The Housing Muse Podcast with Melissa Dittmann Tracey Melissa Dittmann Tracey

EPISODE 52: Jody Costello was eager to start a two-story addition on her 1940s home that would include an owner’s suite and upper deck. But she quickly learned hiring the wrong contractor for the job can be a costly mistake. A leaky roof, shoddy work, surging costs, and a constantly MIA contractor eventually resulted in a lawsuit and a three-year battle to try to recoup costs and get her project completed. Costello is now the creator of the website “Contractors From Hell,” where she helps homeowners remodel smart. Listen to her story and tips so that you never have to face a home remodeling nightmare, like she once did. 
Learn more about Jody Costello:
https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/jody-costello/
 
Contractors From Hell website (download her “7 Mistakes Homeowners Make That Lead to Disasters”):
https://contractorsfromhell.com
 
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 EPISODE 51: What is feng shui? Can it actually make you feel good and make you like your home more? Could it even help you sell your home? Feng Shui expert and author Steve Kodad joins The Housing Muse Podcast to breakdown the principles of this ancient art to spatial arrangement and building design, and offers insights on its potential real estate impact.
 
Learn more about Steve Kodad (https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/steve-kodad/) and TheFengShuiCure.com (https://www.thefengshuicure.com/)
 
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EPISODE 50: The overstuffed closets, cluttered counters and piles of unopened mail may be more than just household annoyances. It may be hurting your mental or physical health—maybe even more than you know. Professional organizer Linda Samuels joins The Housing Muse Podcast to offer up some helpful clutter cures to take back control over your home—and possibly your sanity!
 
Learn more about Linda Samuels: https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/linda-samuels-1/
 
How Clutter Creates Stress and Anxiety: Strategies for Decluttering (HouseLogic.com, by Melissa Dittmann Tracey)
https://www.houselogic.com/organize-maintain/cleaning-decluttering/how-clutter-creates-stress-anxiety-decluttering-strategies/
 
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Listen to more episodes of The Housing Muse Podcast, including “How You’re Cleaning Your Home All Wrong!” and “5 House Problems That Will Make You Want to Move.”
 
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EPISODE 49: A fixer upper--that is, a home in need of some TLC--could help you strike real estate gold, allowing you to possibly even double or triple the home’s value. But to get that type of ROI, you need to buy smart. We offer up 10 key things to consider before purchasing a fixer upper, whether it’s your pathway to afford homeownership or an investment property. 
 
Is That Fixer-Upper House Really Worth It? (HouseLogic.com)
https://www.houselogic.com/buy/house-hunting/is-buying-a-fixer-upper-worth-it/
 
Does Your Home Have 1 of the 3 Major Health Hazards? (Realtor Magazine)
https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/wellness/safety/does-your-home-have-1-of-the-3-major-health-hazards
 
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EPISODE 48: Many of us are making mistakes in cleaning our homes, and it could be hurting our home—and even our health. Yikes! Cleaning expert Debbie Sardone joins The Housing Muse Podcast to tell us the right way to clean.  Here’s some extra incentive in why you should want to: A clean home makes YOU look good. Seriously! A new study from the American Cleaning Institute finds that 60% of Americans say they feel more attracted to their partner when they take the initiative to clean the house. And, college students say they’ll break up with a date if they find they live in a “dirty” home. So, save your relationship and tune in for some deep cleaning hacks!
 
Read my article at Houselogic.com:
How to Deep Clean Your Home for Spring—or Any Time
https://www.houselogic.com/organize-maintain/cleaning-decluttering/how-to-deep-clean-your-home/
 
Learn more about our special guest, Debbie Sardone:
https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/debbie-sardone/ 
 
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EPISODE 47: A lot can go wrong with a house. It’s the less glamorous side to homeownership. But if you ignore some key signs, you could find small problems quickly turn into really BIG problems that may even make you want to toss over your house keys and move. Joining the Housing Muse Podcast is Scott Loignon, the owner of WIN Home Inspection in New Hampshire. In this episode, he will share five house problems you don’t want to ignore. And, here’s a silver-lining: If you catch many of these house problems early enough, you won’t feel like you’ll have to move. So, don’t start packing up those moving boxes quite yet.
 
Learn more about this episode’s special guest: Scott Loignon with WIN Home Inspection
https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/scott-loignon/
 
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8 Common Home Inspection Issues: Fix Now or Later?
https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/sales-marketing/8-common-home-inspection-issues-fix-now-or-later