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Home Guru

Sit and Take a Load Off Your Feet: The Ever-Evolving Styles of Chairs

August 26, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera As a realtor who really enjoys his work, I have no regrets about any of the deals I’ve brokered for either my buyers or sellers – except for one detail I brokered for the sale of my

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We Save So Much Stuff But Where Do We Put it All?

August 17, 2021 Examiner Media Home Guru

by Bill Primavera Our homes are where we eat, sleep, play, sometimes work and store things we’ve finished using but somehow can’t bear to throw away. There are many reasons we may want to hold on to stuff we no

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Want to Escape the Pandemic Blues? Think Pink!

August 11, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera After enduring the “blues” of the COVID-19 pandemic for almost two years, enduring “black” moods because many of us find ourselves in the “red” with the loss of jobs, or perhaps we’re “green” with envy of those

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Home Guru

How Color Can Expand the Horizons of Your Home

August 2, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I have learned much of what I know as The Home Guru from my buyers and sellers. One example, learned early in my career in real estate from my early buyer clients Jennifer and

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Home Guru

Living With Noise: There Are Limited Options, or Accept it

July 27, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera Perhaps I’ve always been a bit too sensitive about noise in and around my home environment. I was first made aware of this when I moved into my first apartment in New York in a brand-new building,

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Home Guru

‘Love Letters’ to House Sellers May Be a Thing of the Past

July 20, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera I will soon be listing a home for sale for a couple who is moving out of state to be close to their children.  They thought that they had found their ideal retirement home in that location,

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Home Guru

Does Your Street’s Name Influence Your Home’s Appeal?

July 13, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera For the past few years, I’ve been living in a condominium whose street name is that of a recent former president. While a highly political friend tells me that she would not live on a street bearing

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He: ‘I’m Freezing!’ She: ‘I’m Boiling!’ What To Do?

July 6, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera We had a heat wave in recent days, but not venturing outside during that period I was totally unaware of it. I was sitting in my home office rubbing my hands together to warm them up, as

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Home Guru

The Chandelier: From Basic Function to Decorative Beauty

June 29, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera It’s been almost six years since we moved into a new condo, and all during that time, one big question mark remains in completing the decoration of its great room, and it doesn’t seem likely to be

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Everything Around the House Comes to an End…But When?

June 22, 2021 Examiner Media

By Bill Primavera Just recently my wife attempted to turn on our central air conditioning and nothing happened. After a visit from an HVAC technician, we found that it couldn’t be repaired but had to be completely replaced.  It was

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