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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm
In praise of awnings from my frugal/sustainable home ownership blog: Where are the awnings of yesteryear. By Ron Rothenberg, 4Buyers Real Estate Shade: nature's own energy saver. When I was a boy in t more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm
I have been replacing 3-10 windows in my house each year for the last five years. Replacing the windows has made only a small difference in the heating bill. I started by replacing the worst windows, more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm
I agree with Jima that the biggest problem is air infiltration, particularly from the counterweight compartment. I have to disagree with nZone - installing a higher efficiency boiler should not be don more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm
this is a case where the energy savings can be large if the job is done correctly, but it is really done correctly. Doing the job right almost never means putting the same windows on all sides of the more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
>>>"Royal Archer Williams<<<
Paulo, I think you are thinking of Royal Barry Wills, a famous Boston architect who designed simple, elegant and lovely homes. more » -
Comment on: The fiction of asking prices - Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
Listing prices really just determine who looks at a house, so it's really an invitation for people looking in that price range. Every search I do for clients has an upper price bound on it, so if a ho more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm#readerComm#readerComm
Forget the transaction costs. If you want to see major expenses, Look at my Home Depot charge card. Moving to a new house usually also requires buying new furniture, new supplies, new equipment. A new more »
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Forum Post: How accurate is the Zillow 'Zestimate'?
The zestimates not that bad, but it is way off on multifamily homes, and homes that are in particularly good or bad condition. more »
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Forum Post: Towns Near Waltham
dear MD37 the two houses on Marrett rd in Lexington are under agreement or sold. 257 Cross, Winchester is under agreement. 57 Pleasant in Belmont is under agreement. Only 58 Harding Road in Lexingt more »
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Comment on: The%20one%20that%20got%20away
Lance! Isn't that illegal for the seller and agent not to disclose a known defect? I'm shocked that you would think such a thing would happen. As I always tell my buyer clients -- the wild card in any more »
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Forum Post: Towns Near Waltham
I have to go with Watertown or Belmont -- Watertown for the great public transportation to everywhere, and the prices and improving schools; Belmont for the schools. A traditional and now underused r more »
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Comment on: The seller owns the house until closing day - Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
the seller did not allow the tree-cutting to proceed. This was done without the seller's permission. more »
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Comment on: Tis%20the%20season%26%23133%3B.%20to%20be%20warm%20%26amp%3B%20comfortable
I have to put in a really good word for energy audits. These days they come with infrared guns, so you can see what is going on with the insulation on your outside surfaces. I learned a lot. It was fr more »
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Comment on: The seller owns the house until closing day - Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
almost reminds me of a movie or tv show I saw once. The agent would improve the buyers "negotiation position" by damaging the house -- punching holes in the wall and such. more »
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Comment on: Tis%20the%20season%26%23133%3B.%20to%20be%20warm%20%26amp%3B%20comfortable
Hi Sam, Just when you thought you had a non-controversial topic: I am getting a full education on heating systems trying to replace my 82-year old oil-fired boiler with a new boiler. I thought I knew more »
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Forum Post: Adding a roof deck. Rate of return in South Boston??
is your question "will it add value?" or will it add 100% of its cost to the value of the house? The answer to the second question is almost always "no," with a few exception - some paint jobs, adding more »
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Forum Post: Cabinet refacing; does it look good or cheesy?
I have seen both good- and awful-looking cabinet refacing. If it's done well, with good doors and hardware, it can be indistinguishable from new cabinets. bests, -rsr- Ron Rothenberg Exclusive Buyer more »
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Forum Post: Appropriate Application Questions
Some of that info you may not want to know -- I would never ask birthdate, etc., as it might open you up for an age discrimination lawsuit -- bank account numbers, etc., require special handling in Ma more »
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Comment on: Sellers%2C%20here%26%2339%3Bs%20your%20chance
There are at least two distinct types of seller: mandatory sellers and optional sellers. Optional sellers can dream with prices all they want, but those who HAVE to sell, due to relocation, divorce, d more »
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Comment on: Greater%20Boston%20home%20prices%20at%20elevated%20risk%20of%20decline%3F
exuberant markets have existed at times when interest rates were high - I bought my house in a bidding war when interest rates were at 13 5/8. There's not a direct correlation. People buy when they fe more »
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Forum Post: Do sellers have to sign the property disclosure form?
In Response to Re: Do sellers have to sign the property disclosure form?: Scitu8, Without signing a SSPC, the buyers would be purchasing the property as-is, correct? If that's the case, what wo more »
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Forum Post: How did you choose your realtor?
ReMaven makes a few good points. I will never understand why people choose agents by Hobson's Choice - they choose whomever is standing there at the open house, and rely on them for good advice. I lik more »
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Forum Post: Frustrated with realtor
How did it take so long to get sick of this agent? I have to agree with REMaven - mostly they're a waste of time. The only person who benefits is the broker who sits there and prospects for new cust more »
even the new high-efficiency condensing GAS boilers and furnaces need a lot of service - it is due to the very high acidity of the condensate that is produced in squeezing that extra few percent from more »