PANDEMIC PRICING AND HOMEBUILDING
PANDEMIC PRICING AND HOMEBUILDING by Andy Bozeman Never Buy High to Sell Low. But if You’re Building or Remodeling, Right Now, That’s EXACTLY What You’re Doing. At this moment, if you are trying to build anything related to ‘home’ and yo Read more
Buffalo Roam or Home – Pick One
Home On the Range*, though originally penned around 1870, is a song that still finds popularity. Why? As described by the writer Gary Giddins, it is "transforming...a nostalgic lament...an ode to pioneering, a dream of shared history, a vaguely reli Read more
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Noise Impacts Homesite Selection
It’s a noisy world. A summer night, the first in a new home in the country in the woods by a glass-calm pond. At last a chance to decompress, to rest, to feel the joy of isolation, to recline with eyes closed and mind focused on simply listeni Read more
Codes for Climate Change
RULES M-19 and OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW II-18 Hotter. Colder. Wetter. Dryer. This is called climate load, and it comes in an evermore random order. The need to design homes and buildings which can live through many decades of cra Read more
Available Articles – Some free, some not
Here is a list of ALL articles listed in publication order. Some are free to read. Some are available with a subscription. Thank you, Andy Bozeman Read more
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ERASING THE 80’s
Ahhh, the 80’s, a decade with flair. Mastered in previous decades, everything had flair. Pants, jeans, skirts, even eyelashes, all had flair. I know. I was there. (...Pausing to reflect...Holy Cow! I’m so glad that decade is over.) Planning, bu Read more
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TRANSITION THRESHOLD for Wood Floors
Imagine this scene: Psychic Medium : Run to the light, dead spirit. Dead Spirit : Which light? Psychic Medium : What?! Two lights to run to? It seems that “What?” is a good response. No less a quandary of two lights to run to appears when in Read more
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Johnson Avenue Tour 2007 – A job Well Done
In the world of house flipping there are two extremes. One is more common than the other. But, the less common aspect is the most profitable in the long run. The word Quality can be used to describe both, but separated by the words Good or Bad. Th Read more
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Garage Size: NN-7
There’s no standard size for a garage. There should be. There’s not. FOR EXAMPLE (wrong, by the way) - The perception by the general public is that a customer will tell the architect/designer/planner to include a “double garage.” Th Read more
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Zoning
Zoning is a process that helps a city or town or region put its land assets to best use for the primary interest and safety of its citizens, as well as uphold the overall value of the city and its attractiveness to future development and growth. Read more
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Flood Insurance
A homeowner’s policy does not usually cover flood damage of any kind. Flood Insurance covers losses to your property caused by flooding. From structural and mechanical damage to flood debris cleanup, your investment is protected by a flood insu Read more
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Flood
Flood Hazard THE FLOODPLAIN First of all, DON'T BUILD IN A FLOODPLAIN!!! But, if you choose to ignore this very good advice, at least familiarize yourself with the following. Floods happen in all 50 states. They will occur along the coa Read more
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Side Yard Set-Back Lines
This is about where a house can be built on a lot, and where the rules come from. The location where a home is allowed to be built on a lot, especially in a neighborhood, is often dictated by a document called PLAT RESTRICTIONS aka Protective Cove Read more
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UNDER-FOUNDATION PREPARATION
Homebuilding doesn’t begin as a task to simply scrape off the ground, pour out some concrete, and put up a house. Whether the ground has a slab on it, a crawl space above it, or a basement in it, careful planning for structure, electrical, plum Read more
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Permanent Site Conditioning and Post-Construction Land Forming
This step seems to be one of the last in the process. However, it must be addressed in the very beginning. Pre-knowledge, policies, and decisions must be developed at the first, so the results will be best at the last. Permanent Site Condition Read more
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EXCAVATION INTO BEARING SOIL or Digging the Foundation
‘Excavation’ is the practice of digging into dirt and moving it around. ‘Bearing Soil’ is the deep-down dirt that can carry, or bear, the weight of a house. The previously mentioned ‘surface soil’ is only strong enough to support gras Read more
Best Method of Personal Financial Growth
A true, haunting story excerpt from GHOST BUBBLE : The RIGHT WAY to start smart, and end strong A timeless formula, tested by every generation since money was invented, as shells, beads, and salt. start with a small, simple, very Read more
A Girl and Her Folks… and her Grands …on both sides, …and a favorite aunt
A true, haunting story excerpt from GHOST BUBBLE : A Girl and Her Folks… …and her Grands …on both sides, …and a favorite aunt “Though grown and married, And with children of her own, She was still daddy’s little girl. It couldn Read more