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Why You Should Buy a New House Instead of an Old One
All right, so obviously we’re a home-building company. We have plenty of skin in the game, here. We want you to buy a new home, and we want you to buy it from us. That said, we think if you asked your friends who have bought older homes, you’d find out that many of them
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Grill the Perfect Steak (Even in Winter)
The advantage of grilling is that you get great flavor without getting a bunch of smells in your house, or using up any extra cooking dishes. The advantage of living in South Texas is that even when it’s cold, it’s not that cold, which means there is no time of year you can’t cook a
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How to Quickly Get a Bad Smell Out of Your House
Smells don’t come in all shapes and sizes, because they don’t have shapes at all, but because of that people tend to treat all smells the same way. This is a mistake. Some smells are in the air, some are trapped in materials, and they all have unique causes. The good news is, you’re not
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How to Clean a Shower Head
Your once-friendly shower head has turned on you. It’s soft rain has turned into a water pick, rocketing a sharp stream of hot water at your bare skin, turning your shower into a torture chamber. Your shower head is clogged. It’s time to clean it. Here’s how: Remove It It is possible to clean your
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How to Make Better Coffee in Your Drip Coffee Maker
Your coffee maker seems to work fine, and you rarely give it a second thought, but — like pizza crusts and clothing — coffee just seems to come out better when you let the profesionals do it. Why is that? Well, there are a lot of reasons for it, and we’re going to tell you
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How to Take Great Photos of Your House
You bought your new house, the furniture is arranged, and those sweet consignment-store finds are arranged just so. You want to show off your new digs on Facebook, and you want to make sure you capture your home in all its natural beauty. Doing that is going to mean taking some really good pictures. Here’s
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How to Negotiate with your Insurance Company
Filing an insurance claim on your house can be one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences about home ownership, or adulthood in general. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the scope of the project and intimidated by adjusters and insurance agents who handle these cases every day, and have an advantage over you. But
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What’s the Best Cooking Show?
Cooking is getting more and more popular in this DIY era we live in. Which means more and more amateur chefs are looking for techniques and ideas to try out in their own kitchens. As a result, there are a bunch of terrific cooking shows on television now. Food Network has some of our favorites,
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How to Dispose of Your Christmas Tree
Sadly, the holidays are over — nobody really counts New Year’s do they — which means if you’re like most people, you’re now trying to figure out what you’re going to do with your sad, lonely Christmas tree that no longer serves as the hub of gifts and mirth. Surprisingly, there are a few pitfalls
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Vegetables You Can Grow Outside in Winter
Most of us don’t think about winter as a prime gardening season. This is because it isn’t. But that doesn’t mean you can’t grow a garden this time of year. Particularly in south Texas, there are a lot of options for growing a tasty, convenient garden in your back yard. Here are some plants to