Housing & Home Furnishings
Buying and Renting | Special Needs | Construction/Remodeling | Septic Systems | Other Resources
Home Buying and Renting
- Should You Buy or Rent? [PDF]
- Selecting Your House [PDF]
- Choosing to Rent [PDF]
- Selecting the Location for Your House [PDF]
- How Does the Space in the House Rate? [PDF]
- Environmental Considerations in Real Estate Transactions [PDF]
- Inspecting a House [PDF]
- Home Safety Checklist for the Elderly (FCS 461)
- Furnishing Your First Home
- Preventive Home Maintenance Guide [PDF]
Housing for Special Needs
- The Center for Universal Design
- Universal Design: Housing for the Lifespan for All People
- Life-cycle Housing: Evaluate Before Buying Or Remodeling, FCS-385
- Life-cycle Housing: Furnishing A User-Friendly Home, FCS-391
- Life-cycle Housing: Removing Barriers In A Home, FCS-392
- Home Safety Checklist for the Elderly, FCS-461
Construction and Remodeling
- Your Water Supply: Well Construction and Protection
- Managing Construction And Demolition Debris: A Guide for Builders, Developers, and Contractors
- The N.C. Collection – NCSU House Plan collection (FCS 335)
Order Plans - New Faces for Old Places: Improving Your Home’s Exterior (FCS 346-1)
- New Faces for Old Places: Selecting Siding for Your Home (FCS 346-2)
- New Faces for Old Places: Selecting Exterior Doors (FCS 346-3)
- New Faces for Old Places: Selecting a Roof (FCS 346-4)
- New Faces for Old Places: Renovating or Replacing Windows (FCS 346-5)
- Selecting and Caring for Hard Surface, Resilient and Wood Floors (FCS 359)
- Energy-Efficient Window Technologies (FCS 462)
- NC Solar Center (1-800-33-NC SUN)
- Energy-Efficient Window Technologies
- Conserving Energy with Plants — Using plants in the landscape to conserve energy in the house
Septic Systems
N.C., U.S. and Other Resources
- Universal Design Home Modification – AARP
- Homemods.org – University of Southern California – Information on accessible and supportive housing
- EPA’s EnergyStar Site
- Energy Savers Web site – Department of Energy Site on saving energy at home
- Home Energy Saver Tips – US Department of Energy
- Helpful Hints on Home Electricity – Leviton Institute
- Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned? - an EPA fact sheet; you answer this question
