Home and Garden
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Sascha Brastoff dinnerware inspires collectorJul 30, 2016 7:01 am - Q. Enclosed is a photo of a set of dinnerware I own. It is a large collection of Sascha Brastoff dishes with the "Surf Ballet" turquoise and platinum pattern. I bought t...
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Flawed voting procedure on condo boardJul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Q. We belong to a Common Interest Community Association. The board of directors of our association consists of three employees of the developer; we are still under devel...
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Should home-sellers pay the settlement costs of buyers?Jul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Q. In an effort to sell my house I agreed to pay up to $8,000 of the buyer's closing costs. Is there anything I can do to keep the amount as far below $8,000 as possible...
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Home flipping on the rise despite rising prices for housesJul 29, 2016 7:01 am - Despite rising prices, home flipping is increasing. It has increased 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. It's now at a two-y...
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Special 'spendthrift trust' can keep heirs from squandering homeowner's assetsJul 29, 2016 7:00 am - A spendthrift trust can help folks to prevent their heirs from carelessly wasting the hard-earned assets they accumulated while they were alive. Q. I am a 70-year-old wi...
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Undisclosed asbestos in atticJul 29, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I purchased my home about four years ago. The home inspection report said the attic insulation was fiber glass and vermiculite, but it did not mention that the vermic...
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New bill brings good news for condo buyersJul 28, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats and Republicans haven't agreed on much lately, but they're together on one issue that affects condominium buyers and sellers across ...
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Tiny houses are still far from commonplaceJul 24, 2016 7:01 am - With lots of media exposure these days, tiny houses have earned a place at the top of the mountain. There's a TV program devoted to documenting the search for the perfec...
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Potato plants produce inedible 'fruit'Jul 24, 2016 7:01 am - Q. What are the small green fruits on my potato plants and are they edible? A. Many gardeners are finding small, green, cherry tomato-like fruits on their potato plants ...
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Harmful magnolia scale secretes sticky honeydewJul 24, 2016 7:00 am - This is the time of year to check closely for magnolia scale, an insect about the size of a pencil eraser. Typically found on the underside of magnolia branches, the sca...