I use my Angie’s List membership to find great service companies. That’s a no-brainer. I also use it to see how much my home-improvement dreams will cost.
For example, we need a fence to keep our puppy Boo Radley in and nosy neighbors out. Approximate cost? If we go with chainlink (which we won’t), it could start around $1,000. Fancy ornamental steel fencing? Roughly, a whopping $5,000. (Not going with that either.) A wooden privacy fence can cost around $2,400. (That’s more like it.)
Those are figures from one local company on the List who built fences for members. Continue reading ‘Cold, hard facts from the List about fencing’
Mandy Miller is senior online editor for Angie's List publication department. When she's not focusing on the
magazine's website and other online offerings, she's tackling a mounting list of home improvements she thinks she can do herself. Plus, she really likes to ride her bike, play with her puppy, Boo Radley, and take naps.
You know the answer to this, right? Hint: it isn’t good intentions … it’s gravel. Well, I have rid my home of its demons. Last week, I had my driveway replaced with concrete. I must admit I was nervous at first. The permanence of the concrete sort of freaked me out. But when it was complete … I was in love. A few days after completion, the gray concrete turned into a heavenly snow-white. It just makes everything look clean, and clean is good.
Now that our driveway is paved, I’m moving on with my obsessions (I promise). Continue reading ‘The road to hell is paved with …’
Jackie is editor of
Quality + Design, the
Angie's List newsletter.
She's currently owned by three Great Danes named Silas, Eppie and Augustus Merriweather as well as two angry tabby cats, Bob and Polly. Her favorite album is anything by Radiohead.
Now that my wedding is over, I’m able to start focusing on my home ‘To Do’ list. Finally. Instead of registering for household goods and crystal, my husband and I asked for monetary donations to our driveway fund. My driveway is less than perfect. In fact it is horrendous. Continue reading ‘Gravel be gone’
Jackie is editor of
Quality + Design, the
Angie's List newsletter.
She's currently owned by three Great Danes named Silas, Eppie and Augustus Merriweather as well as two angry tabby cats, Bob and Polly. Her favorite album is anything by Radiohead.
The thing I want most is a new driveway. I never thought I’d say that, but once you become a homeowner a lot of things change. When my fiancé and I were looking for a house, a paved driveway was one of our “must haves”, but when we saw our home we fell in love and the gravel driveway didn’t seem like such a big deal. Boy, were we wrong. It is to blame for quite a few expensive problems. Ones that I never saw coming. Continue reading ‘Driveway of destruction and death?’
Jackie is editor of
Quality + Design, the
Angie's List newsletter.
She's currently owned by three Great Danes named Silas, Eppie and Augustus Merriweather as well as two angry tabby cats, Bob and Polly. Her favorite album is anything by Radiohead.
