Reading your water report like Homaic does.
A municipal water-quality report tells you almost everything about the filter, softener, and pipe-vintage decisions you're about to make — *…
Z. Gilula · 7 minDraft
The Binder.
Field notes, case studies and methods on the long work of living in a house. Free to read whether you use the product or not.
Featured · May 21
METHOD · Public records
What public records get wrong about your home.
Half of what a county knows about your house is correct, a quarter is stale, and a quarter has never been right. Here's how to read the file critically.
Read the essay →Z. Gilula · 8 min · May 21
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Archive →Why your home's year built matters more than you think.
A '1998' on the assessor's card determines your insulation codes, your panel size, your radon assumptions, *and the four years your roof age…
Z. Gilula · 6 minDraft
The five-year stewardship calendar every homeowner should have.
Not a chore-chart. A calendar with five categories of attention — envelope, systems, ground, water, paper — and what a year of each looks …
Z. Gilula · 11 minDraft
What happens when a home changes hands.
A working list of the eleven things that should follow a house at closing but usually don't — and what an inheritable record looks like wh…
Z. Gilula · 9 minDraft
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