NEEDS:
HUD.gov
section on Short Sales & Foreclosures
Section for Seniors - Reverse Mortgages, etc.
Right column buttons include Glossaries, Schools
General Resources
Boston Public Library
Boston Athenaeum
How Stuff Works
Feng Shui
Carbon Monoxide Safety
Home Fire Safety
Common Household Bugs
Boston Natural Areas Network/Boston Urban Gardeners
National Gardening Association
Energy Conservation kinds of things
Green kinds of things [building green, green thing for pests, etc.]
Green/Energy Conservation
MassSave Energy Efficiency
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Citizens Energy Heat & Fuel Assistance
Remodeling: The Magazine Cost v. Value: Boston, MA
Boston Building Materials Co-Op
HomeTime.com
BobVila.com
Better Homes & Gardens Home Improvement Page
DoItYourself.com
Ask the Builder
Sound Home Resource Center
Benjamin Moore Homeowner's Page
Environmental Home Center
Longleaf Lumber (antique flooring, beams & custom milling)
Van Millwork
National Association of Home Builders Toolbase.org
Architectural Salvage & House Parts:
Building Materials Resource Center (Mission Hill)
Restoration Resources (South End)
Olde Bostonian (Dorchester)
A1 Antique Plumbing & Radiators (Union Square, Somerville; steam/hot water radiator repair & replacement)
Radical Radiator Restorations (Everett; steam/hot water radiator repair & replacement)
ReStore (Springfield)
New England Demolition & Salvage (New Bedford)
Nor'East Architectural Antiques (NH)
Architectural Salvage, Inc. (NH)
Old House Parts (ME)
United House Wrecking (CT)
Van Dyke's Restorers
City of Boston
City of Boston: Real Estate Trends
Assessing
Boston Redevelopment Authority/Zoning
My Neighborhood
Residential (and other) Exemptions
The Boston Atlas
Inspectional Services Departments (ISD)
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
Massachusetts Tax Assessors
Massachusetts Registries of Deeds, also:
Norfolk Deeds
Plymouth Deeds
Boston Smoke Inspection
ABCs of Homebuying
Best Places to Live 2011 (Boston Magazine)
Massachusetts Community Profiles
City of Boston Home Center
LeadSafeHomes Mass. Lead Database
Utilities
NStar
Boston Water & Sewer Commission
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority/MWRA
Comcast
DirectTV
Dish Network
National Grid
SafeLink ??
DigSafe
Verizon
MassSave
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Citizens Energy Heat & Fuel Assistance
Why Use a Realtor?
Remodeling: The Magazine Cost v. Value: Boston, MA
Preventing Foreclosure (City of Boston)
For Sale by Owner Facts
Getting Your Home Ready to Sell
Get the House Ready
Field Guide to Preparing and Staging a House for Sale
How to Prepare Your House for Sale
1-800-Got-Junk
Clean Out Your House/Office, Inc.
Movers
Van Lines Express (discounted interstate moving - a Prudential benefit)
Gentle Giant
Isaac's Moving and Storage
BrilliantMove.net
123movers.com
Other professionals you'll need in the homeownership process:
If you need professionals in other fields not listed here (plumbing, electrical, mold remediation, etc.), please don't hesitate to call us for additional resources. Also, if you have any people you recommend highly, please let us know; we would love to consider posting their contact information here as well.
Mortgage Brokers
Jill Busny, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage jill@jillbusny.com or 617-876-6444
Carrie Carrizosa, Boston Private Bank ccarrizosa@bostonprivatebank.com or 617-912-4213
Eric Heinrich, Mortgage Master eheinrich@mortgagemasterinc.com or617-648-3951
Lou Marcus, Citizens Bank louis.a.marcus@citizensbank.com 617-522-0013
Dee Reddington, The Bank of Canton dreddington@thebankofcanton.com 617-763-0063
Mark George, Home Inspection Assoc, Inc. 978-689-8424
Chris Monahon, National Home Inspection Service of New England, Inc. 617-923-2300
Harold Popp, Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates 781-231-5515
Attorneys
Frances "Cookie" Avrin, Avrin & Regolsky 617-524-2821
Mark Canner, Law Office of Mark E. Canner 781-444-7766
Peter Fenn & Kimberly Fisher, Fenn Law Offices 617-522-9292
Steven R. Ceprano, Summers & Summers 617-536-3630
Neal Shaffer, Shaffer & Shaffer 508-435-7800
Sarah Ricciardelli, Ricciardelli & Small 617-242-4100
Yitz Magence, Gilmartin, Magence & Ross 617-964-4300
Insurance
Northeast - MetroWest Insurance or 781-444-6790
Richard Endlar Insurance Agency or 781-455-6664
Robert T. Fowler & Sons 617-524-0500
Renovation & Construction
James Tully, Ravenwood Construction 617-908-5537
Jeff Goodman, Watermark Construction & Development 617-445-1971
Gregory Caplan, Living Structures, Inc. 617-522-1441
Michael McCune, Cartwright Construction 617-442-6496
Pest Control
Cambridge Chemical
Step One Pest Services
Bay State Wildlife Management
Painters
New Hope Contractors a/k/a Peter Power, Painter 617-825-8796
Daniel Abdelnour 617-461-6601
DeLaVega Painting 866-525-2160
Flooring
Johnny's Floor Service 617-839-3922
M&M Floor Service 781-585-7308
Roofing
Pappos Roofing 617-522-3700
Brown Brothers Roofing 781-329-2895
Castle Slate Roofing Co. 617-774-4844
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