Even though I'm not teaching school these days, but rather staying home with my own kids, as summer approaches I still find myself worrying about reading. "Huh?" you ask. Yes, you read that correctly: I worry about reading over the summer. It's not uncommon that children who make extraordinary gains in reading ability over a school year Continue Reading
Going Diesel
Okay, it's official. I have gone diesel. Way back in January, I put on my schedule replacement of my long-time business companion... my SAAB. Beside the fact SAAB went out of business and repairs were getting a tad expensive, what I really wanted to improve was my gas mileage. Yes, real estate agents still drive from place to place and the Continue Reading
Long Live the 2″ x 6″
6th in 2014 Vienna House Project Series If you haven't seen the extra photos yet then I recommend you check them out (link below) because the framers have been working fast and using a lot of wood. Yes, it's the exterior walls get the 2" x 6" lumber which adds more strength... as well as room for insulation, wiring and. sometimes waste Continue Reading
The Steel I-Beam Arrives
Fourth in the 2014 Vienna House Project Series It is exciting when the steel arrives at a new house. This is typical construction here in Vienna VA real estate construction to have a series of I-beams (some may say a W-beam) carry the load of the joists in the house. The steel fits into designed pockets in the concrete foundation and are Continue Reading
The Concrete Foundation of a Custom Home
Third in the 2014 Vienna House Project Series Building the concrete foundation walls of any custom home starts with a crew setting up the metal forms that hold the concrete as it dries. The metal forms rest on top of the original concrete footers that also had the steel rebar rods. The concrete is pumped into the molds and the workers Continue Reading
Building a Custom Home in Vienna
As I sent photos off to a client who is relocating to Vienna and buying a new home which is being built, I figured that other people might enjoy reading a series of blog posts on this custom home project. So, this is the first in the series documenting a tear-down project in the Town of Vienna, Virginia. In case you don't know, Vienna is Continue Reading
So Long to Summer at Wolf Trap
It is always bittersweet when summer draws to a close. Personally, this particular summer has flown by all too fast. Our new baby arrived in June and now suddenly it is early September. She’s not so new anymore, and I’m left looking back on the summer, lamenting activities we should have done, places we should have visited… Northern Virginia Continue Reading
Waiting to Buy a House
Wait? Wait for what? Until their children are old enough to leave them?" This quote comes at a crucial moment from George Bailey in Frank Capra's 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life. In essence, George's family managed the Building and Loan in a small town in New York during the Great Depression. They worked like many of today's mortgage Continue Reading
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