Alan J. Heavens

You didn't bring the outdoor furniture inside for the winter, or even cover it. Now, your chairs and patio table, even the umbrella, look plug ugly. No need to panic,...

It's spring, that time of year when pieces of fencing, all sizes and materials, show up on the curb, waiting to be picked up by the trash-collection crews. Falling tree...

This pronouncement may be coming too early in spring, but I think we've made it through another winter virtually unscathed. I say "too early" because winter weather can return even...

Here's a 21st Century riddle: What is sparkling clean and shiny, does everything anyone could possibly ask it to do, and doesn't cost a lot of money? The answer: Absolutely...

Here's something almost everyone already knew, but let's make it official: The majority of condo buyers are looking not just for a home, but for a lifestyle. It's not that...

PHILADELPHIA -- Experience shows that this is the season for the serious home buyer. And with so many listings for that buyer to look at, the successful seller will be...

Every morning, I give my gardens their daily drink. I limit lawn watering, though, so I don't waste a limited resource. I try to plant new grass just before a...

The housing industry continues to put its hopes for the future -- and a lot of its money -- into people under age 30. The reason is obvious: Why continue...

The real estate boom has not left Philadelphia behind. From Center City to Chestnut Hill, Fairmount/Spring Garden to West Mount Airy, the city is seeing a boomlet of its own....