I've removed all the plaster from an old home. Its clap board on the outside covered by aluminium siding. What's the best way to insulate the walls?

Hello all,I need to replace a roof on my property on the border of Lakeview and Roscoe Village. It's a gable roof with regular asphalt shingles. I knew I'd need to replace the roof soon after buying it in 2018, and th...

I rented my house to a retired military vet, who claimed he knew what clean meant. When I got the keys to the house back, I had to enter with vesperator masks, as the smell was so bad. The entire house was covered in ...

This is a question about an issue I'm having with my landlord but also as a prospective landlord. Do dogs attract rats? If a rodent company inspects a house for rats and says the house needs to be sealed and they can'...

Hi all. Just viewed a large, beat up MF in New York's Hudson Valley. Needs a lot of work but could be an amazing property. All hard wood floors, pretty scratched up and a bad smell of what we think is cat or dog urine...

My tenant who spent the last 12 years occupying my rental finally moved out along with her 2 small dogs. Well I knew the floor was going to be bad after the horrible urine smell that was left in the unit. Removing the...

My contractor finished tiling and grouting in my bathroom, but he got thrown in jail. I don't want to pay someone else to finish the job. I have a couple things just to finish it off..

How do you put corner pieces on...

Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminu...

& I got the check to prove it! I bought the home on January 3rd & closed on 6/7. Local bank...was sold off to Freddie.

To all the naysayers who said it wasn't possible, well, it is! $9k check coming to me. Ou...

When I have tenants who have cats, the exterior door weather seals get ripped to shreds.Like this:or like this:and being in Florida, this increases the electric bill because the air conditioning has to run more, and t...