As the dog days of August come to a sulfurous, steamy close, you may be too burnt out (literally) to contemplate fixing your roof or cleaning up your yard. But if you fail to maintain your property during the summer, you set yourself up for decidedly unpleasant financial consequences come autumn or winter.
Rethinking Kitchen Lighting: Hot New 2012 Trends
Whether you’re embarking on a massive remodeling project of your Castro Valley condo or simply trying to extract extra utility from your current kitchen, you will find these lighting fixes bring some extra shine to your home.
Super Energy Efficient Air Conditioning
In addition to saving the planet, you can also keep your wallet nice and fat by making small changes to the way that you use home devices, like your air conditioning system.
Tips for Designing a Home Office in the Bay Area
Like many San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs, executives, and stay-at-home moms, you need an effective home office. How can you remodel your office to maximize its efficiency and quality?
Tips for Hiring a General Contractor: Keep Your Project On Time, On Spec, and Under Budget
Most homeowners and business owners in Northern California (and beyond) are not trained in project management. This lack of training can rebound to terrible effect, if/when you need to make major repairs on your property, electrical system, plumbing, HVAC system, etc. To that end, let’s give you some ground rules to help you make better decisions – and how to hire a general contractor.
3 Simple Strategies to Green Your Home
You want to “do your part” to conserve resources, protect the environment, and generally respect the planet. One way to do that is to “green” your home – that is, to make it environmentally friendly.
Wine in the Bay Area 6/2
Support the Hayward Area Historical Society and historic McConaghy House.
Taking Care of Your Central Heating and Air Systems
A poorly maintained HVAC system can lead to all sorts of unwanted costs “after the fact” — e.g. mildew, mold, air quality problems, and general discomfort.
Good to know tips about air conditioning maintenance
As summer approaches, the weather gets warmer, and we start up the air conditioning. But after months of sitting mostly unused, it’s a good idea to have some basic maintenance done on your a/c unit.
Massively Boost Your San Francisco Home’s Value: 3 Drop Dead Easy Tricks
If you’re struggling to sell a condo or home in San Francisco, and you want to remodel to make your place more appealing; or you’ve got a-million-and-one “fixer-upper” tasks on your plate, here is a useful list of home value boosting ideas.
