Before you call someone · 2 min read
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How do you get three good quotes for a big job?
You'll replace a furnace or a roof once or twice in your life, and the company quoting it does it every week.
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Articles for homeowners
Short answers to the questions a house raises, with sources you can check.
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How-to 1
After a loss 1
What's in the house 2
Before you call someone 2
furnace 3
home record 2
insurance claims 2
maintenance 2
service records 2
big jobs 1
buying a house 1
closing 1
contractors 1
emergencies 1
gas leak 1
home inventory 1
power outage 1
quotes 1
roof 1
seasonal 1
selling a house 1
smoke alarms 1
warranties 1
water heater 1
water leak 1
How-to · 2 min read
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What does a house need once a year?
These are the jobs a house needs once a year, sorted by season.
ReadWhat's in the house · 2 min read
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What should come with a house when you buy it?
When a house changes hands, a lot of what's known about it leaves with the prior owner.
ReadAfter a loss · 2 min read
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When something breaks, who do you call first?
Four problems in a house can't wait: you smell gas, water is coming in, the heat is out in winter, or the power is out.
ReadBefore you call someone · 2 min read
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Why Lyle?
A house needs small jobs a few times a year and a big one every ten or twenty years.
ReadWhat's in the house · 2 min read
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What should a home's record hold?
Most houses have a folder of receipts, a few manuals and maybe a warranty card, and it doesn't hold what an insurer asks for after a fire or what a buyer asks for at a sale.
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Most of what a house needs comes up once every few years
A furnace that quits, a roof, a claim after a storm. Lyle gets to know your house and helps with the jobs that never come up until they do.
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