Entries from January 2009

January 29, 2009

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 [...]

January 23, 2009

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 [...]

January 22, 2009

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 [...]