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Flooring and selling your home: What’s most important?

When it comes to selling your home, what’s most important as it relates to the floors? When selling a home, one of the features that many buyers will focus their attention on will be the flooring. In fact flooring can make or break the sale of a home.  And, when…

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What types of flooring are best if you have allergies or asthma?

Best types of floors for those with allergies or asthma If you or your kids have allergies or asthma, selecting the best type of flooring can have a big impact on the air quality, as many allergens can collect and get trapped in the floors.  Often, the flooring can be…

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Base moldings: The impact of upgrading your base molding

Upgrading your base molding can have a big impact Base molding is the finishing touch on the walls.  Base molding (sometimes called baseboard) is both practical and decorative.  The functional purpose is to create smooth edges with the floors and walls as well as to camouflage the hardwood underneath as…

Can you refinish pine floors

Can you refinish pine floors or pine steps?

Many of the older homes in Westchester County have pine floors, so a natural question is whether or not these pine floors can be sanded and refinished.   The answer is USUALLY yes.   Please note that this article may contain affiliate links.  You can read my full disclosure at…

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3 big pieces of advice for New Home buyers planning to renovate

If you’re a first time home buyer looking to do renovations BEFORE you move in, it’s important that you plan ahead BEFORE you get to the closing table.   The 3 most important aspects of this are planning the time line and planning the budget and selecting good contractors.  Among 1st…

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