In other words, "China is now exporting there burst bubble to Canada, Toronto developers actively looking to pump more hot air in an already over inflated market."See Globe and Mail Article.
I have a duplex that has two really old gas furnaces that are about to die on me. Instead of dropping $6000 on two new ones, I have contemplated replacing the heating with baseboard electric heat throughout. This plac...
I made an offer on a property that is considered a boarding house. It is a small row home in Philadelphia that is broken up into three rooms. The only common areas are the bathroom and the kitchen and the backyard. Th...
I'm looking at purchasing a town home to use as a rental. My price range is 90-115K. Some of the homes in this range do not include air conditioning. Would you buy a house to use as a rental that does not have cent...
I'm looking at a multi-unit deal in Delaware County right now where the current owner pays all utilities except in-unit electricity. According to numbers I've received from the listing agent, the annual heating/oil ex...
Hi All, hope someone has advice.We have a 3 unit, concrete block property in FL. Program we rent through (similar to sec 8) said all units have to have heaters.To give you an idea of how important heaters are, I ran m...
Hello,
I had a duct cleaning company stop by and they indicated this may be asbestos.
What do you think?The lab test is $250, I will get some remediation companies over to get estimates.
I just purchased a weird two-family house utilities-wise, and would GREATLY appreciate some advice. The house is c. 1910, about 1500 sqft total, both units app. the same size. Note: I had MassSave do an assessment, th...
Not you getting tested...getting the building tested!
As a Home Performance Expert I run into many situations of uncomfortable, unhealthy, and too often unsafe indoor home environments. When it comes to getti...
I am interested in building a 4plex located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. We have extreme winters that maintain -30 degrees Celsius for months on end.
My husband wants to build using electric baseboard heat, and ...