Home Guru

By Bill Primavera By personal experience and anecdotally, I have been observing for some months that buyers are encountering challenges in finding and buying their dream home. A poll conducted last month by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

By Bill Primavera Many times I’ve been reminded by bosses, office managers and consultants that the best way to increase business is to better manage my time. It is usually suggested that I make lists of all my responsibilities and

By Bill Primavera A while back I was asked to speak about real estate at a meeting of the Retired Municipal Employees Association, and as I planned my remarks, I thought about the reality that I’m at an age when

By Bill Primavera You’d never know it to meet me today, but I was born with some kind of neurological condition that resulted in my reaching the age of five without speaking a word. That was in the days before

By Bill Primavera Buyers and sellers who seem perfectly nice and normal throughout the transaction can suddenly lose their cool when the seller asks at the last minute that a modest chandelier over a kitchen table be excluded from the

By Bill Primavera  Since I now live in a condo in a large building, I thought that I no longer had to worry about the prospect of water pipes freezing and bursting, but, unfortunately, the sprinkler pipes in the attic

By Bill Primavera 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

By Bill Primavera – That time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is my favorite time of year as a homeowner. Others may prefer spring when the garden is waking up, so that they can be spending time outside, or mid- or

By Bill Primavera Just recently when I referred to the Collyer brothers with a young couple, I was surprised to find that they were unaware of the reference. For anyone else who hasn’t heard of that famous name associated with