My general contractor is quoting me:$32,000 to prep, paint exterior of the home$19,000 to replace asphalt roof$23,000 to prep, paint the interior$19,000 wooden floor refinishing (polishing, filling in any cracks)The h...

Anyone have some ideas or visual examples for how to make a cabin with plastered walls look more rustic? I am thinking of using textured faux stucco with a brown-yellow paint to complement wood trim and restraining th...

Looks too long to be brick so is it concrete?  The entire exterior is made of this as well as some interior walls that are probably load-bearing.  Even some of the rooms that share an exterior wall don't have drywall ...

Hi,I'm currently thinking about purchasing my second property and I have my eye on an older house that is constructed from concrete block.  I guess the construction material doesn't matter, but the thing is that ALL o...

I'm looking for pros/cons of houses constructed out of block with stucco covering. The inside is plaster. The house is on a basement and was built in 1950. How hard is it to maintain, repair? How are utilities/insulat...

I just had to share a lesson we learned to hopefully help others be aware that this does happen and the solution is EASY. Recently we realized not all buyers are flexible as most regular human beings that were hugged ...

Hello. I am working on a flip and I am replacing siding on the home along with all the windows.
This home has some kind of rock stone siding at the bottom part of it . Should I leave that alone or replace all siding...

I’m currently building a pool cabin in Gatlinburg and I’m interested in some opinions regarding indoor pool flooring options.  I will be pouring the pool floor next week and I had originally considered stamped concret...

We were just on the phone with our insurance company and discovered that they had many of the property characteristics wrong on a house that we own. The result is that we will likely need to pay a few extra hundred do...