In response to janeAnne’s post about What would you do if money were no object to build a dream green home, I had to expand to a full post.
Here is what I originally responded with in the comments of her post:
Tag Archives: improvements
Project Pink… or Green… whatever
- Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:48
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Rock Crawling and Realty
- Sunday, 09 December 2007 16:41
- Written by Lane Bailey
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I am about to perform a feat of magic… I am going to combine two such different things, that you won’t believe I was able to actually pull it off…
Crawlspaces? Save money…
- Wednesday, 07 November 2007 18:14
- Written by Lane Bailey
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I’m going to deviate a little from my normal pattern here.
I just ran across a story (printed, sorry no link) about encapsulated crawlspaces. It was touting the energy savings that could be realized by encapsulating the crawlspace. I have seen some claims as high as
What is a better investment?
- Saturday, 20 October 2007 12:32
- Written by Lane Bailey
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I was up late, and caught a little bit of the Nightline episode where they featured a “bubble blogger” in California. One of the statements he made was that housing was not a good investment compared to the stock market over the last 30 years. That line was screaming at me.
I went to Google to try and find national average home appreciation rates for the last 30 years. I wasn’t able to. I was able to find the annualized appreciation for the last 10 years though. According to S&P (warning, pdf file), average annualized returns for homes were
Now let’s try some cool garage stuff that won’t break the bank
- Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:06
- Written by Lane Bailey
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In the last post, I highlighted a few really cool items. Now, I’m going to move the other way and look at some cheap (but still cool) stuff. Of course, I think that the most links I’ve come across have been regarding tool storage. And, tool storage is a biggie. Personally, I have two bottom boxes (rollers). One is a Craftsman box that I’ve had for years, and the other is a US General (Harbor Freight) box. The Craftsman is a 26″ wide box. It has roller bearings and such. The current cost of the box is