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Kat W. Can we talk about refinishing walls? Smooth vs textured...
25 November 2018 | 25 replies

We bought our first home this past summer and didn't realize how bad of condition the walls are. We knew we had a few issues, but now realize almost every wall in the home needs work to look decent.We had planned to s...

Jessy Milner Construction Costs Estimates
29 September 2015 | 12 replies

Hello All!Does anyone know of any existing apps that can at least give a rough estimate of carpet, tile, wood flooring, roof, paint, sheet rock per sq ft?It doesn't need to be exact and I realize the quality and quant...

Mark Forest Smoke odor in carpet.
1 June 2013 | 5 replies

The prior owners in my rental property must have been smokers. We have cleaned, primed, and painted the walls, cabinets etc. However we still smell cigarette smoke, so it must be in the carpet. We have steam cleane...

Stephanie Brown Lead-Based Paint Questions
16 December 2021 | 4 replies

Hello All!My partner and I are targeting older fixers in our town and wanted some more info on those with lead-based paint experience.  Is it hard to solve, expensive or both?  Was it used in interiors and/or exterior...

Matthew Villalon Fix foundation repair/water proofing OR convert single family home into a duplex
21 March 2024 | 2 replies

Hi there,Im new to the real estate game and I am faced with an interesting situation. I currently own a single family home with approx $300k in equity in Long Island NY and looking to get some insight. A little backgr...

Sammy Paul My property management company just quoted
15 August 2011 | 6 replies

$795 to clean out some junk, paint, and generally clean up my property after it was vacated by the tenet.

This is the first time I've been through this; it seems high to me. Does that seem about right to you?

The...

Mose Gebremeskel Painting tips on a house hack
1 December 2023 | 14 replies

We recently just purchased our first property that we will house hack. The other unit - we are looking to rent out has stuff all over the way (I believe kids wrote on the walls and paint). Do I need to clean the wall ...

Tim Upton MA Lead Paint Abatement - Options and Costs - HELP
23 October 2020 | 13 replies

My wife and I recently bought a large (3,000sf), unoccupied two family in northern Massachusetts. I'll round the numbers for the purpose of this discussion but basically we paid $440k for the property and have a plann...

Steve DellaPelle Creative ways to deal with old wall paper!!
14 November 2017 | 10 replies

Every time I walk into an older home and see wall paper I cringe....I have spent countless hours spraying and scraping old wall paper, layers upon layers, a long and tedious process that almost seems wasteful of time....

Sam Leon Painting a straight line on inside corners of windows
28 April 2018 | 9 replies

I am going to be painting on the exterior side of several dozen windows.The wall is made of stucco concrete blocks, and the window is recessed about 4" into the wall.  It is this recess I need to paint.The window is w...