Episodes

Our Replay today is all about ProVia® metal roofing, the appeal, the choices (cedar, slate and barrel tile configurations), the 50-year, limited warranty. For anyone building a home or doing a major renovation or roofing project, ProVia metal roofing is a one-and-done. In our second segment today, we remember those who perished in the four coordinated terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. We also encourage visits to the 9/11 memorial and museum in Lower Manhattan and the memorial and park near S...

In the Replay today, Mike is estatic about his all-ProVia® exterior makeover. It’s Bad Guy Bulletin time again. Makes you wonder how much better off we’d be, if the people who concoct this stuff devoted their time and talent to pursuits that actually benefit people besides themselves. In today’s Feature – the notable architect, Illya Azaroff, talks about safe rooms in a home that stay intact in a tornado or hurricane to keep families out of harm’s way. The concept actually comes from the Ca...

Here’s a big THANK YOU to RawVoice, the parent company of Blubrry.com for naming me, Ron Melk, podcaster of the month for January 2025. The timing couldn’t be better, because the third week of January we’ll introduce a brand refresh for the Your Valuable Home podcast, including a new segment featuring Caroline Blazovsky, America’s Healthy Home Expert. Subscribe, and you won’t miss an episode. -- The Your Valuable Home Podcast will close out 2024 with a huge thank to everyone in our audience fo...

The Your Valuable Home Podcast will close out 2024 with a huge thank to everyone in our audience for listening this year. Starting with this week’s release – and continuing through the third week of January - we’ll replay four listener favorites from 2024. Then, with our podcast release on January 24, we’ll begin a milestone 12th year of Your Valuable Home. You’ll never miss a single episode if you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. -- In the Re...

In the Replay today, Mike talks about his kitchen project in progress. In the Bad Guy Bulletin, Mike Bannon is back to warn you about interent scams, gift cards, and a useful tip to cut down on robo calls. We’re joined today by Caroline Blazovsky, America’s well-known healthy home expert. Caroline answers questions about products in your home – like cleaning products and appliances – that could be detrimental to your health and the health of your family. Take natural gas-powered stoves and fur...

In the Replay today, Caroline walks us through the many updates Kevin and crew have brought about in her house, one of the oldest in America. In today’s Horror Story, Kevin shares on bad window installations. Our Feature today is an inspirational story about a residential real estate entrepreneur who seized on the opportunity to turn a historic commercial building in downtown Philadelphia into a 20- unit, mixed-use apartment building. Candace was very familiar with the building, because o...

Our podcast today begins with an explanation of ProVia’s commitment to quality installation as a means of assuring that their high-performance metal roofing system performs as advertised. So many of the Horror stories we tell on Your Valuable Home result from a lack of training and understanding on the part of those in the home improvement trades. Not so with ProVia. Case in point: they encourage all who install the innovative ProVia Metal Roofing System to enroll in a certification progra...

In our first segment today, you’ll learn why the ProVia® Metal Roofing System makes a lot of sense for homeowners who are building or re-roofing in an area prone to high winds. ProVia metal Slate, Shake and Barrel Tile profiles stand up to almost anything mother nature can muster, and they save on energy expense, too. ProVia Metal Roofing adds a bunch of curb appeal. And the best part...it comes with a non-prorated 50-year warranty. In our Horror Story, you know scammers are active when you pow...

In the Replay today, Mike phones in an update on the installation of his new ProVia windows and doors. Marc Furber from the Bucks County DA’s office joins us with a heads up on the scam du jour...an elaborate scheme designed to separate you from your hard-earned money. Then, Scott Abernathy, the voice of experience in real estate rentals, offers his perspective on the market for rental real estate in 2024 and going forward. Scott’s company, PMI Professionals, manages all types of residential ...

In the Replay today, we interview Sean about his choice of new ProVia® windows. The look and the limited lifetime warranty, in particular, stood out in Sean’s mind.In the Horror Story, if you’re considering an HVAC split system, make sure the installer strings the tubes inside – not outside – the house. Wow!! Then, the Your Valuable Home 2024 Real Estate Roundup continues with realtor, Suzi Farajiani providing a look back at the market in LA and Ventura Counties in California in 2024, her though...

THIS IS WORTH REPEATING: IF YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING YOUR VALUABLE HOME ON APPLE PODCASTS, All of our releases for September and October 2024 – as well as new releases – are on Apple Podcasts. Here’s how to access them: If you have been following Your Valuable Home, un-follow it (remove the show from your library), search for it and follow it again by going to this link to subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-valuable- home/id1561159361 If you are currently not subs...

WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING YOUR VALUABLE HOME ON APPLE PODCASTS. All of our releases for September and October 2024 are on Apple Podcasts. Here’s how to access them If you have been following Your Valuable Home, un-follow it (remove the show from your library), search for it and follow it again by going to this link to subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-valuable-home/id1561159361 If you are currently not subscribed to Your Valuable Home, simply searc...

