Knight-Ridder

Q--Our condominium has just passed a rule that permits us to have a waterbed in our apartment as long as we carry insurance to protect against damage caused by our...

Q A recent bill of more than $300 was paid to have 2 inches of water removed from my apartment due to a sewer back-up. The plumber`s bill reads, ''Kitchen...

If you`re the average home-oriented person, you live in a single-family ranch house with 6.76 rooms that you bought for $45,475 on a conventional fixed-rate mortgage. The room you`d most...

Buying a house is one of the biggest investments a person will make in his lifetime. It`s a decision that shouldn`t be made lightly. Potential homebuyers should seek the help...

QWe are a complex of garden-type apartments built around a lake and quite a lot of green space. To light the area at night, we have short lamp posts around...

A number of utility companies sponsor programs to help homeowners in their fuel-saving efforts, but few have done anything on the scale of the energy-efficient-homes program of New England Electric...

Q We live in a wonderful condominium, and I would not trade this way of life for any other at this time. The one thing that does bother me a...

Q There are eight of our members who will not allow the exterminator into their apartment. Is there a statute that allows our board to force these owners to permit...

Q The majority of our board of directors voted to employ ''outside management'' for our condominium. The president did not vote for the issue and refuses to sign a contract...

WHEN INVESTORS dream about real estate, they think of large profits. But they also want to sleep at night, secure with investments paying a set rate of interest. And they...