Your Home Provides Comfort & Shelter

"Your home consists of two primary systems that work together to provide comfort and shelter. Your home's heating and cooling system maintains comfortable indoor temperatures. Your home's envelope helps hold in comfortable indoor temperatures and provides shelter from exterior elements. The home envelope is the combination of materials that surround the interior space you live in including walls, floors, ceiling, roof, windows, and doors. The quality and integrity of your home's envelope greatly affects the comfort and cost to operate your home.

How can improving my home's envelope save money and energy?
The average family spends $1,900 a year on energy bills, nearly half of which goes to heating and cooling. These costs can be reduced by up to 20% by combining the right amount and type of insulation, using effective air sealing techniques, and installing windows that are appropriate for your climate.
What are the benefits of an energy efficient envelope?
Reduced drafts and even room temperatures (no cold or hot rooms).
Reduced noise transmission into your home.
Savings on heating and cooling bills.
Moisture control in your home leading to longer life of your home's building materials and reduced incidence of mold and mildew."

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Erica

Buyer in new home

Hello everyone, My last post regarding my troubles finding a precious buyer of mine the home of her dreams is long over due for an update! October 2008 we settled on a home to rent for my client. We continued to look for a suitable home for another 5 months. We finally found a home acceptable to the buyer! We closed on the home late in April of 2009. What a journey! The journey began in my neighborhood of MacLaura Hall located west of the ashley.

I had found a buyer for this clients current home mid year 2008 and began the search for her a home then.

It was the most interesting time of finding a home for someone I have ever experienced! Even with the prices of homes having dropped recently the availability of a home that met her criteria was limited..she needed a large home with a large lot and required formal rooms of a particular size along with a nice sized family room..the dining room seating area must not be visible from the kitchen and the location of the home had to be so many minutes from particular geographical points that were important to her lifestyle.

I never laughed more or had more challenges in selecting the home that would be best for a client. In the process I have made a friend for life and have been enriched by the process!
I look forward to my next great buyer adventure!

yours truly,
Liz Dettrey

Home for Sale in Charleston SC - 912 Longwood Ln - Patriots Plantation

Beautiful corner lot that backs up to a protected wooded area. On Cul-de-sac in Patriots Plantation. One 1/2 story home with high ceilings, open floor plan, 3 bedrooms downstairs with 4th bedroom or FROG upstairs. Formal dining room, laundry, master suite with walk in closet, dual sinks, separate garden tub and shower. Screened in back porch, privacy fence with 2nd double gate for boat storage in back yard. Brick patio large enough for two tables if desired. Wonderful home with mature trees and landscaping.

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www.elizabethgroup.net/listings/2827281