Homeowner Forum / General / March 2004

Need some help on renting an apartment in NYC.
For a rent-stabilized apartment, if I sign a lease for two years but
move out, either in one year or 22 months for whatever reason, am I
responsible to pay rent for all 24 months?  Second, When it's time to

As I mentioned before, our son is currently shopping for a house.  He
took off with one of the checklists I found on the net with a realtor.
He told the realtor that what he was looking for was a property with
possible cosmetic or fixable problems in a good neighborhood that he

I'm working on a newly framed house with lots of 12-2 romex runs and
plenty of 24/4 wire low voltage runs to burglar alarm sensors at all
windows and doors.  Yesterday I arranged for an insulation company to
foam the walls of this house.  After the spray process was complete I

I have for the past 2 or 3 years noticed a spring in my front yard
that has lately gotten much worse.   I have a very short steeply
downsloping front yard which extends about 10 feet from the slab of my
house in a new subdivision.  In this distance, there is a spot where

       I was wondering... Is it cheaper to own one house and pay for it, or
is it cheaper to buy a house, wait til it appreciates in value, and then
buy a newer house of equal size?
       Cause I see a lot of people use that to vault up to bigger houses by

I am doing a remodel where I am going to have cathedral ceilings and I
am trying to figure out how I am going to insulate the ceilings.  I am
considering using Icynene.  I have an estimate of around $1.70 per
foot.  I hear and see everywhere about how expensive this is compared

(Sorry about the last blank post, which was an accident.)  Anyway, my
problem is there is mold growing in my attic, primarily on the ceiling,
underneath the roof sheathing, and mostly on the side of the attic in which
the roof is facing the north.  I'm looking into getting the mold ...

Hello, my fiance and I found a home and are closing in 2 weeks.  We
had the house inspected a few weeks ago and the inspector said there
wasn't much wrong - just a small leak under the kitchen sink and some
problems with outlets in the basement.

I'm afraid I work installing central vacuum systems. When we install
vac pans we use a flexible rubber hose called VAC-U-FLEX, made
by Flexible Technonogies. I started using it at other times too, when
it's hard to get regular fittings down through the floor...it can save a

Is Homedept/Lewis/Costco/bestBuy?, I am looking for cheap ones?. Is
the extended warranty is required?.

Any ideas on how to conceal cracks in the walls? Lot of ground settling in
Texas. Hubby had a structural engineer come out to check foundation. He
didnt trust a foundation repair place (they are trying to sell their
service, after all), and no foundation problem, just cracks.

Hello ...
I hope you don't mind a follow-up to my saga about the cracks in my
toilet. :-)
I'm wondering if someone might know something about the newer-model toilets.

My attic has mold growing on the roof sheathing.  I've been reading up about
mold cleanup/remediation on the internet, and it seems that everybody has a
different idea of what approach is the best.
My attic is 1000 square feet of crawl space.  So far I only have one

Wow!  I have too much to say about the bad experience and horrible
customer service I recently had with Best Buy.
I bought a floor model refrigerator from them two months ago (which
had a small dent on the side).  When it was delivered it had a huge

I'm looking at townhouses, and it turns out that the ones in the development
I like (which was built in the 80s) uses some type of gray colored pvc pipe
for the hot and cold water lines (rather than traditional copper).  Do you
think pvc water pipes are a potential problem that I ...