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Monday, September 7, 2026

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Rosa Marchetti

Business Correspondent

Rosa Marchetti covers State News, Culture and Dining.

Articles by Rosa Marchetti

Rolled floor plans, tape measure, and brass ruler on a table

How to read a floor plan before you fall for the apartment

Rosa Marchetti

Why some office buildings become apartments and most never will

Why some office buildings become apartments and most never will

Rosa Marchetti

Surveyor with tripod measuring lot boundary marker

How to read a survey (and the plat map that came with it)

Rosa Marchetti

Close-up of natural lobby materials with linen flowers and wood

Lobby scent, and the materials that make memory

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Living room with double-height windows and mezzanine loft

The double-height room, and why it came back

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Technician conducting blower door test on new home

What Passive House certification means for a homebuyer

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Renter testing kitchen faucet during apartment tour

What to check on a first apartment tour (beyond the staging)

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Curved glass block wall glowing with afternoon light

Why glass block keeps coming back

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Cantilevered resort terrace and infinity pool over ocean cliff

Cliffside resorts: the architecture of the edge

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Older couple sorting possessions into keep and donate piles

Downsizing without the regret: a working sequence

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Buyer reviewing HOA documents at suburban kitchen table

How to read HOA rules before you buy (and which ones bite later)

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Hotel staffer checking in guests at lobby bar

Why hotel check-in moved to the bar

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Board-formed concrete tower with deep window recesses

What makes a building Brutalist, and why people pay to live in them

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Evening living room lit by layered warm lamps

Hotel lighting has lessons for every room in your house

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Craftsman-era home with original wood windows and porch

How to buy a historic home without surprises

Rosa Marchetti

Converted church interior with loft apartments and stained glass

How a church becomes apartments

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Diagram comparing ranch and two-story footprints on lots

Why single-story houses cost more per square foot (and when they're worth it)

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Contractor installing cabinets in mid-renovation kitchen

A kitchen renovation in the right order

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Row of brick townhouses beside an apartment building

Townhouse or condo: which fits how you actually live?

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Luxury branded residence lobby with uniformed doorman

What a branded residence actually buys you

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House standing on a green corner lot at intersection

Corner lots: more yard, more street, more trade-offs

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Apartment facade with vertical concrete sun fins casting shadows

What is a brise-soleil, and why do buildings wear them?

Rosa Marchetti