am now replacing windows on my own because the quote t...
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Hi,
We're about 17 months into a 2 year lease on a condo. After moving in, we found that the windows are very difficult to open - I think from the condo settling and causing the windows to bind against the window fram...