<p>Corian countertops and other manmade stone substitutes also emit toxic fumes when burning.</p>
<p>Agree with Zagat, it pays to have the granite or marble countertops ‘edged’ with a second strip of stone. It makes the slab look proportional to the cabinet. A simpler edge design is much less expensive.</p>
<p>Make sure the fabricators ‘template’ the tops on site before fabrication.</p>
<p>Do make the effort to visit the yard to pick out your slabs.</p>
<p>jmmom:</p>
<p>my Corian is offwhite with a pinkish undertone, so the white shows more. Still, it’s 14 years old; I’ve got good mileage out of it.</p>
<p>Hey, also if you are interested in tips about selling the house, try reading the real estate portion of “Freakonomics” It has a lot of interesting facts about which words/features to a house make it sell more.</p>
<p>random rant since this thread resurfaced…</p>
<p>Is it customary for realtors to make an appt to show your house and then not show up? I cannot tell you how irritating and rude I think this is. In the past 2 weeks we’ve probably had 15 showings and another 5 who have called to say they’d be here at X time and then not come. Only one has called to cancel. I go to the trouble to get the dog out of the house and not be here and then they don’t come. :mad: </p>
<p>Our last house sold in 12 hours so I never had to put up with that. And our first house was quite a while ago. But I don’t remember any realtors not showing up after they’d called to say they were coming.
So is this common or have I just had a run of bad luck with a bunch of bird brains?</p>
<p>Replace the roof.
My parents went house hunting a couple years back, and they opted against a house that didn’t have the required roofing, mainly because they saw it as an additional expense they would have to foot - they didn’t like the idea of the chem. sealing. We didn’t wind up moving, but if we had, it wouldn’t have been into that house.
Also…I like your ‘old’ house. We live in an 1842 farmhouse :)</p>