There are many reasons people choose stucco walls as the siding preference for their home. These reasons include extreme weather conditions and durability. In addition, stucco looks very nice and attractive on the exterior of a home. Weather can do severe damage to a home's siding. Some people spend thousands of dollars a year repairing damages to their homes because of snow and other extreme weather conditions. Wood paneling is one of the worst and most costly siding options because the paint usually needs to be redone every few years and the wood damages easily. Wood weathers quickly and it is visible to the eye. Weathering of wood on a home can make a home look terrible and there is nothing you can do about it but replace the pieces of wood that are damaged and repaint. Stucco walls are a better option when you don't want to spend as much money on repairs. You will save thousands of dollars over the year if extreme weather conditions are a factor where you live.

how to plant...: https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub i figured it was a builder deal ... based on looking seep into the pic .. as to my pic ... i had a kids pool to the left.. i wnated to sit under the tree.. in the shade ... hence the pruning ... its now about 10 years later. ... and the bottom branches.. are about 3 feet from the ground.. the major part of the branches did not go down.. but the branchlets off such.. did .. the bottom line.. how i remember it... roots like to be cool and moist.. to do their job... bark is meant to be DRY ... by putting park underground.. you will rot it ... and the vascular system of the tree... the cambian layer.. is just below that bark ... rot the bark ... kill the tree ... dig down.. give us a few pics... maybe we can come up with some ideas ... like an wall of one or two or 3 retaining blocks.... to hold the soil back ... there has to be a term for that.. but its escaping me.. to google you a pic ... ken

Upgrades without context, which is often how they are applied. is not necessarily the right thing to do. And many buyers will respond to it because they are attracted to shiny new objects. A house I made an offer in in 2011 recently came on the market. One of the previous owners had owned it from 1810 until the 1920s. One from 1931 until 2011. Unchanged floorplan, many original details, changes that were made tread lightly on the original house. Yes, the bathroom and kitchen which had been added on to the original house at the back were awkward. But the most recent owners essentially gutted it, and aside from some original floors and a mantlepiece, it is chock full of 5 inch crown molding, chair rail, marble in the bathrooms, and all sorts of things it never ever had. Ruined, completely ruined. It could have been much worse, yes. Buyers will love it because it looks just like Houzz and Pinterest inside.

First things first....remove the carpet. Next, bring in a concrete specialist. A carpenter isn't going to like working with old, shoddy concrete. Obviously the previous owner was a "cheap person" and tried to spruce up something horribly ugly - probably just to sell it. In fact I would wonder if a proper permit was pulled to allow this to become "interior living space". If the owner is willing to throw carpet over DIRT....then I'm going to bet dollars to doughnuts this is the FIRST OF MANY cheap fixes these people tried. Before you close, you will want the current owners to PROVE everything they did was to CODE and has the appropriate permits. Because carpet over DIRT isn't something we see....and there is a big reason for that. This area to me sounds like an outdoor space that was converted (using a door, some windows and some carpet). That's fine....but it has to be APPROVED (permits) to be made into interior living space. The exterior grade lighting and the exterior grade stucco tells me this may not be intended for indoor living space. And my spidy senses tell me this might be in the "available living space" description and is included in the INTERIOR space. When in fact it is probably considered (by the city) an exterior patio/porch. This makes me think of a bait and switch. I wouldn't touch this with a 10 and 1/2 foot pole (to quote the Dr. Seuss) as a DIY project. Please bring up your concerns with your realtor (hopefully this is someone other than the listing agent). Once you bring it up it MUST be investigated. And it must be DISCLOSED to you! If the other side tries to cover up a "no-no", both the seller and their agent are in LOADS of trouble. Please clarify before you buy. You want to see permits, codes, etc before you go any further. And just in case this is on the up and up....it is a professional job to deal with exterior grade concrete to make into an interior grade space. It is not for the weak at heart. It can be expensive (worst case scenario = jacking out all the concrete and starting over with a new pour).