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Home Guru

February 26, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

Do you remember the story of Chicken Little, the fable in which the central phrase is “The sky is falling?” Normally we apply the phrase to people who manage to incite an unreasonable fear in others. Recently, I was told

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Home Guru: It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, No, it’s a Stink Bug!

February 19, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

It’s late and I’m sitting in my easy chair, comfy cozy with my comforter pulled up from my toes to my chest, protecting me from a cold winter’s night. My half glasses resting on the bridge of my nose, making me

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Home Guru: When Homeowners Decide Who They Don’t Want as Neighbors

February 11, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

“Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see,” was one of my mother’s favorite expressions when teaching me how to find my way in life.  When I became old enough to think for myself, however, I

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Home Guru

February 6, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

While usually it is the function of buyers to order a home inspection once they decide to place an offer on a house, would you consider it outrageous if I were to suggest that a seller should order one even

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Home Guru: My Lifelong Attempt to Ban Foam Rubber From My Home Life

January 28, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

Perhaps you’ve never thought much about foam rubber as a stuffing for furnishings, but I for one have never cared for it. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, as Jerry Seinfeld would say, but I’ve always had a kind

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Home Guru: Housing Report: Party Like it’s 2006 and in Your Own Backyard

January 21, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

Never one who was big on remembering or quoting verse from the Bible, I do sometimes think of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, Verses 1-4. You know, the passage about the appropriate times to do this or that, when to mourn or

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Home Guru

January 14, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

Except for those dastardly swinging doors, which I never liked and think are one of the  world’s most dangerous inventions, every door needs something to grab on to in order to be opened and closed. It’s that round or oval

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Home Guru: How To Find a Great Realtor? One May Fall from the Sky!

January 8, 2014 Bill Primavera Home Guru

If you are listening to the real estate news right now and agree that it’s an ideal time to buy or sell a home, you soon may be looking for a great realtor to help you through the process, and

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The Home Guru’s Crystal Ball for 2014 Housing Predictions

December 31, 2013 Bill Primavera Home Guru

In the real estate world, 2013 was quite a year to observe and ponder, wasn’t it? Quite unlike any other in recent history. Considering that it was clawing its way back from the doldrums of the worst economic recession since

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Home Guru

December 25, 2013 Bill Primavera Home Guru

As this newspaper arrives for your perusal on Christmas Eve, my historic home looks like a Victorian Christmas card with a tree elaborately decorated with hand-made ornaments, garlands and lights, but not without some difficulty. Once again, the lights of

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