Real Estate Could your Home Insurance Change or Be Dropped? Could your Home Insurance Change or Be Dropped? The simple answer is, yes. Several factors, primarily the increased occurrence of climate driven storms and wildfires, are leading many insurance companies to hike rates or simply drop coverage on homeowners. People in disaster-prone areas are the ones most impacted but the rate hikes could be coming […]
Carpentry Adding an Electric Vehicle Charger? Adding an Electric Vehicle Charger? If you’re thinking of buying an electric vehicle, what does it take to add a Level 2 EV charger at home? It’s an important question to think about before you bring the car home. Long story short, how easy (aka cheap) it is to add an EV charger depends on […]
Home Maintenance Got Moss? Got Moss? It’s natural for moss to grow on your roof but it’s not a good thing. Moss will grow in areas of your roof that don’t get a lot of sunlight (think North side of the roof or areas shaded by trees). Accumulations of moss will hold onto moisture preventing your shingles from properly […]
Real Estate Official Property Value Notice Homeowners….did you get one of these in the mail recently? Do you know what it is? Honestly, before becoming a real estate agent, I really didn’t pay much attention to these notices. But when we got ours this year, I was intrigued.   In a nutshell, each year, the county sends out inspectors to certain neighborhoods to […]
Home Maintenance Hack it Back One of the most common problems I found while doing home inspections was vegetation in contact with the home or tree overhanging the roof. Nine times out of ten, when I saw this on the exterior portion of the inspection, I would find evidence of rodents in the attic.  Rodents are looking for a place to nest, especially […]
Carpentry Entryway Dreams! For years I’ve been thiking about a way to organize our front entry – how do I build something to hold & hide the shoes, jackets, mail, kids’ backpacks, and other random stuff that appears in this area. Turns out, I was looking at it all wrong! Jody Carrol (click her name to watch a […]
Real Estate The Condominium Process The Condominium Process The“Condominium” process here in WA state allows the owner of a property with a legal AADU or DADU to separate the property into units for individual ownership. It’s a cool mechanism that gives the property owner the flexibility to sell their AADU or DADU if so desired. The name of the process […]
Home Maintenance Mold! Mold I would routinely get questions about mold from clients and real estate agents at home inspections. Is that mold? Was there mold up there? Did you see any mold? Mold was obviously on people’s minds and for good reasons – people with certain underlying health conditions may be at risk of a lung infection […]
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Carpentry What’s an ADU? What’s an ADU? Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are small, secondary dwellings allowed in residential zones and they come in two types: Attached ADUs (AADUs): connected to or built within the main house, and Detached ADUs (DADUs): structures separate from the main house Imagine possibilities of having additional space on your property: income generation, multi-generational living, […]
Real Estate A Home That’s “Listing” Ready I recently had the pleasure of listing and selling a home that had been really well maintained. The sellers had owned the home for decades and it was obvious that they had kept up with exterior maintenance like painting, roof and gutter cleaning, and yard care. This home hadn’t been updated with new bathrooms or […]
Home Maintenance Heating System Maintenance   By the time the end of summer rolls around, you probably haven’t turned on your heating system for a few months, so it’s a good time to make sure it’s in good working order before you really need it. I recommend that you get your heating system professionally serviced once a year. There are […]
Home Maintenance Fall Roof Inspection & Maintenance Late summer is a great time to focus on a few home maintenance tasks to get you ready for the start of the rainy, cold season. In particular, before it starts raining, check your roof. Someone should get on your roof to look for any damaged shingles or damaged flashing that may turn into roof […]
Carpentry Corrugated Drain Pipes   As a carpenter, something I came across during bathroom remodels was corrugated drain pipes underneath a sink or vanity that someone had tried to replace themselves. Sink drains and drain pipes are fixed locations. When you alter either one of those locations, often, the old connection pipes won’t work. Professional plumbers carry every variety of […]