by Megan Morris | Nov 21, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
It’s been a busy year. It almost feels like we completely skipped over spring, summer, and fall and found ourselves barreling head first into winter like a kid on an out of control snow sled. With those cold days just around the corner, now is the time to make sure...
by Megan Morris | Nov 7, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
For the third time this week, you’ve found yourself cursing the unusability of your kitchen. The drawers come out in all the wrong directions; the cabinets are so shallow that you can barely use them and the entire layout just puts you off. You’re ready to talk about...
by Megan Morris | Oct 24, 2018 | CoVA Tips
As a homeowner, or soon to be homeowner, you can get some pretty sweet tax deductions from things related to your home. Some tend to change from year to year, like those for energy-efficient upgrades, others are pretty stable, like being able to deduct mortgage...
by Megan Morris | Oct 10, 2018 | CoVA Tips, For Sale
Home values are determined through a complicated series of calculations roughly based on the cost of actual construction plus value-adds like proximity to shopping and other conveniences. The prices that other nearby homes have sold for in the past are also taken into...
by Megan Morris | Sep 26, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
When you bought the house with the pool, it looked like it was going to be all fun in the sun and splishin’ and-a splashin’, but now that the first signs of fall are appearing (the emergence of Pumpkin Spice signals just six more weeks of summer), it’s time to figure...