Day: December 11, 2005

So today I started to understand that among contractors, the greatest variation, at least thus far, seems to be in heating contractors. They all have vastly different opinions on what we should do with our oil-fired forced hot air furnace to make it more efficient and hopefully heat the office on the 2nd floor (which…

So this is the listing to our house…. (MLS # blurred for our protection) [EDIT: Photo removed – if you want to know why, email us!] Of course, as it turns out the house was built pre-1900, not 1950, has closer to 2300 sq. feet (than 3500), and (although we haven’t measured it yet) I’m…

By the way, the Mayor of Yonkers is Philip Amicone I found out quite a bit about him and about Yonkers on the City of Yonkers website For example, Yonkers is the fourth largest city in New York State! And Amicone is very well qualified as Mayor– he spent 8 years as Deputy Mayor before…

Welcome! Adam and I are building this blog to bring you into our world – that which involves the recent purchase and upcoming renovation of our 100+ year old Victorian home in Yonkers, New York. The fact that we’ve bought the house is significant for a number of reasons:1) It means Adam and I are…