In our first segment today, Kim Everett, Executive Director of the Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership, and vaccine expert, Dr. Neal Smoller, provide our listeners with a healthy dose of information about vaccines and their importance to the senior population. In the horror story, we'll meet a homeowner named Mike. Today, he shares a story of a siding job gone bad. Then, continuing on with our Real Estate Round Up 2024, we talk with Taylor Oldham, head of Taylor Oldham Residential, ...

We’re Back on Apple Podcasts Working with Apple Podcasts, our distributor, blubrry.com and a podcast consultant, we have resolved an issue that caused the Your Valuable Home show listing to temporarily be disconnected from Apple Podcasts. For a brief period, our listeners who pick up Your Valuable Home on Apple Podcasts did not have access to our newest episodes. From the internet chatter among podcasters who distribute to Apple, it appears that other podcasters had the same issue. ISSUE RESOLV...

To all Your Valuable Home, subscribers and other listeners, our sincere apologies if you’ve been having trouble accessing Your Valuable Home. In recent weeks there was a glitch with Apple Podcasts, which we believe we have resolved. If your preference is Apple podcasts, you can find us there once again. And again, we apologize for the inconvenience. ----- In the replay today, we get Michele's take on her recently completed total ProVia exterior makeover. In the horror story, Ron got a package...

In the Replay today, Kevin and Ron raise awareness of roofing companies promoting new roofs and citing hail and wind damage. They’ll even represent you in talks with your insurance carrier. Think twice before you fall for this. If you have a home with multiple acres of property in a rural area, be on your guard. A large company may own the mineral and oil rights to your property and can legally extract what lies beneath your property. But for a call from an alert neighbor, Frank, our engineer a...

In the Replay today, Kevin and Ron reveal the scams, lies, and shaky sales pitches some contractors employ to get jobs. In the Horror Story, we cite a bad roofing job that led to a bad siding job. The Real Estate Roundup continues with Loretta Starck of the REMAX Elite Bograd Team, with offices in Philadelphia, Margate, an exclusive town area on the Jersey Shore, and Miami. Loretta briefs us on the performance of these three very different markets in the first nine months of 2024, and off...

Afraid of bats? Stephanie Stronsick, head of a non-profit dedicated to nursing sick and injured bats back to health, conducts BAT 101. She explains bats’ important role in the ecosystem, their mostly docile nature and habits and a disease that ravages bat populations. You’ll also learn what to do about a sick or injured bat or a bat colony that you find in or near your home. In the Bad Guy Bulletin today, Marc Furber from the Bucks County DA’s office alerts us to SMISHING that employs fake text...

SPECIAL EPISODE!!! Host Karin Murphy puts her Co-Host "Jeopardy" Jack Cutrone from LI Pariot Radio interview Ron Melk (Your Valauble Home co-host) about the hard-hitting issues facing Americans today—from the squatter crisis and skyrocketing insurance costs to the fight for affordable housing.

After listening to today’s replay, it would be a good idea to determine if your house is properly insulated. In the Horror Story, Ron and his friend, Master Plumber, John, set out to change the cartridge in the shower of Ron’s rental condo. They were surprised to discover that the only shut-off valve for the condo - and all other condos in the building - was in a locked room in the building’s basement. Multiple phone calls later they got the combination to the lock and completed the job. A simp...

In the Replay today, we interview Sean about his choice of new ProVia® windows. The look and the limited lifetime warranty, in particular, stood out in Sean’s mind. It's the 3rd Friday of the month and it's time for the Bad Guy Bulletin, Marc Fuber from the Bucks County, PA District Attorney’s Office, shares the latest in scams and shakedowns to be on the lookout for. In our Feature, Senator Mattera explains the four related bills he’s put forward to give homeowners in his state control ove...

In our Replay, Joanne shares the early stages of what it’s like to build multi-generational living accommodations in her son’s house. In the Horror Story is a must-listen. If you have a timeshare offshore U.S., and someone offers you a bundle for it, think twice. In our Feature, Eric Dunn, Director of Litigation for the National Housing Law Project, defines squatters, the type of residences they prey on and how prevalent squatting is in the U.S. You’ll want to hear this, especially if you h...

In our Replay today, with the help of New Pod City's Frank Sasso, we scam a scammer who is eager to flip off an estimate for a roofing job sight unseen and take a credit card number over the phone. You’ve got to hear this! In our Horror Story, we warn of a timeshare shakedown that could cost you dearly. If you have a timeshare out of the country, you could be particularly vulnerable. Time to take notes. In last week’s Feature, we learned from the PEW Family Trusts why housing in the U.S. is ...

In this week's replay, Donna Butts, Executive Director of the DC non-profit Generations United, reports on that organization’s recently released survey of multigenerational homes, and our own Kevin Kennedy and his family are applauded for their multigenerational lifestyle. Our Horror Story today is about the case of the lost house, as told by Kim Sledge, legendary singer, songwriter and longtime friend. Kim endured a three-month ordeal after selling her home, and learning that her new home w...