Editor’s note: Welcome to the Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at www.thebrownstoneboys.com. In many ...

A 20′ wide 4 story brownstone I am looking to buy has sagging on all floors – the floor, ceiling line and door frames slope in from the sides in towards the center of the floor. The topmost floor sags ...

Q: We are looking to buy an older home built in the early 1950s, and I'm concerned about the sagging floors in the extra-large living room. The sales agent said the home has character, whatever that ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...