There’s nothing like the feeling of owning your own home, provided that your ownership experience came without a complicated adjustable rate mortgage and with a nice sizeable down payment to off-set your monthly payments.  With that said, what does the first time homeowner truly need to run his or her own property/house?  And by run I mean basic maintenance and upkeep […]

I’ve always been a fan of This Old House and my fondness for the show even pre-dates the purchase of “our old house!”  Recently, our deck needed some repair (railing, step, and gate work) and we consulted a local carpenter who bid on our project and came in a bit high on the estimate.  So in turn I think I’ll be handeling most of […]