If your Marco Island porch ceiling needs a facelift, you might consider choosing a new advanced building material. This new material won’t mold or rot like wood can. It won’t warp, crack, or split like vinyl beadboard can. This new material is fiber cement beadboard. It looks just like wood. It’s more durable than both […]
If you want to stage your home for Millennial homebuyers, you should know this right off the bat: You might be advised to bring in all new, rented living room and dining room furniture. You might be told to sway out old fixtures for newer ones. Please don’t take offense to this, if your home […]
South Florida is among the best places to plant a butterfly garden and enjoy success. A successful butterfly garden will provide a complete habitat for these creatures. It won’t just appeal to the adults. So, a true butterfly garden will look like an eclectic garden of wildflowers more than a tidy landscaped design. Thankfully, the […]
As Millennials begin to take over the home buying market, some have expressed regret about not considering the cost of upkeep on their new homes. In general, you should expect to spend between one and three percent of the purchase price of the home on annual maintenance costs. If your home costs $200,000, plan to […]
Millennials are the largest generation in history, and they’re now buying houses. Stats show that one in three homebuyers is now a millennial, but they are about to make that figure increase dramatically over the next decade. Home staging to attract the millennial buyer is a little different. To appeal to most millennials, you might […]
The ideal flooring for your kitchen will be waterproof or exceptionally water-resistant, durable and fit in your budget. Then you have to consider other factors that are important to you. Is comfort for your feet a high priority? What about maintenance? Here are four of the best materials for kitchen flooring on the market today. […]
Marco Island finally has a new city manager. The City of Marco Island city council approved Michael McNees as the new city manager Monday night. At the city council meeting Monday, council members checked out the employment agreement he proposed. Then, the voted to finalize it. We’ve kept you up to date on the city […]
If you’re a first-time homebuyer you might have noticed mortgage rates expressed a couple of different ways in the charts when you google for current rates. You may have seen it expressed a number of ways including APR and Interest Rate. So, what’s the difference and which one should you go by? What Is The […]
Proving income for mortgage qualification when you’re self employed has been an enormous challenge. Proving income is used to demonstrate a person’s ability to be able to afford their mortgage. The issue for the self-employed homebuyer is that net income on their tax returns shows what money they’ve chosen to set aside in any particular […]
Imagine coming home from work to find water on your hardwood floors. You know that extended exposure to moisture can cause the hardwood to buckle and warp. You must act quickly and see the job through to the end to prevent damage. The first step to preventing further damage to the hardwood flooring is to […]
