(Photo credit: Pixabay) Once again, summer has come and gone. Mornings continue to become colder and colder, and children are returning to school once more. Your home is now much quieter during the day, so perhaps you’ve considered setting a timer on your thermostat to save a couple dollars on your utilities bill. This is only one of the ways we adjust to the changing of the seasons. As homeowners, each season comes with its own unique set of challenges and opportunities to s

This home in the Oak Mountain area of Birmingham, AL was built in 1978, and it had not been updated since! I am partial to 70's homes because I love the typical one level layout, the large rooms, the "extra" formal living room (that no one ever used), and the quality of construction. I believe that after that decade, construction quality took a dive. There are exceptions, but from my experience a vast majority of homes built after that aren't built to last. The budget was tig