Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

10/27/2016

The holidays will be here soon, and families everywhere will be getting together to enjoy some festive cheer. Everyone hopes to be jolly and enjoy these few days off work together. But sadly, at this time of year, there is a rise in accidents involving children. It can happen so easily and so quickly. The last thing you want is to spend your Christmas in the hospital. So here are a few tips to help you avoid accidents in the home this festive period:

The Tree
Lots of homes have a tree up. Many of us enjoy the scent of a real Christmas tree in the living room. However, most real trees do shed, and those needles are sharp! If you’ve got a little one crawling about, consider how you’re going to keep her from picking them up or chewing on them. Raising it up and sitting it in a tray is one solution, but if your little one can stand, chances are they may be able to knock it over. You might prefer an artificial one, or using a fireguard around it while the baby is playing in the room.


10/21/2016

Whether your family has outgrown your home or you want to move to be closer to better schools, you're probably wondering what your best option is. The chances are you’ve heard a lot of good things about building a home instead of buying one. And so, are starting to wonder whether that could be a good route to go down. To make the decision process a little easier for you, and to help you make a more informed decision, below is a list of the pros and cons of each option. Have a read and see which option seems like the best fit for yours’ and your family’s needs.
Building a home:
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Let’s start with the pros. The single biggest pro of choosing to build a home instead of buying one is that you have complete control over the design of the property. Whether you’ve always dreamed of creating an eco-friendly home or a certain style of property, you can do it. Another benefit of opting to build a property is that you can choose how it’s laid out and what rooms it has. Always dreamed of having an attic living room looking out over the countryside? Or have you always wanted a glass fronted living room? Whatever you imagine your dream home to be, building a property from scratch allows you to achieve that dream. Unless you’ve got a background in design and constructional, you’ll need a little help from a professional company. Have a browse online and look for suitable companies like Nidus Professional Architects, for instance.

10/19/2016



When you’re a homeowner, the last thing you want is an expected disaster to put your safety or your prized possessions at risk. Sometimes, accidents are inevitable. But often, these are steps you can take to protect your home and keep your family safe from harm. Here are some of the most common home emergencies and some hacks to help you avoid them.

10/18/2016

We are so excited about going on holiday that getting our home ready falls to the bottom of the list. But it’s so important to prepare your home so that you don’t come back to an empty property! After all, so many thieves break into properties when the owners are away. And the worst thing about it is they don’t have to try that hard. People leave doors open, or forget to close windows which allow easy access to the property. Therefore, don’t make these mistakes with your home when you are heading off on holiday!

Not double checking doors
As discussed above, so many burglars make their way into the home through doors which have not been shut properly. It means they won’t draw attention when entering your home. Therefore, to prevent making this mistake, you should double check the front and back door before leaving the house. That way, you will know that they are safely locked, and it will be harder for thieves to enter your property! And don’t forget to close windows too; leaving them wide open will increase the chances of a burglary!

Key, Lock, Open, Opening, Door

9/22/2016

Home improvement is not something to be taken lightly. It’s a big task, particularly if you’re one of those people who needs to make a house as near to perfect as can be. DIY is definitely amongst the 100 skills every man should have. And, whilst it is work, it doesn’t have to be as much as an effort as you might imagine. So here we’re going to share three tips that will make that home improvement a lot easier to tackle.

9/21/2016

It might have felt like you’d found your dream home when you first moved into your property. But fast forward a few years, and life can change in ways we couldn’t possibly have predicted. Before you know it, you can end up in a home which no longer works for you. If you have the luxury of extending then, that’s an ideal option in some cases, but for those who can’t (or are renting) the answer may be to move instead. Here are some of the signs you may need to consider moving to a new house!

You’ve Started to Work From Home
More people than ever are now able to work from home and achieve incredible things thanks to the internet. Whether you’ve started up your own business or work self-employed from home, you’ll more than likely need your working space. As well as a home office, you might have even an additional room for things like stock and storage. This is fine if you have a room or two to spare in your current home, but a lot of people don’t. And so if you have moved onto a career path which involves working from home, a house move might need to be considered.

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9/15/2016

We are also constantly using energy at home. You are probably using your phone or computer to read this which you will have used a charger to charge. That charger may well still be plugged into a wall socket wasting energy.
Look, it’s unavoidable. Everything we need to do to function properly in our daily lives using some form of energy or another. Or it might be the harmful energy that it emits that is more the issue.

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Although it’s tricky for anyone to be perfect, there are a few things you can change around the home to help play your part. If everyone was just a little bit more environmentally-aware, it could make a huge difference overall.