First, I was floored by what I didn’t know about flooring. Then I was floored by what I did. I was at a broker’s open house munching on the snacks provided, standing in the kitchen on what I thought was
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When was the last time you actually wrote a letter to a friend with pen and paper, placed it in an envelope, sealed it, affixed a stamp, left it in your mailbox and raised the red metal flag to let
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When I arrived at the construction site, the “workman” I expected to find turned around and was a woman. Susan Phillips works for Gateway Development Group, a company that is building a commercial and residential site along one of the
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How upset I was in early 2007 to witness the real estate bubble deflating at great speed and to be told by the experts that the bust would be deep and long lasting. “It may be 2014 before real estate
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Before I married, I had a roommate named Tom who was an excellent artist and craftsman, a fellow who added more taste and style to our place than one normally would expect to find in an apartment with two bachelors.
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It’s been a long time since I first heard and understood the meaning of the phrase “the devil is in the details,” which I really didn’t start to use until I became a homeowner. Since that time, I’m reminded of
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In this week’s Home Guru column, the 200th written for The Examiner, I share some musings based on both practical and absurd observations made along the way. For an index of previously published articles, visit www.PrimaveraRealEstate.com and click on The
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Nothing like a hurricane to get you thinking about things that normally are pushed to the back of the mind by the distractions of television, cell phones, Facebook and Twitter. Every home has a story, through good times and bad,
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The memory I remember most vividly is Christmas when I was seven years old, living in a row home in Philadelphia. That was the year my parents suggested that I might have a holiday party and invite the neighborhood kids
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Life is full of coincidences and synchronicity that never cease to amaze me. Sometimes I laugh to myself when I find that something I learned or questioned a lifetime ago returns to serve me when I need it. For instance,
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