Seattle Real Estate:

We had the, somewhat unhappy, occasion to need the services of a locksmith this past week. The folks at Bonafide Lock & Safe in Kirkland were pleasant and accommodating. They seemed to offer a wide variety of products in services and were friendly to boot.

The Seattle Times ran a story today talking about the recall of certain GE ranges sold between 2002 and 2005 – “GE Profile Freestanding Dual Fuel Ranges” to be exact.  You can read the details of the affected model numbers here.  Also buried in the article was a link to the US Consumer Product Safety [...]

I found this article in the Seattle Times “Make your home less inviting to mice.” The article offers some very good advice. There is one suggestion that I wouldn’t necessarily take unless that was all I had to work with. It says “Steel wool makes a good temporary plug.” Sadly it has been my experience [...]

How long do water heaters last? How about life expectancy of shower surrounds or furnaces, or roofing materials? Bamboo floors? I found an interesting study done by the National Association of Home Builders called, “Life Expectancy of Home Components”. You can read the whole report on their website, but here are a few of the [...]