Latest Additions Podcast Episodes
The Key to a Successful Home Reno
PEWTER.pints - November 22, 2022 16:00 - 45 minutesIn this episode, David and Jason invite Jaclyn Harper and Julia Guest from Harper Designs to discuss the key to a great renovation experience.
Hear Why CORETec Should Be Considered in Any Flooring Decision.
Your Valuable Home - April 16, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn today’s replay we do some detective work for a homeowner in Bradenton, Florida to isolate the cause of cracking stucco on the second floor of his house. Today’s Horror Story comes from Delaware contractor Brandon Nieves, who shares roofing horror stories so you never have one happen to you. ...
Habitat for Humanity 101 and 102
Your Valuable Home - April 08, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, we interview one of Kevin’s customers about his new ProVia windows. He offers a frank, glowing assessment of the windows and the installation. Our Horror Story is about a new roof that was doomed from start to finish...whenever that happens. In our College, you may have h...
Puzzled About Which Home Security System to Buy. Find the Answer in Today’s Featured Interview
Your Valuable Home - April 01, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLisa talks about how she’s working with Kevin’s VSP Home Remodeling to fashion her basement into living and entertaining space. Kevin fills us in on the don’ts of siding and siding contractors...all of them demonstrated in a single job. Good luck, homeowner! Looking for a home security system ...
An Interview with South Caroline Realtors CEO Nick Kremydas
Your Valuable Home - March 26, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, this is the second week in a row where we talk about an interesting and challenging bathroom redo. In our Horror Story, Kevin begins remodeling a basement only to find out that one of the walls is inferior. Ooops! Today in our Featured segment we talk with the head of South ...
State Migration
Your Valuable Home - March 19, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoe shares the logistic challenges caused by only one functional bathroom in his house, while the others undergo renovations. Our Horror Story today is about a contractor who took the money and walked. Thinking of flexing you remote working privileges by migrating to another state or going to a ...
Is Operating an Airbnb for You?
Your Valuable Home - March 12, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Bob reports on the progress with his kitchen reno. Our Horror Story is about a contractor who built a porch over a deck, without submitting drawings and getting the required permit. Guess what? It leaks and is fraught with building code violations. If you’ve thought about...
Grandparents as First Responders? Makes Sense.
Your Valuable Home - March 05, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, John shares his smart housing solution to taking his mother into his house after the death of his father. This may be a solution for some in our audience. Our Horror Story today deals with a board-and-batten siding botch job. Three months later the siding was falling down...
1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE! Get the inside story behind the Your Valuable Home podcast.
Your Valuable Home - February 26, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHow would you begin to budget for the re-do of a kitchen? Simple. Catch today’s Replay, as Kevin and Tom, the homeowner, put that puzzle together. We’ve seen many siding jobs that have gone sideways…roofing jobs, too. The Horror Story today is about a double-header…the roofing /siding job that...
Fire Safety
Your Valuable Home - February 19, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Charles talks to us about his basement redo after a flood. Our Horror Story is about a crazy ceiling fan installation. You won’t believe this! Have you ever considered a home sprinkler system? According to Tim Schuck, a fire marshal in Pennsylvania, a sprinkler system can...
Today’s feature on fire could be a lifesaver
Your Valuable Home - February 11, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Charles shares the story of how his basement flooded, and what he did to fix the problem. Our Horror Story today is about a fan installation that will make your head spin. Do you know the difference between a volunteer and a career fire company? Any questions about how best ...
Is It Time to Buy in New York City?
Your Valuable Home - February 04, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNothing tops the feeling you get when a home improvement project – especially a big one like a kitchen – comes out just the way you envisioned it. In our Replay today you can hear that great feeling in Susan’s voice as she talks about her completed kitchen. In our Horror Story, you’ll find out w...
We’ve Got the National Association of Realtors Forecast for 2022!
Your Valuable Home - January 30, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsBrandon Nieves from R&R Roofing and Remodeling in northern Delaware – and a regular Your Valuable Home listener – is with us to talk about roofing the right way. He’ll also share a home improvement Horror story, and how his company bailed a woman out of a project botched by another contractor. ...
Buying Major Appliances Simplified
Your Valuable Home - January 21, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsFrank Sasso, the founder of the New Pod City Podcast Network is the wizard behind the recording, editing and mixing of all Your Valuable Home Podcasts. He opens this week’s podcast riffing on what makes YVH a unique and important weekly podcasting experience for anyone who owns residential real ...
Fairfax County, VA pivots to address the growing demand for “walk-ups.”
Your Valuable Home - January 14, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this week’s Replay, Bob the homeowner shares his vision for an expanded kitchen. Bob also provides today’s Horror Story about a new, leaking roof. His contractor simply walked away. Fairfax County grew into prosperity and prominence in northern Virginia largely because of the automobile. No...
