I was curious if anyone out there has had experience with both the construction and/or economics of building new pole barn homes in rural areas that are within commuting distance of a sizable metro area.

I ha...

Hi,I am finishing out the walkout basement of my home and have come upon a stumbling block. For some reason, the previous owners only put up a "half cement" wall between the finished area and the adjoining storage roo...

My wife and I just put an offer on a home. We had the inspection Saturday which revealed the land has a negative grade which needs to be corrected and having using and drain tile put in place (according to the inspect...

Recently watched an older BP podcast episode w/ Tarol, where he was walking thru a SEA fixer, and mentioned: "if you have foundation issues, dont just jump on board with the billboard ad big foundation contractors unl...

Hi everyone, have some questions about building second kitchen at Bellevue and hope can get some help here. We have a split 4B 2.75B SFH at Bellevue(98005), we want to rent out the whole basement out and the basement ...

Hi all, I am considering a single family home purchase in NJ.  The house needs to have its oil tank replaced (above ground).  There is gas available to the home so an oil to gas conversion is most likely the case here...

Hello, We have some mold on the drywall after some tenants moved out. They told us that they had attempted to wash it away, but it came back. We got some mold inspectors to check on it and they told us that it is prob...

These are important:1. basement has water leaking into it in 2 areas. contractors tell me its coming from the footer and getting in. i dont quite believe it. i have 2 plans to figure this out. im going to dig a deep h...

I want to provide access through the common wall of the two units of a duplex. nothing fancy, sort of a "doorway" without a door, same size of a door. Possible a dry wall access, could be cased, whatever requires mini...

Hi Everybody!I am moving to SA in a few months and as I do more and more research I have noticed that many of the wholesale deals and some of the properties listed on the MLS mention foundation issues.  Is this very c...