Home Inspections: A Guide to Understanding Home Problems
Purchasing a new home is an exciting experience, but it is also a huge investment. To ensure that you are making a wise investment, it is crucial to have a comprehensive home inspection carried out. A home inspection is a thorough evaluation of a home's condition and...
Ways To Ensure Your Home Inspection Is A Thorough One
Will you be scheduling a seller’s home inspection sometime in 2023? If so, you may appreciate the following suggestions on how to ensure your home inspection is as thorough as possible. You are probably aware that a home inspector must have access to all parts of the...
Why You Should Include a Home Inspection on Your To-Do List For 2023
Most homeowners like to keep their property well-maintained. To accomplish this it may be helpful to compile a list of home maintenance tasks. While some jobs around the house may be obvious, others may not be so apparent – this is where a yearly home inspection is...
Are You Looking for A Real Estate Agent?
Are you thinking about buying your first home in 2023? It can sometimes be a little overwhelming to think about what is involved in buying a house – that’s why you need to find the right real estate agent. But, with so many realtors out there, how do you find the...
Could A Stranger Open Your Front Door?
In our first blog of the month, we are going to consider the subject of bump keys. What is a bump key, and how could one be used to open the exterior doors of your home? Bump keys are cut in a certain way that enables them to be used in a pin-tumbler lock. Should this...
The Challenge of Lowering Household Expenses
With living costs on the rise, we may be trying to look for extra ways to keep our household expenses as low as possible. One typically high monthly expense is electricity, but how easy is it to reduce this cost without resorting to extreme measures? Here are a few...
Removing Nicotine from Your New Home
Nicotine odor and the residue it leaves behind can be very difficult to get rid of. So, if you are about to move into a home whose previous occupant was a smoker, what can you do to eliminate the smell? Here are a few preliminary steps you may want to try: Perhaps the...
Tips For Selling Your Own Home
Are you considering selling your home without the use of a real estate agent? Many people choose this as an option nowadays because they want more control over the sale of their own homes - others do it because they want to keep costs low. If you decide not to use a...
Household Furniture – Assessing the Risk
Once in a while, it is good to go through the home and perform a safety risk assessment. Many accidents and injuries that occur each year take place in the home. Small children and the elderly are most at risk so it’s a good idea to look for ways to improve household...
Non-Chemical Wildlife Control Techniques
It can become a real problem for homeowners when the beautiful landscaping they have spent so long cultivating suddenly starts being attacked by wildlife. If this happens to you, then you will understand the frustration. But what can you do to discourage wildlife from...