Fazzolari Custom Homes & Renovations

This is the second year Fazzolari Custom Homes and Renovations has participated in the Clark Public Utilities Home & Garden Idea Fair at the Fairgrounds. Unlike the Portland Spring and Fall Home & Garden Shows, not only is this event free, it tends to focus more on Southwest Washington vendors. So if you live in […]

John Fazzolari takes you on a tour of an aging-in-place addition to a home in the Vancouver, WA area.

Aging-in-place renovations and additions don’t have to look institutional to be functional – after all, it’s a home first.

This Vancouver, WA, couple started a kitchen remodel but soon realized that by adding on to it and remodeling it they could transform the house they built 23 years earlier.

The truly excellent outdoor kitchen is not only functional, but aesthetically pleasing, a place you and your guests will want to spend some time.

An April 22, 2010 EPA deadline requires contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified and trained to follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination.

If you didn’t install a backflow prevention device or, if you do have an incident, you are risking contaminating your drinking water supply.

According to the RMLS Market Action Report, Southwest Washington homeowners saw a drop of 5.2 percent in Average Sale Price when comparing figures from Dec. 2008 to those of Dec. 2009. Portland homeowners saw a 3 percent decrease.