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Summer’s here, and for many homeowners that means it’s time for projects around the house. Since we bought our current home, Kris and I have spent a lot of money to make improvements. (At this very moment, contractors are painting the house!)
Join Jim and me this afternoon for the 14th episode of The Personal Finance Hour. We’ll be discussing home improvement: what projects are worth the money, how can you keep costs down, and how do hire a good contractor?
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This article is about Administration, House and Home Monday, 29th June 2009 (by J.D. Roth)
June 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
The EASIEST way to increase the value of your house:
1) Decide how much you can spend on home improvement.
2) Put that money in the bank.
3) When you need the money, it’s available. You don’t need to sell your house to get it.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I needed to listen to this podcast today because I need to insulate around my windows a little better or replace them totally. I don’t think I can afford to replace them all together so I’ll try checking my seals first.
So many of us can save some money with a little home improvements. In the long run the repairs will most likely pay for themselves.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
For anyone interested on what I had to say about my guest post from Saturday, I called in and talked about it
It’s during the last 4 minutes!
MLR
June 30th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Dwight,
I think that’s bad advice. When we built our addition onto our home, we made a decent-sized 1 BDR rowhouse into a 3 BDR home liveable for a family. Intuitively, this increases the number of potential buyers, thus increasing the home’s worth more than fixit home improvements. Further, we mainly did our addition to improve our living situation, so that we were more comfortable.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
u can hire good contractor by means of his past experience.