By Bill Primavera In an age when the wealth of human knowledge and culture can be accessed through a tile-sized tablet, many people would assume that we no longer have any need for a library in the … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I show homes that have various types of yards and gardens. Especially when a client is from the city, I am always sure to point out the care and maintenance that is … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I find that some home sales can be particularly interesting, as much for the small details as well as the big issues. A case in point is the subject of fixtures in a … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera Recently I read a reference to a “Sears home” and was reminded of my experience with this bit of nostalgia in the American home sketchbook. As a realtor who works very much in … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I always look for special features a home might offer in attracting a buyer and I’m sure to include them in the listing’s descriptive remarks. As I opened the … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera Am I terminally weird or is everybody like me in wanting to surround ourselves in our homes with highly personal things that remind, motivate and inspire us to achieve certain … [Read more...]

From time to time, The Home Guru picks out snippets from columns that readers have enjoyed. Here is a sampling from past Home Guru articles.  By Bill Primavera  Bathroom Reading I’ve never … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera You’d never know it to meet me today, but I was born with some kind of neurological condition that resulted in my reaching the age of five without speaking a word. That was in … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera How many times, I wonder, have my wife Margaret and I targeted the next Monday to start a new diet? It would be impossible to calculate, but this time around, as I ponder all the … [Read more...]

By Bill Primavera In a past column I mentioned, perhaps impetuously, that I had once lived in a “haunted” house and I would someday write about it. Just recently I received a note in the mail from … [Read more...]