LISTENER FAVORITE SERIES - Episode 2
Your Valuable Home - January 10, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the second episode of our new Listener Favorites Series, Kevin, John the Master Plumber, and electricians James and Joseph run down a list of projects that the average weekend DIYer should not take on because they’re either too complex, too dangerous or both. But first, in our Replay, in our...
LISTENER FAVORITE SERIES - Episode 3
Your Valuable Home - January 10, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the third episode of our new Listener Favorites Series, we learn about the first house in America designed to be both resilient and sustainable from the architect who designed it, Illya Azaraoff. This house, built to replace one destroyed in hurricane Sandy, can stand up to a Category 5 hurr...
LISTENER FAVORITE SERIES - Episode 5
Your Valuable Home - January 10, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the fifth episode of our new Listener Favorites Series, you’ll learn about Unison, the novel way to leverage your home’s equity, to make improvements, pay off medical bills…whatever. It’s true…no interest or principal payments for up to 30 years! But first, in our Replay, we help the legend...
LISTENER FAVORITE SERIES - Episode 4
Your Valuable Home - January 10, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the fourth episode of our new Listener Favorites Series, we speak with a Provia executive about the finer points of the company’s windows and doors and their incredible warranty. But first, in our Replay, Gerri talks through the projects she has in mind for her new downsized house. If you’...
LISTENER FAVORITE SERIES - Episode 1
Your Valuable Home - January 09, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the first episode of our new Listener Favorites Series, much-awarded interior designer, Donna Hoffman, accepts our challenge to share her thoughts on how to bring the interiors of homes in six different architectural styles up to date. But first, in our Replay, Angel, an interior designer, s...
Is Deep-Seated Water a Solution to Our Fresh Water Problems in the West?
Your Valuable Home - January 07, 2022 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our replay today, Kevin demystifies roofing estimates for a homeowner. In our Horror Story, workers for a large builder try to cover up two different roof elevations on the same roof with a roof over a roof. A nightmare! In our Feature segment, we’ll explore the potential of deep-seated wa...
How the Infrastructure Law Impacts You - Part 2
Your Valuable Home - December 31, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Josh talks about the finishing touches and the overall appeal of his re-built master bath. Our Horror Story is about the perils of dealing with the sales personnel of high-pressure, high-volume window installation companies. In our Featured segment, “ Mr. Sustainable,” Dant...
How the Infrastructure Law Impacts You - Part I
Your Valuable Home - December 27, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Joshua shares his master bath project. It’s a complete makeover with a much-enlarged shower - something more and more homeowners are doing these days. In our Horror Story, a contractor tried to band aid a botched siding job. Did it work? Half-way through today’s podcast we...
Time to Re-think the Purchase of a Back-up Generator?
Your Valuable Home - December 18, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay, John shares the experience of re-modeling his master bath. Our Horror story today deals with a homeowner’s worst nightmare. When a scaffold broke a worker fell and neither he nor the GC had worker’s comp. The homeowner got sued. In our Feature segment today, we dig deep into th...
A Hydrogen Powered House
Your Valuable Home - December 10, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Rosemary shares the process of leaving a large house with a lot of property after 30-some years, and right-sizing to a one-bedroom rental cottage. Our Horror Story today is proof that celebrities, too, can be victimized by contractors who do shoddy work. Kim shares her stor...
Your Outdoor Environment
Your Valuable Home - December 05, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIf you’re planning an extensive makeover of your kitchen, you’ll want to hear about Stacey’s kitchen re-do. It includes the removal of walls to reveal her back yard view. Then in our Horror Story, the second installment of the epic botch job created by Linda’s plumber. In our Featured segment ...
Designing Homes for Seaside Locations
Your Valuable Home - November 26, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Josh talks about the completion of his kitchen and hall bath. If you’ve been following the progress, you’ll want to hear the final outcome. Our Horror Story is about what could be the worst siding job in history. Listen and pick up pointers that can prevent this from happe...
How One State Is Dealing with the Water Problem in the West
Your Valuable Home - November 20, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOur Replay today deals with Linda’s ambitious makeover of her house, including new bedrooms, a new living room and an addition. Linda’s dream became a $400,000 nightmare that began with an $85,000 up-front payment to definitely the wrong contractor. In our Featured segment today, we learn the c...
Listen to a Textbook Mid-century Modern Renovation in the Making
Your Valuable Home - November 13, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today Joshua returns to talk about the transformation of his kitchen and bath…from old to new in only two weeks. Would you hand over $85,000 to a contractor at the beginning of a renovation. This woman did, and that was only the beginning of her Horror Story. She ultimately wast...
Interview with The Paint People | PEWTER.pints
PEWTER.pints - November 10, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutesTake a look into the inner workings of one of the GTA's most desirable Design/Build Firms. Learn about the people, processes and construction techniques that make the PEWTER.build construction process one of a kind. Listen to the guys on Friday night when thy crack a featured [unsponsored] beer...
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