“I am a longtime coupon shopper and am dismayed by some of the things I’ve seen on the ‘Extreme Couponing’ TV show. I have seen shoppers use coupons in ways they shouldn’t. One had $3 coupons for a certain type of laundry detergent but the shopper used it on a different kind and took home 54 bottles. Another episode showed a woman using a bunch of coupons for free toilet paper. I have those coupons, too, and they are limit one per customer!”
From the time he was very young, Mike Holmes, who grew up in Toronto’s East End neighborhood, watched his engineer father work on their home and learned the tricks of the trade. Even when the younger Holmes was just 6 he rewired their house under his dad’s supervision. When he wasn’t working on the house, he was taking apart his toys or building a tree house. He progressed to his own renovation company that built custom homes. Years ago saw the wisdom of green homebuilding for the benefit of the planet, people’s health and a home’s durability. Along the way, his straightforward advice and outgoing personality landed him his own show on HGTV, “Holmes on Homes,” and the new spin-off, “Holmes Inspection,” and he’s authored several best-selling books with the “Make It Right” moniker – the series title came from one of his father’s bits of advice about trying to get things right the first time – including the new “Make It Right: Inside Home Renovation” (Time Home Entertainment, 2011).
We have the ability to pay cash for a home. Is that a better choice than getting a mortgage?
Home inspections are a vital part to the homebuying process, but finding a qualified home inspector isn’t always easy. Here, building pro Mike Holmes, host of HGTV’s “Holmes Inspection,” building pro offers these insights to help would-be buyers know if a home is up to snuff
NEW YORK — CNBC says Mark Haines, the anchor of its morning “Squawk Box” show, died on Tuesday evening. He was 65.
In case you’re wondering what that large tan brick building is just east of the Red Rock Resort on Charleston Boulevard, it’s home to the newest athletic club in the Las Vegas Valley. Summerlin Life Time Fitness opened its doors to the public on May 13.
Hybrid gas-electric cars are poised for explosive growth in 2011 due to soaring gas prices, new federal regulations and a greater variety of eco-friendly makes and models.
As the hot days of summer quickly approach, slews of thoughts are probably swirling through your brain: What should we buy for Aunt Betty’s 80th birthday? Should we sign the kids up for swim classes at the Y? And, oh yeah, we’re going on vacation in two weeks, what should we do about the animals?