Tony Brewer

Being involved in real estate, I understand the importance of curb appeal.  If the exterior of a house looks shabby and neglected, potential buyers will not be interested in going inside to look and see if the house meets their needs.  There have been several times over the past few years when I’ve had clients decide to not even get out of the car when going to show them a house that does not have good curb appeal.

One way to enhance curb appeal is with a nice looking mailbox.  Dented mail boxes simply look shabby.  Prospective house buyers can easily assume that the appearance of the Mailboxes reflect how much pride the seller has been taking in the upkeep of the house in general. 

I’ve heard people say that you should always keep the foyer to a house clean and neat because it gives a first impression of the cleanliness of the rest of the house.  Similarly, a nice looking exterior of the house will make a good first impression as well.

I was reading on the Reuters.com website that researchers are working on a new material that converts heat into electricity. The hope is that using this material will help cars get more miles to the gallon. According to the article, only about 25% of the energy produced by a typical gasoline powered engine is used to move the vehicle, and the rest escapes through the exhaust pipe. The researchers are hoping that this new material will enable the car to recycle some of that escaped heat into energy that will power the car. That would be awesome!