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Home Guru

The Pandemic is a Time to Bring the Outdoors in

December 8, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera It’s been more than nine months since COVID-19 has made us aware that the world outside our front doors is less safe than it used to be. Today, I venture outside only when necessary, wearing a mask

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Home Guru

The Top Half-Dozen Home Updates That Pay Off

December 1, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera Like most people, I’m stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, contemplating the ceiling, floor and walls, along with all they encompass. Other people might be using this downtime to consider upgrades they could be incorporating into

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Home Guru

All Good Things Around the House Will Die

November 24, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

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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Home Guru

Bathroom Oddities, Manners and Etiquette

November 17, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera  The bathroom. When you think about it, while it may not be the room you spend the most time in, it’s probably the room you visit most times during the course of the day. If you’re in

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Home Guru

Fixtures: What Stays and What Goes

November 10, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I’ve experienced buyers and sellers who seem perfectly nice and normal throughout the sales transaction until the possibility that they may suddenly lose their cool over something minor. Such was the case when one

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Home Guru

The Front Door as Key to a Home’s Personality

November 3, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I always stress to clients the important the condition of their front door is. The front door can be the key to a home’s personality, either reflecting the condition of the space within –

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Home Guru

Tips for Keeping Windows, the Eyes of the Home, Clean

October 27, 2020 Annette The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera Living happily at Trump Park in Shrub Oak, my wife and I were recently offered by management the opportunity to have our windows cleaned, a chore that hadn’t been done for about two years. From our top-floor

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The Home Guru: Secret Paths and Gardens as Places to Transport Oneself

September 4, 2014 Examiner Media The Home Guru

By Bill Primavera When I was 10 years old, I had a summer experience of great wonderment. My father had taken a short-term work assignment in Lynchburg, Va. My mother, he and I took up temporary residence in an antebellum

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