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Universal design makes homes accessible and pleasing

In our 40s, we’ve accepted the aches and pains that remind us we’re no longer 25. That said, the last thing we want to think about is how our health might look in our 60s and 70s, much less what living accommodations we might need to handle our changing physical abilities.

Rocking toilet can cause water leak

Q: I had water leaking from underneath my toilet where the toilet meets the floor. My neighbor agreed to help me replace the wax ring underneath. We got the toilet off with no problem, but when we cleaned off the wax from the floor, we noticed that the retaining ring is broken. What do we do now?

Outdoor decor can be extension of indoors

Dear Gail: We’ve just finished landscaping our backyard and want to spend more time out on our patio. We’d like it to feel like another family room not a typical outdoor patio. Any ideas? — Betsy P.

Higher priced potting soils are worth added expense

Q: Please settle a disagreement between my wife and me. Each spring my wife plants several plants in pots for our patio using bagged potting soil. Each year a few of them die and others live. This happened two years in a row. I contend the potting soils need to have some real dirt mixed in with it to make them better.

Pardee grants scholarships to high school students

For the past 15 years, longtime Southern Nevada homebuilder Pardee Homes has provided scholarships to high school seniors in Southern Nevada as part of the Pardee Homes Community Building Scholarship Program through The Public Education Foundation.

Ground breaks on the Villages at Tule Springs

The first master-planned residential community in North Las Vegas in more than a decade is on track to open in the second quarter of 2018 and provide valley residents more affordable new housing options.

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Downtown Summerlin, offering fashion, dining, entertainment in the heart of the Summerlin master-planned community, announces a full lineup of new summer activities and events for the whole family.

Franklin family chooses Inspirada

Ryan Franklin, an Alabama native, moved to Las Vegas in 2014 to excel in his career as a contract firefighter. While staying with a friend who lived in Inspirada, the master-planned community in Henderson, he fell in love with the community and also met his future wife, Damiana.

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