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Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill make up the Tar Heel State's Golden Triangle -- a land of "tees, trees, and PhDs." A population center of more than 1.4 million, the Triangle is home to three major universities and several smaller colleges. Chapel Hill is just three hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains and two hours from the North Carolina beaches, getting away for a weekend trip is easy. Temperate weather, quality of life, town or country property choices...it doesn't get better than this.
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   Home automation can be affordable! The most basic and inexpensive device - a programmable thermostat - can cut energy costs. Programming to set the temperature back 10 to 15 percent for eight hours a day (from 72 to 65 degrees F in the winter, for example) can save up to 15 percent annually on...
08/20/2008
While on a building tour of alternative building, I saw many wonderful outbuildings, fences, etc built from found materials.  It inspired me to post a couple from our property.  Here are some projects from my farm we have created from recycled materials.  The hoophouse is a project in progress.  ...
08/07/2008
 Appraiser Stacey P. Anfindsen from the Birch Appraisal Group recently sent the following report.  If you receive my newsletter or have read this blog in the recent past, there will be redundant information. The low rate of national and local consumer confidence and the inability of out of town s...
08/07/2008
 From Director of Community Relations Chatham County Manager's Office Chatham County residents can expect to receive their 2008 county tax bills within the next couple of weeks. "They will be mailed on August 4th," said Chatham County Tax Administrator Tina Stone. The current tax rate is 65.3 cen...
07/31/2008
       Recently I learned how to be rich.  Alas, not because I AM suddenly rich, but because I have observed it being done unsuccessfully and done well.  Like all things done well, it looks easy.  Don't be fooled.  There is real skill involved.         This fact was made abundantly clear to me in...
07/30/2008
Recently I spoke with a developer who was not convinced that green buiding had 'legs'.  He thinks it's a fad or something for liberal 'greenheads'.  After sending him much information, visiting mainstream green communities and reading about the advantages of green in conservative publications, li...
07/24/2008
Listening to the national economic news is just depressing, however keep in mind real estate is a LOCAL commodity.  Our local real estate market is still one of the best in the country.  It HAS changed in the last year.  There IS more inventory, but not at all price points.  Homes do stay on the ...
07/23/2008
  Planning for solar panels is the latest post on a terrific blog by PJ Nery dedicated to keeping you informed on high performance building techniques, products and ideas in the southest.    Discover how to plan for solar panels now or for installation at a future date at his blog, www.PracticalE...
07/02/2008
Last week I began to see things at home much more clearly.  That's because Dwain Ritchie with Ritchie's Window Cleaning Service visited.  Hiring his company was some of the best money I have spent all year.  It is a true value.  What would have taken me all day (and a lot of grumbling) took him a...
06/27/2008
Embodied energy is the energy required to extract, process, manufacture, transport, and install building materials. A typical building of the mid-20th century required the equivalent of five to 15 gallons of gasoline per square foot. . "Old buildings are a fossil fuel repository," as MichaelJacks...
06/17/2008
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