Homeowner Forum / General / May 2004

I have a question concerning credit reports.
Can I pull a credit report myself and bring it to the lender - specially as
I pull it on a regular basis to check the data.
So I would save some money and also avoid an inquiry on my credit reports.

We have a 16 by 30 foot deck in our back, level with our door so you can
walk right out.
I know its hard to make a guess without knowing details, but we need advice
on where to put stairs.

This is a question about what to do in handling a problem with a contractor.
I'm in a quandary.  Please excuse the length of this post.  I've tried to
boil it down to essentials.
After several years of savings, my wife and I decided to have an lawn/garden

I have recently discovered that my house (I've been there a little
over two years) does not have housewrap underneath the vinyl siding.
Underneath is OSB sheathing and the vinyl is installed right on top of
the OSB.  This is true of all of the houses in my development.  After

I am a first time home buyer and i am looking for an approximate
figure of the move in costs AFTER CLOSING.How much $$ should i have in
my pocket to cover things like blinds for windows,w&d, refrigerator
etc. Its a 2000 sqft home and i now that mileage may vary between

Just bought this house and wondering what style architecture it is.
I'm guessing Colonial... but what type of Colonial??
http://www.guscalandrino.com/photos/archive/040426_brownell/index.htm
Thanks,

Hi all,
I recently moved into a house (NOV2003)- and have always noticed that
the sump would run fairly ofter (once every twenty minutes or so).
This was the norm thru most of the winter. Now, Were getting a ton of

Thanks for reading this message.
I am considering purchasing a house that was built in 1989 and, for some
reason unknown to me, the original owners selected electric baseboard
heating elements.  They have installed three separate propane stoves to

My dilemma:
1. This buy agent told us that he was very knowledgeable with all
aspects of house in addition to their whole page advertisement of
promises of services/savings on our local newspaper. My husband

I have a very weired problem in my basement bathroom:
Sometimes when I flush the toilet, it sounds like the system is
over-pressured -terrible, terrible sound is coming out of the pipe
connected to the toilet supply line, the supply line itself starts

Cost of water hookup vs. well repair
Hello all.  My wife and I find ourselves in a position of having to
have our well repaired, and it sounds like it's more or less an entire
well system replacement because the system currently uses galvanized

I have a new home 5 years old. Water must have going in to
two doors thorugh cracks and I see small dust of woods by
front and back doors. It could not be termite or any other
damage but suspect rain water sipping in. How do I proceed

I want to know if I did the right thing.
I have a brick driveway that was installed about 4 years ago. It had weeds
growing between the bricks.
So I did the following.

An acquaintance would like to sell her house, but it is in need of extensive
repairs that she cannot afford.  A previous bankruptcy rules out a loan.
Know of any programs from charities or student projects that could offer
assistance in the Hudson, MA area?

I have a weird problem with a Moen single handle mixer valve -
This valve is shut off and located in a shower.  Downstream from
the shower plumbing is an outside cold water faucet.  After
a few minutes of pulling water from this faucet, the water gets