Blog Wide – Page 13 – Your Valuable Home

In this week’s Your Valuable Home, real estate agent, Monica Wright, is back in the studio with a progress report on her mission to rehab homes for low-income people in Philadelphia. Our Horror Story this week is about a door installer who didn’t pay much attention to a rotten sub-floor, which resulted in failure of the door sill. And in the College, John Ricketts from JK Roofing conducts a class in Flat Roofs 101, including a clever approach to keeping a flat roof drain ice free. play_arrow Flat Roof Wisdom YVH Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:58 — 84.3MB)

Your Furniture Could Be Toxic

YVH December 29, 2019

Great show tomorrow night led off by Monica Wright whose Black Communities Action Committee is rebuilding homes for Philly’s low-income population. The Committee’s latest project: a home purchased for the price of back taxes only that is now worth $90,000. In our Horror Story today, we learn why it makes sense to check the condition of the sub-floor before installing a new entry door. Our College this Sunday includes vital advice for anyone in the market for new furniture: find out if any toxic substances were used in the fabric, and, if you’re environmentally conscious, where the wood came from. This wisdom is…… [Read More]

How To Avoid Estimate Gotchas for Exterior Work

YVH December 22, 2019

We’ve got a great show for you Sunday night. Mark the time – 5:30 – due to the Bird’s schedule. Kevin first gives us an up-date on Polly’s kitchen/laundry room rehab. In our Horror Story, a potential customer of Kevin’s wants to leave stressed windows In place, despite stucco remediation to sell her house. Kevin turns down the job rather than cause a headache for the next homeowner. Kevin is then interviewed by Ron about all of the “Gotchas” to be aware of in an estimate for outdoor work. (EG who’s going to dispose of the debris?)