Average Life Expectancy of Home Components

The National Association of Home Builders performed a study of the most commonly used home appliances and building materials to provide valuable information to people considering a home purchase. This information will most likely be valuable to all consumers: Buyers, factoring the cost of replacing appliances, windows, etc., into their offer to purchase a home; […]

New Carbon Monoxide Law for Homeowners

The City of Philadelphia’s Carbon Monoxide Law went into effect on January 1, 2009. This ordinance requires owners of all one and two-family dwellings and small residential care/assisted living facilities to install Carbon Monoxide (CO) detection and alarm devices in their buildings. This is similar to the requirement that smoke detectors be installed and working […]

Cliveden of the National Trust

Happy New Year! After a short hiatus from blogging over the holidays – we’re back and ready to start the year off right. On Wednesday, our company had its first joint sales meeting of 2009. It’s a company goal for this year to visit local historic and interesting sites in our marketplace. The first stop […]