We spend a good deal at time at home. A home should be a place of physical and psychological security, a place we should be comfortable running to, tail between out legs, when we need to feel safe. 

Yet for some, a home, condo, or apartment---the refuge from life's storms---is the source of anguish and despair.

Answers to your mournful inquiries on how to maintain your home, repair it, keep it tidy, and prevent it from being eaten by vermin will be found on the pages ahead.