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September 5, 2002
Moving mom triggers remodeling questions
By TOM KELLY
The Real Estate Advisor
The Real Estate Advisor
As we carried the last boxes -- silverware, dishes, favorite kitchen seasonings – up the stairs to my mom’s newly rented condominium, my brother stared me down with a sweat-stained grin.
“Am I nuts, or will we be doing this again in a couple of years?’’ Bill asked. “Mom’s not going to be carrying groceries up these stairs forever.’’
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