Hello all,Im currently renovating an upper unit of a duplex.  The attic space is unused and  unfinished( to the studs).    I would really love to have the beams exposed with the drywall and styrofoam between the studs...

Anyone have any suggestions on helping reduce our natural gas utility bill. We use gas for hot water heaters and heating our units in our 10 plex. We are considering adding more insulation and switching tenants over f...

Hello, I’m getting ready to close on a SFH in East Bakersfield. This property has a permitted addition making it into a 5 bed 2 bath property. I plan to close the wall where the addition was made and divide the house ...

I am looking at buying my first two family home. I found a property that I am interested in but it has knob and tube wiring. I would like to hear about how people tackle that issue. Do you rewire the whole house or ju...

I was at one of my properties today to handle a different issue, but I noticed a bunch of icicles hanging off the gutters about 20' above walking areas. I had some large icicles in the past but this year I thoroughly ...

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I have been reading up on it and it seems there are many issues that could cause sound from one unit to be heard in the other. The main sounds we are hearin...

So I'm doing major rehab of a 5 unit in San Diego and scratching my head on one particular "feature" of the buildings.

The ceilings are really nice vaulted open beam ceilings with stained ship lap tongue and groove f...

Hey BP. I am the owner of a 3 family building in the Greater Boston Area. I bought the building in June and will be looking to do a cash out refinance as soon as I can  to extract the ~45k I put into it and dump it in...

Blown and batt R19 insulation is missing in vacant house from the attic above a 10 X 10 bedroom.

I've called one insulation guy so far. He said $200 minimum charge to come out and do that small area.

He recommended...

Anyone know how to soundproof an up-down 2 family home?  I'm located in Rhode Island and my 1st floor tenant is worried about the noise from upstairs, mainly walking around seems to bother them.  I have about 8-9 feet...