Of the 359 homeowners in my area, 112 are running afoul of the
law in a deviously blatant way by committing the heinous "fence
offence;" in other words, breaching Los Angeles municipal code
sections 12.21 and 12.22 which limit front yard fence and hedge
height to a maximum 3 ½ feet above grade. Now that's a lot of
criminal activity for one neighborhood.
With their pens and pads, my investigative team--three
17-year-old, out-of-work babysitters--scoured my neighborhood in
search of scoundrels ...
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Home Improvement
Designing Your Own Dream Home for the New Home Builder: What is
your dream home? Do you have an idea of what it will look like?
Defining a dream home is very difficult, especially if you have
a spouse or significant other that has tastes different than
your own. Although you might be able to agree on a floor plan,
do you both agree on what the purposes for each of the rooms? My
solution to this matter is simple. Brain storm together. Make it
fun! After all it's your dream that you are talking ...
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Home Improvement
Owning a home is the original American dream. It's the old
frontier spirit, wanting to claim your own tuft of the New
World. Then again, these days it also makes perfect economic
sense. Experts estimate that all of the homes in the United
States alone are worth a combined $14 trillion. That goes a long
way to explain why a housing boom has been sweeping the globe.
Where there is a boom, though, there may be a bust. Read any
headline from your local newspaper, and you'll see headlines
such as ...
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
Home Improvement
Specific marketing campaigns are no longer just for automobiles
and designer clothes. Targeted marketing techniques are now
applied to houses that are for sale. Decorating your house in a
specific manner to facilitate the selling of it is an important
aspect of selling and marketing your home; this type of
decorating is called home staging.
The goal of this type of decorating is to strategically style to
address the psychological needs of the buyer. The buyer has
three major needs when they ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Home Improvement
In today's tough economy more and more people lay awake at night thinking of ways to make money. Some are able to make this dream come true through real estate. One such way to strike it rich in real estate is through fix and flip real estate. House flipping is the process buying a house below the market price, doing work to it and then turning around and selling it for a considerable profit. Flipping houses for a living can become a real life scenario if you're willing to put the necessary ...
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Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Home Improvement
When you are first starting out with investing in houses, you should always look for ugly or bad houses that need a lot of work. These homes are much cheaper to purchase, although they will take some work to improve. You should start out by looking for houses that need some work, such as clean up, painting, and in some cases new carpet. You don't want to buy something too run down, as it could cost a fortune to repair.If you think of yourself as a handyman and feel that you can do the ...
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Friday, August 5th, 2011
Home Improvement
The Expense of Improving Your Bathroom Evaluating the expense you will incur in improving your bathroom is similar to assessing your self before the mirror.What you make do with at this moment is what you'll be living with all your life until you make a change.You realize that its present state shows much of who you are as a person. The expense you will incur in improving your bathroom lies largely on your need for it, your reason for doing it, and your finances for it. So what is it that you ...
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Home Improvement
Intending to sell your home? Well if you do wish to sell your home, you may have asked yourself whether it's worthful to use a real estate agent or is just to sell it on your own. We don't want to lie to you and honestly said, there are advantages and disadvantages on both sides. We hope that by reading this article, you will be enlightened a little bit about both sides and hopefully you will be able to make the best determination for yourself and your family.Sell Your House YourselfTaking this ...
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Home Improvement
A real estate agent's gut-wrencher: The prospect turns to hubby
and says, 'Isn't this so homey and practical and just what we
were looking for. Now, let's go down and look at the basement.'
They open the basement door and get the feeling that Noah must
have been running an all-nighter down there!
'What did you say the asking price is? Hmmm, well we have a
friend cross-state who just had their basement waterproofed and
dried out and it cost them over fifteen grand, so we'll just
lower our offer ...
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Home Improvement
Every homeowner wants to buy the best piece of real estate available in the market. They want a whole lot of things in it. These are the right appreciation value based on the features that it offers, as well as the kind of township that it is and has future potential for. At Holmdel Homes For Sale the buyer gets a whole lot of benefits and far more than what they have been looking for.
If a real estate deal is what you want to clinch then look no further than Holmdel Real Estate. Holmdel ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Home Improvement