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How to tell what kind of walls you have

Once you’ve determined your wall type, it’ll help inform decisions on future DIY projects. For example, if you’ve got drywall, you’re going to have a fairly easy time installing items like screws or nails into the wall to hang art, but drywall’s lightweight material means heavier items will require wall anchors because the inside of…

Homeowner Challenges Increase in Home’s Taxable Value Tied to New Roof

Dec 27, 2023Facilitate Administratordetermined, home’s, increase, Joseph, local, McCarthy, retiree, Sarasota, says, value

A Sarasota, Fla. retiree, Joseph McCarthy, says the 12% increase in his home’s value as determined by the local property appraiser’s office after having his roof replaced told a reporter at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune he felt “cheated” out of protections in Florida’s ‘Save Our Homes’ law. The law, passed in 1992 by a voter referendum…