IN Shaler Spring 2019

It’s going to be a very comfortable spring. Y o u r h o m e f e e l s g r e a t , b e c a u s e i t ’ s ﬁ l l e d w i t h t h e f r e s h e r , c l e a n e r a i r o f a b a l a n c e d s y s t e m f r o m M a y H t g . & A / C . R e c e i v e u p t o a $ 1 , 7 0 0 R E B A T E * . $ 1 5 O F F C l e a n a n d C h e c k * * . w i t h t h e p u r c h a s e o f q u a l i f y i n g L e n n o x ® H o m e C o m f o r t p r o d u c t s . 1 0 0 2 C h a r l e s S t . G l e n s h a w , P A 1 5 1 1 6 4 1 2 - 7 8 1 - 7 0 2 6 m a y h e a t i n g . c o m P A R e g . # : P A 0 3 0 3 6 8 O f f e r e x p i r e s 0 6 / 1 4 / 2 0 1 9 . * R e b a t e o f f e r i s v a l i d o n l y w i t h t h e p u r c h a s e o f q u a l i f y i n g L e n n o x p r o d u c t s . S y s t e m r e b a t e o f f e r s r a n g e f r o m $ t o $ 1 , 7 0 0 . * * S e r v i c e o f f e r g o o d f o r o n e t r a n s a c t i o n . D e a l e r r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o a m e n d t h e t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s w i t h o u t p r i o r n o t i c e . © 2 0 1 8 L e n n o x I n d u s t r i e s I n c . L e n n o x D e a l e r s i n c l u d e i n d e p e n d e n t l y o w n e d a n d o p e r a t e d b u s i n e s s e s . O n e o f f e r p e r q u a l i f y i n g p u r c h a s e . 412-781-7026 A Few Key Upgrades That Can Really Pay Off 1002 Charles St., Glenshaw, PA 15116 MayHeating.com Lic. #: PA030368 Offer expires 06/14/2019. *Rebate offer is valid only with the purchase of qualifying Lennox products. System rebate offers range from $ to $1,700. **Service offer good for one transaction. Dealer reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions without prior notice. © 2018 Lennox Industries Inc. Lennox Dealers include independently owned and operated businesses. One offer per qualifying purchase. 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The newly released U.S. home ownership rate rose in 2018 for the first time in 13 years—it now stands at 64.2 percent—driven mainly by a shift toward owning over renting by the under-35 crowd who’d been wary of committing for both financial and personal reasons. “This is happening because young households are buying homes,” Ralph McLaughlin, chief economist at home listings provider Trulia, told the Wall Street Journal. They’re not the only purchasers, of course. But if you’re looking to sell your house now or in the not-too-distant future, you might want to check out this generational roadmap of four upgrades experts say are worth it to help attract potential buyers. *Cross-generational: a new steel door. The only thing that beat it on Remodeling magazine’s annual Cost vs. Value Report was loose-fill attic insulation, but this project—with a 90.7 percent return on investment—speaks directly to the report’s main takeaway: “Curb appeal projects, by and large, generated higher returns on investment than work done inside the home.” Plus, as far as Millennials go, while their ideal interiors may differ from older generations—for example, they prefer open floor plans and hardwood floors—Architectural Digest says they’re still into “traditional” exteriors. *Millennials: Smart-home tech. Yes, there are Boomers and Gen Xers who are super tech-savvy, but Millennials especially crave homes that allow them to control their heating, air-conditioning, home security, and lighting systems from their phones. They want to use their brains for other things, not for remembering whether they adjusted the heat or closed the garage door. *Cross-generational: A new roof. It’s the ultimate curb appeal enhancer and buyers pay a premium for one already in place. So if the first thing prospects notice even before exiting their cars looks like something out of the movie “Twister,” you’ve got a problem. *Millennials: All-new appliances. Realtors will tell you that major kitchen (and bath) upgrades aren’t generally worth their high costs, in terms of return on investment, since prospective buyers’ tastes can clash with yours. However, Millennials love, love, love all-new stainless steel appliances. So much so that what RealtyTimes.com called “an astonishing majority of 75 percent” of respondents in a recent survey chose to spend their hypothetical home buying budgets on them.

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