By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I am sometimes embarrassed to think about some of the stupid mistakes I made in real estate in my personal life. The worst decision about a home purchase that I ever made (not that

By Bill Primavera My older sister Marian and I were so different in our preferences in life, it’s amazing that we came from the same family. I had deep sentiment about the places where we had lived and always enjoyed

By Bill Primavera When was the last time I dutifully performed one of the “man’s chores” of the house and waxed our furniture for my wife? Actually, nothing around the house should be gender-specific, but in my house, it’s always

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I have the opportunity to view a lot of furniture, and that furniture can be in varying stages of wear. In my own home, I have been giving the fish-eye for the past few

By Bill Primavera A number of times through the long history of this column, I have referred to my “Aunt Pearl” who really wasn’t my aunt at all, but rather a dear older friend whom my wife and I made

By Bill Primavera For almost 10 years now, I’ve lived in a one-level home where everything is within my reach without so much as bending my knees to climb up or down steps. How convenient. How lucky. How delightfully lazy.

By Bill Primavera In my home, I’m not sure that I am really fully relaxed until I’m slouched way back in my easy chair with my lower limbs stretched out and elevated with the help of a footstool, also called

By Bill Primavera Remembering my parents’ living room in my childhood, during the Dark Ages, there was much order in terms of style accomplished through a “suite” of furniture. It was all in the same overstuffed, mid-century style covered with

This week I reprise some musings based on both practical and absurd observations made for past Home Guru columns. By Bill Primavera Do realtors ever retire? One thing I’ll say for the real estate business – you can practice it

By Bill Primavera Besides serving as a way to find where you live, can the name of your street influence the perception of your home and its value, positively or negatively?  From my experience, I would say yes, and for