Last week a prospective client asked us how BoardEffect users typically measure organizational cost savings from using our product. This is a relatively common question, which isn’t surprising given that virtually all organizations today operate with budget constraints. But this frequent and seemingly simple request implies a range of related questions centered…
Mulching with a mix of manure and wood shavings attracted more slugs than these gardeners could deal with. PHOTO: FOTOLIA/ ANDI TARANCZUK Dear MOTHER : Knowing how not to do something wrong is as valuable as knowing how to do it right. Books should be written on mistakes: Perhaps then they d be repeated less often. That s why we d like to share a goof or two…
Before you decide whether to buy or build a home, you should weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario. The advantages to buying a home are convenience and cost. Pre-approved buyers can shop around, and a qualified real estate agent can identify appropriate properties and help with paperwork. You can even move in only a month or two after an offer…
Marquette, Kansas, is one of several small Midwest towns that give lots away to anyone who will come, build a real house (not a trailer, in most cases), and live there for at least a year. Camden, Maine, will give 2.8 acres to anyone who can bring a business to town that will employ at least 24 people after five years. The city requires a down payment of $175…
By Tom Thigpen The first few days can be a rough time for any new Sim - skilling, struggling for LTHP, and figuring out how to optimally spend that $16, 500 wad in your pocket. Naturally, most of those simoleons are going towards your first house, whether it s pre-built or something of your own design. At the start of their journey, new Sims will spend a great…
If you want to build a house in Japan you will be faced with a lot of decisions. For most people, the most time-consuming issue is finding and acquiring the rights to a suitable parcel of land in the area of town they want to live in. However, even if you nail down the right location, there are a plethora of other issues that have to be resolved, for instance…
Contact information For more information on bats and bat houses, contact: Conservation biologist 608-266-2576 Bat house expert Kent Borcherding builds a bat house. Photo by Dave Redell, Wisconsin DNR. Bats are important predators of mosquitos and night-flying insects and can reduce these pests around your home and garden. Help keep these valuable mammals in your…
Part of the appeal of tiny house living is being able to avoid spending your whole life paying off a huge mortgage. Many people in the tiny house community are also minimalists who endeavor to live simply and debt-free. But, while building or buying a tiny house does cost way less than building or buying a regular house, it still doesn t come cheap. I ve had…
A company says its 3D-printer will print a house. Fast and cheap. San Francisco-based Apis Cor reported on its blog that on a cold day last December it (and a number of its partners) built an entire 400-square-foot house with its custom printer and it only cost $10, . Oh, and it took just 24 hours to complete. Others have claimed to have built houses with 3D…
Start a new document ( CTRL + N ). Split the view into four views as at right, by pressing ALT + CTRL + Q . This gives you a standard set of views: top, front, side and camera, the first three orthographic and the last one in perspective. You can switch back to the single 3D view at any time by pressing ALT + CTRL + Q again. Leave the default cube, it will be…
This is probably the best real estate question, asked by customers and amongst real estate professionals. I have interviewed many builders, investors, general contractors and never is there a one amount fits all answer. Everyone is correct. As noted in other responses - site work and engineering may add expense. A form A lot, engineered and private sewerage and…
Every dream home starts with a plan. Using a computer and an Internet connection, you can design and build your dream home virtually. Try out a few different free online design programs to see how they work and what features they provide. In some cases, you can furnish your virtual home with brand-name products and furnishings, and the program even creates a…
The housing market is in tatters, and house prices continue to fall precipitously in many parts of the country, so it might seem a strange time to bring up the subject of housing affordability. But one of the reasons we are in this mess is that people bought houses they couldn’t really afford. At some point in the future, consumer confidence will be restored…
Make the Gingerbread Dough 1 Whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl, set aside. 2 Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed the butter and brown sugar until fluffy and well blended. Beat in the eggs, molasses and water until well combined. 3 Beat half of the flour mixture into the molasses mixture until well blended and smooth. Stir in the remaining…
We offer several types of housebuilding classes to serve your needs. View our Course Offerings to see a complete list of what we offer or view our Schedule to see what we re offering in the coming year. Our most popular courses are the two-week Design Build Class, which covers everything you need to know about homebuilding, whether you’re starting new or renovating…
It is said that for every person who self builds there are 15 that add extensions to their homes. The reasons for all this are easy to see. It often makes more economic sense to stay put and avoids the need to find a plot. It means we can stay in the same neighbourhood if we like it and that the children can remain at the same school. This article covers common…
DIMOCK TOWNSHIP - An animal shelter in Susquehanna County is getting some help from students learning how to build houses. Not big houses, but ones just right for man s best friend. Inside the carpentry shop at the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center near Dimock, students are learning much more than how to build things with their own hands. They re…
SUPPLIED BY COLORCOTE NZ/PHOTOGRAPHY KELLIE BLIZARD Michele Powles finished family home in West Auckland. We re in. Well we ve been in a while actually, but we needed to sort through a few of those pesky building consent things that mean the difference between sign off and not sign off. Plus, we wanted to make sure you were well and truly tucked into the romance…
Ken Tighe has sent the following question in the ask experts series. My wife will be 65 on April 5, 2017 and I was 65 on 2/4/2015. We currently own our home but want to build a new home on a lot we own that will better accommodate us in our advanced age. We have the cash to build the new home but can a reverse mortgage be used to pay off the construction loan…
Buying new construction is a bit different from buying a previously-owned home. For one, because there is no previous homeowner, you don t have to deal with a seller s emotional tie to the property, which typically influences the negotiating process. Whether you re designing and building a custom home or buying a home that s built on spec in a new subdivision…
9:40 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Chuck Goodrich. Thank you for putting on a tie. (Laughter.) Thanks for that wonderful introduction and for your friendship of so many years. And I m just so proud of Chuck Goodrich and his leadership role in this great organization. From one Hoosier to another, thank you for your leadership, my friend. And thank you for…
Students rally for fairer funding of charter schools during National School Choice Week in Texas. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN The General Assembly approved House Bill 430 last night, which assists charter schools in finding and funding facilities and buildings. According to the AJC: Legislation to ease access to buildings and money for charter schools was…
Gerry and Karol French of Madison are building a new home using wood from their own land. They own 20 acres of land near Wautoma, half is a mix of red and white pine - 45 years old. The log home will be built on a hillside site South of Cross Plains, WI. Alex Greene - Red Beard Lumber is doing the logging and woodworking with his WoodMizer sawmill. The logs were…
While there s a fair bit of information out there regarding traditional home loans and mortgage options, it s not as easy to find information about new construction loans. Construction loans are a different beast from their traditional mortgage counterparts. With a traditional home loan, the existing home is the bank s collateral; you skip out on the loan, and…
