Improvements

Markwood management has plans to do various improvements around the building over the next few months. On the schedule are painting of the hallways, repair of the fence on the Seven-Eleven side of the building, repair of the steps in the front entryway, and painting the laundry room. On the laundry room, there are several suggestions for colors. The leaders so far are light blue and yellow. If you have any suggestions for painting, Markwood Management would love to hear them!

Door Replacement

A tenant who was considering replacing their damaged and worn-out door, recently asked me if I could recommend someone for the work. If you are considering replacing your front door I would like to recommend Donald Rose of North Shore Home Improvement. He recently replaced the door on Unit 202 after it was damaged by firemen breaking it open in response to a faulty smoke alarm.
Mr. Rose Replaced the entrance door which included staining and painting the new door as well as drilling and installing a new deadbolt and pass lockset. He also moved the door numbers to new door. A new solid wood-core birch door, 32 inches x 80 inches will cost you about $200. Unless you are handy and have the tools to do it yourself, the labor for painting, lockset and door installation will cost you about about another $400.
The unit owner was very pleased with the work. You can contact North Shore Home Improvement by e-mailing to donaldarose@gmail.com, or calling 781-710-7002.

Gardening!

I did a post last June about the possibility of doing a small garden area on the Seven-11 side of the building. The original post is here. It is now the time of year, with spring fast approaching, when it is time to revisit the subject. We have located these affordable, and movable bins at UrBin Grower that may be the perfect starting package for the "eager urban gardener". The website is here.











The kit comes with (2) 20x20x12 inch self-watering containers as well as 2 soil separators, 2 watering trays, 2 gallons of pumice, a set of seed trays, 4 gallons of dry coir with trace minerals, 1 bag of coir chips, and 1 brick of coir mulch. In short everything you would need to start with a small urban garden in which you could grow herbs, flowers, or vegetables such as tomatoes.
If you are interested, please contact me, the author of this blog, or Markwood Management.