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Episode 21: On the Job: Home Staging

Staged living room

In today’s housing market, it’s especially important to make your house attractive to potential buyers. Home staging can help. Watch as we go on the job with highly rated Home Matters LLC’s Linda Barnett to see how home staging can help your home sell faster and for more money.

 
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Episode 14:
Home improvement TV builds success

Home Improvement TelevisionHome improvement TV shows are more popular than ever, but why? Find out in this episode of the Angie’s List podcast!

 
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Episode 11:
Green Building and Remodeling

Angie's List Green Building Issue coverThere are many reasons and ways to go green with your house. In this episode of the Angie’s List podcast, hear from homeowners as well as architects, builders, and other home contractors about green building and remodeling. Find out where to get started in your sustainable product research, as well as how much Earth-friendly building costs. You might be surprised! Click the play button below to listen to this episode.

 
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Episode 10:
Greening the Blue House: Home Energy Efficiency Audit

the Blue House at Angie's ListIn this video edition of the Angie’s List podcast, learn about our efforts to go green. The first big step? An energy audit of the Blue House, home of Angie’s List magazine! Watch as we follow Allison Henninger, an inspector from Thermo-Scan Inspections, through the 19th-century Blue House on the Angie’s List campus. Using some high-tech tools, she provided us with an energy-efficiency report which offered steps we can take to save money on utility costs.

Is your home efficient when it comes to heating, cooling, insulation, and electricity usage? Find out by having an energy audit performed on your home! Check Angie’s List to find a highly rated energy auditor in your area.

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Episode 8: Eminent Domain:
This land is my land, this land is your land.

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How would you feel if someone wanted to buy the beachfront home your family built decades ago, just so it could be demolished and replaced with luxury townhouses and condos? Would you gladly sell — you’re getting tired of those noisy, crashing waves, anyway — or would you put up a fight, like Long Branch, New Jersey’s Lori Vendetti? Continue reading ‘Episode 8: Eminent Domain:
This land is my land, this land is your land.’

 
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