CBS Sunday Morning | May 19, 2013
This past Sunday, Lennar’s Next Gen – The Home Within A Home – was featured on the CBS “Sunday Morning” program in a segment highlighting the benefits of multi-generational living. According to the program, fifty million Americans live in multi-generational homes, and many more want homes that fit their expanded families. The CBS “Sunday Morning” segment was partially filmed at Dove Mountain, a community near Tucson where Lennar offers its Next Gen homes. The segment features Alan Jones, President of Lennar’s Arizona Division, discussing the advantages of Lennar’s unique Next Gen floorplans and the connected – yet separate – Next Gen suite. Also featured in the segment are Tom Moser and his father Lee, who live in a Lennar Next Gen home, along with Tom’s sister Diane – who moved into a Lennar Next Gen home in the same community with her in-laws. [View the video]
Drip, drip, drip. The sound of a leaky faucet may drive you nuts during the night. But unchecked and unfixed, the problem could drain your wallet, costing thousands of dollars in damages, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety. Water leaks can sneak up on you and cause widespread damage to floors, ceilings, walls and prize possessions. Plus, they can disrupt your home life for weeks during cleanup and repairs. With regular inspection and maintenance, homeowners can stop leaks before they start. Tim Reinhold, IBHS chief engineer and senior vice president of research, offers the following tips to help prevent the top 10 sources of household leaks, most of which range from $4,000 to $5,500 in damages after the insurance deductible has been paid. [Read this article]
Source: www.usaa.com
Your home may be the biggest investment you will ever make. Taking good care of it with regular maintenance is necessary to maintain its value and ensure it will provide a comfortable, safe shelter for you and your family for a long time. Here is a home maintenance quiz that will test your maintenance knowledge. While this quiz does not address every home maintenance project, it does provide helpful tips and reminders for chores you may have overlooked. [Read this article]
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Repairs will not be overwhelming if you maintain a home properly and regularly, and will not require all your time and money. We all seem to have time for hobbies and all the other things we want to do. Well, we have to make the time and effort to take care of home maintenance tasks on a regular basis. When evaluating the maintenance requirements of your home, one common mistake is to group repair work, inspection work, mechanical breakdowns, remodeling and restoration together. Many times, all of these aspects are grouped into one big “maintenance pile” creating an attitude of “where do I begin?” Divide and prioritize home maintenance projects into the categories above, and handle them, one at a time, at different times (on a regular basis), and you’ll realize it is really not that overwhelming. [Read this article]
Source: www.chron.com
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