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07.26.08Bring Dead Space to Life: Remodels Add Value to Homes
Basement Remodeling, Bathroom Remodeling, Decks and Porches, Garage Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling, Sunrooms/Solariums (1)Mary Amoroso The Record (Hackensack, NJ) They had a hot tub installed on the deck of their Upper Saddle River, N.J., home about three years ago. But when the weather turned cold, they found themselves dreading the thought of making the dash from the hot tub to the house. "We were thinking that in the winter time, it's too cold to get out there," said Mary Lou Tenazas. So they decided to turn part of the deck into more usable space by installing a three-season sunroom, at a cost of about $25,000. Now they're able to use the hot tub through more of the ...
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02.22.08A Garage Home Office in Four Easy Steps
Garage Remodeling (0)Eighty-two percent of homes have a two- or more-car garage, yet only 15 percent of people park their cars in them, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Could there be a better use for yours? One trend that is becoming popular is the garage home office. Many employers now offer work-from-home days, which is appealing to most people until they realize that they are unable to concentrate or have privacy during the workday. Raising the roof and adding a room for workspace above your existing garage can be a good solution to balancing time at home with earning ...
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01.11.08Get Your Garage Organized with a Makeover
Garage Remodeling (0)Jennifer J. Bush Orange County Register If you rush to shut the garage door before your neighbors can see inside, then have to suck in your gut to slink out of a 6-inch opening between your car door and a stack of boxes along the wall, maybe it's time for a garage makeover. Once reserved for excess junk and rarely used sports equipment, garages are not only becoming organized, they're the new frontier for home remodeling, a $2.5 billion a year industry that's growing, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Neighbors say Debbie and Geoff Sampson's newly remodeled $12,000 garage looks like ...
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10.17.07Oversized Garages, AC Most Important to Homeowners, Survey Finds
Feature Preferences, Garage Remodeling (0)WASHINGTON -- Home buyers in increasing numbers want garages with two or more spaces in their homes, according to the 2007 Profile of Buyers' Home Feature Preferences, released by the National Association of Realtors®. Since the last survey in 2004, oversize garages saw the biggest growth in terms of what recent buyers considered very important in a home, gaining 16 percentage points to 57 percent. Among buyers who purchased homes without this feature, 56 percent of them said they would have paid more for an oversize garage, compared to only 6 percent in the 2004 survey. Other priorities for today's home buyers ...
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10.05.07Garage Remodeling The Latest Trend
Garage Remodeling, Industry Trends (1)DENVER -The allure of Petur Workman's $2 million home isn't a stainless-steel kitchen or over-the-top home theater. Visitors to this house can't wait to see Workman's tricked-out garage, complete with painted walls, seamless epoxy floors, canned lighting and custom cabinets. "It's like opening a door to a treasured guest room or library," says Workman, a central Denver real estate broker. "The garage is not just a place for cars and cobwebs anymore." Experts say garage makeovers are this decade's fallout trend from the 1980s push for closet organization and the 1990s zeal for kitchen remodeling. According to an April 2005 report by the market ...
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05.20.07Garage Remodeling the Latest Trend
Garage Remodeling (0)By SHEBA WHEELER DENVER -The allure of Petur Workman's $2 million home isn't a stainless-steel kitchen or over-the-top home theater. Visitors to this house can't wait to see Workman's tricked-out garage, complete with painted walls, seamless epoxy floors, canned lighting and custom cabinets. "It's like opening a door to a treasured guest room or library," says Workman, a central Denver real estate broker. "The garage is not just a place for cars and cobwebs anymore." Experts say garage makeovers are this decade's fallout trend from the 1980s push for closet organization and the 1990s zeal for kitchen remodeling. According to an April 2005 report by ...
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