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How To Take One Old Barn and Call It Home Barns make great houses -- once you clean them up, sheathe them, and add a few comforts for creatures of a very different kind. |
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Best Trades and Building Specialists 2005 Most contractors no longer do everything from framing to finish flooring. For that, they've got a network of subcontractors, or "subs": plumbers, electricians, painters, roofers, and the like. |
This Old House
Alexandra Bandon |
If These Walls Could Talk Every old house has a story to tell. Finding out when your home was built, who lived there, and how they changed it can take you from nails in the frame to sites on the Internet. |
This Old House
Alexandra Bandon |
Making Something Out of Nothing How do you restore architectural detail to a derelict inner-city row house? Enlist a handful of experts who can copy what remains, find something similar, or choose the best of what's new. |
This Old House
September 2007
Alexandra Bandon |
So You Think You Wanna Be on TV? Folks often ask, what does it take to get my renovations on the This Old House TV show? Here's the inside scoop on what the producers look for in a project |
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Advice from Renovation Therapists Remodel therapists listen to your remodel sob stories and offer strategies to avoid that next home-improvement trauma - no inner child involved. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2003
Christine Rombouts |
Promoting Preservation Financing incentives help brokers restore and reuse historic buildings. |
Popular Mechanics
November 7, 2008
Joseph Truini |
4 Tips for Hiring Contractors (and 10 Ways to Avoid Scammers): DIY Guy How to avoid sleazy or shady tactics, check the construction work, check the paperwork, and check the bills. |
This Old House
Caitlin O'Neil |
Avoiding Homeowner Meltdown How do you handle the stress of a renovation? |
This Old House
James Glave |
21 ways to save on your remodel Advice gleaned from dozens of industry pros on how you can wrestle your runaway renovation costs back down to earth. |
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TOH's 6-Point Plan for Getting the Best 2005 Looking for a good home project or repair contractor? Follow our step-by-step plan and you could land someone every bit as good as the ones we found. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2006
Joseph Truini |
My Dream Remodeling Nightmare A veteran do-it-yourselfer frames out his new whirlpool bath and answers the question, "How hard can it be?" |
This Old House
Sal Vaglica |
Using Contractor Referral Websites Tips for using online resources to get the best contractors for your projects. |
This Old House
Baldwin & Rodriguez |
How to Get The Most From Your Contractor Homeowners and remodeling pros suggest how to improve their working relationship, with some useful tips on how to keep your next project on time and on (or even under!) budget |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
Selecting an Electrical Contractor What to do when it is time for the "wire to meet the walls" |
Inc.
April 2007
Daniel Akst |
Building Your Dream House If you've been nursing hopes of building your dream house someday, you'll be interested to hear that weather isn't the only thing you have going for you this season. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Construction: The Happy Sound Of Hardhats At Work The best news is that commercial and industrial construction will rebound. Higher mortgage rates will slow the residential market only slightly from last year. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
Roy Berendsohn |
Remodeling Without a Contractor: Homeowners Clinic I've never worked with an architect before -- do I need one for this job? Also, is it a good idea to split some of the work with a contractor? |
This Old House
Jeffrey Rothfeder |
Get it in Writing A solid, signed agreement with your home-remodeling or building contractor is the best protection against disappointment -- or worse. |
BusinessWeek
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Ellen Hoffman |
Preservation Instinct Hankering to live in an historic property? Federal and state incentives can help pay for repairs. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2013
Warren Kirshenbaum |
Taking Credit Historic preservation tax incentives offer capital solutions. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing Isn't Hurting The Jobless Rate A deeper look at job data offers reasons to doubt such a major plunge in residential construction payroll is imminent. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2008
Barry B. LePatner |
Construction Chaos In this age of economic uncertainty, when the stakes are higher, it's time to re-evaluate accepted concepts of how construction projects are carried out. |
This Old House
Amy R. Hughes |
TOH Tips for Single Women Homebuyers "Handywoman" advice from single-woman homeowners and buyers -- now accounting for one of every five houses sold in the U.S. |
Home Toys
February 2006 |
Technology in Architecture Whether it be a simple surround sound system or a whole house control system, the most important thing to remember is when to start planning. For architects and builders it is very important to remember when to bring in a low voltage consultant. |
This Old House
Lisa Selin Davis |
Hand-Holders for Homeowners Save money and headaches by hiring a renovation coach to manage your next project. |
This Old House
Daniel Akst |
Look, But Don't Touch Why bother going to the trouble of applying for a National Register listing? The answer is simple: tax breaks. But while landmark status for your house can mean money in your pocket, it may come with strings attached. |
This Old House
Jill Connors |
Building a House to Rebuild a Veteran's Life For the final three episodes of the 35th season of This Old House TV, the crew partnered with a national organization called Homes for Our Troops to build a specially adapted house in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. |
Real Estate Portfolio
July 2000
Deidra Darsa |
Echoes of Elegance Historic renovation projects, like the ones shown here, offer different challenges and rewards from standard construction. |
This Old House
January 2008 |
Non-Profits Help New Orleans Rebuild There are many worthy organizations working to provide housing solutions in New Orleans. |
This Old House
Tom Silva |
How to Hire a Contractor Get recommendations... Do phone interviews... Meet face to face... Investigate the facts... Make plans, get bids... Set a payment schedule... etc. |
Teacher Magazine
August 2000
Mesha Williams |
Can This School Be Saved? Below are four historic schools the National Trust uses as examples of landmarks in danger of disappearing, along with Teacher Magazine's summaries of their struggles to survive. |
