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I live in an area where are houses are not selling right now. I really need to sell my house by June. Any ideas that would help me sell in a market already flooded with similar homes? My asking price is between $110,000 and $120,000.

Set a lower asking price than the others (that doesn’t mean you have to accept a ridiculously low offer).

Stage it correctly … someone’s already mentioned this. Google "tips on staging a home" or watch the TV show "Designed to Sell".

Ask the realtor to have an open house.

Put ads in the paper and free classifieds.

Advertise it different ways … to business people, families, retirees, etc. Each group is looking for something different. Example: In a retirement living newsletter put an ad that emphasizes the easy floorplan and quiet neighborhood. Put another ad in the classifieds or in your church bulletin about how great the schools are and the friendly neighbors.

Ask your realtor for other tips.

Make sure it’s listed online, in more than one place if possible. You can even put a classified in the Real Estate section on eBay!

Repaint the outside a unique color (but not like neon or anything) to make it stand out.

Make sure it needs NO work. Are the floors new? Cabinets? Appliances?

Landscaping! Curb appeal is more important than we think it is.

I’m being released from the National Guard and going active duty Army, and I’m wondering how big the houses are on base for on base housing. I have a wife and a daughter and 2 basset hounds.

If you know what base you are going to you can look at this site and see the floor plans on some of the housing. You will be eligible for a two bedroom.

https://onestop.army.mil/

Keep in mind some of those pictures are out of date and lots of new housing has been built on some of the bases. You will sign in to housing expect a waiting list. It can be anywhere from a few weeks to almost a year.

I am currently doing a city & guilds course on major property problems. i have sailed through the questions up until now. i have a question and i am not sure on so i thought i would ask you lot.
Here goes:
Explain how houses may be constructed without individual unique lintels in the external brickwork.????????
at first i thought this may be a trick question as any load bearing wall in a house would need to be in the ext. brickwork.
please help.

I’m assuming that your talking about lintels over doors and windows. You can lower the ceiling height, or raise the window height to the ceiling.
Cheap houses around here have 7ft ceilings with just the header around the outside walls and the windows go right up to the ceiling.
Hope this helps

If you really want to get into the mood for Halloween, just go to one of your local haunted houses. Tracy Smith visited a modern-day haunted house for some old fashion fun.

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We’re buying a 1985 house that has been remodeled. During inspection he noticed the outlets had 3 prongs, but there was no ground wire.
The seller is saying most houses in the country are 2 wire outlets. Our point is that most country houses in this area were built in the 50’s!

Depends, on when it was remodeled, because if it was recently then the plugs should have been rewire. Also, the 3-prong outlets were required in 1985 when the house was built. The builder must have gotten lucky because the house is in the country, it never needed to be inspected. It would seem that the house is out of code in more ways than, one. And if the builder didn’t wire it with 3-prong, then I would wonder what other corners they cut.

The manipulation of light and space makes the Penguin House in Tokyo seem much larger.

Tokyo: Living Small in the Big City :
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I’m looking to purchase a house in a specific part of the neighborhood. I’ve walked by there several times and went to all the open houses I could find, but I didn’t find anything I’m interested in. Besides constantly walking though the neighborhood looking for open houses and for sale signs, how can I find out when a new house has become available in the area without having to hire anyone? I browse through newspapers occasionally but I rarely find any houses I’m interested in listed there. I’ve also tried the internet but I’m kind of at a loss as to which sites would be helpful in this matter. I would really appreciate some advice.
Please don’t suggest contacting a realtor – I’ve had 2 realtors working for me in the past 2 years and they have not helped me find anything I wasn’t capable of finding myself, so I’m interested in methods where I could be the one looking instead of having a realtor do it for me.

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Meet a man on a mission determined to make cheap, affordable housing for the common man in an Earth-friendly way. Dan Phillips, Huntsville, TX. www.phoenixcommotion.com. (#1017, 2/24/07)

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Because the walls are made of earth, and underground temperatures are constant at 50-70 F, earth houses need almost no energy to maintain optimal indoor climate. Earth houses also offer some protection from harsh weather, warfare and even crime. No need to ever paint the exterior — or replace siding. So why aren’t all houses built this way?

Well here is the dirt of it.. you really need to have a hill of some size so that you can dig back into it.. you can’t just dig a hole and jump into it.. that would be a grave.. so instead of a grave you need a cave.. a big enough cave to build a house in.. and of course you need to re-inforce the roof of the cave or else it could become a big grave.. and since most hills are rocky, diging a cave is not something you can do with a pick and shovel..you can dig a grave with a pick and shovel..but a cave requires moving a lot of dirt.. and it ain’t easy.. yes it is economical and helpful to the environment.. and perhaps more people should do it.. but when they get all the dirty details… they decide that it is more desirable to build a house on top of the ground than it is to go in a hole.. and thats just about the whole dirty explanation..