We seldom pay the steps outside our houses any attention… until someone falls through a rotting landing or trips on an uneven tread. If you could view your house through the eyes of a stranger, however, you’d see that steps in bad repair can ruin the first impression given by your home, and take away […]
Michael Bier has been on the HRRC board for one year. He recalls, “While attending my daughter’s second-grade music performance at Roxboro Elementary School last year, board member Susie Kaeser and I were chatting. She mentioned that the HRRC board was seeking new members and encouraged me to join. With my work in non-profit housing development in Cleveland, […]
One of our newer members, Malia Lewis joined HRRC’s Board of Directors last June. After moving to Cleveland Heights from Chicago ten years ago, Malia had seen the need for our services first-hand. “As a small scale landlord and rental property manager,” she says, “I witnessed the devastation wrought by ballooning lousy mortgage loans which forced people […]
Home Repair Resource Center has many ways to help Cleveland Heights homeowner/occupants with repairs to their homes, even if resources are limited. If your household falls within federal low- and moderate-income guidelines, our Assist Deferred Loan Match lets you defer paying ½ the cost of these major system repairs: roof replacement new heating system rebuild […]
One of the most frustrating parts of dealing with a contractor can come at the end of a project, when – even though most of the work has been completed and paid for – there are a few small details that the contractor has promised to fix “in the next few days.” Weeks later, they […]
One of the most common questions people have when preparing to tuckpoint (replacing deteriorated mortar between bricks) is how to make the new mortar look similar to the “sound” mortar already in the joints. While professionals may make their own mortar mix (from cement or lime, plus sand other ingredients), most homeowners doing small tuckpointing projects will find […]
Homeowners may be surprised to find how many building materials used on houses built before 1975 may contain asbestos. Asbestos is most frequently found wrapped around furnaces/boilers and heating ducts in the basement, but was also used in some types of blown-in insulation, vinyl floor tiles and linoleum, adhesive that glued flooring to concrete, siding shingles, and many other […]
by HRRC Financial Counselor Keesha Allen. Are you thinking of making home improvements or additions to your home? Are you approaching a life event for which you may need access to large sums of money? If so, you may consider tapping into your home’s equity (the value of your property over and above any mortgage […]
Each year when the weather gets warmer, savvy homeowners will make time to evaluate their home for any problems that occurred over the winter. It’s important to look for problems that cold temperatures and heavy snow and ice may have caused to the systems of your house. The first place to start is the roof. Check for bent, cracked, […]
Replacing screen (using screen fabric) is a simple repair, but requires some care. Screen is attached to a wood frame in a different fashion than with a metal frame, so the technique for replacing damaged screening will depend on the frame type. Before replacing screen in a wood frame, examine the condition of the frame […]