Real Development, Inc

3840 Bay Oaks Place, P.O. Box 14025, Norfolk, VA 23518(757) 362-3457

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Looking to replace basement window but have a cross beam and board impeding the window. Looks like the purpose of it is to prevent joists from settling.

Mason Hearn of HomeMasons, Inc. ^PRO answered:

Jan 5, 2021

Looks like this may have been someone's remedy for a deteriorated / rotten mud sill (the flat wooden plate which sits atop the foundation wall, upon which the joists bear). If that is the case, it is ... read more

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Do you have any information you can send me delineating home improvements that will add appraisal value to my home, and possibly quantify those values?

Jeremy Shank of Paragon Construction Company ^PRO answered:

Jan 11, 2018

I would recommend that you look at remodeling magazine. They do an annual study of cost versus value For mini interior and exterior home improvements.