Install Safety and Security Measures for Your Rental Property

/0 Comments/in /by

basic security measuresIf you have invested in rental property, it is very important to make it as safe and secure as you can make it. It is, after all, your obligation as landlord to keep not only your investment safe, but your tenants as well. Besides, you wouldn’t want to be sued by your tenants for neglect, would you?

By installing safety and security measures, your rental property will remain attractive to potential renters, and should keep your business going for a long time. Here are some safety and security measures you should provide for your rental property.

Read more

4 Signs Your Sewer Line is Clogged

/0 Comments/in /by

sewer line clogClogs are a pretty common problem for any home plumbing system. However, many home owners could not tell if that clog is just a regular drain clog or is actually a bigger and more problematic sewer line clog. While drain clogs are often solved using plungers and drain cleaners, a sewer line clog is much harder to detect and fix.

It’s extremely important to get a clogged sewer line fixed the moment you detect it, because it can ultimately cause raw sewage to back up the drains. That would cause water damage, not to mention pose a health risk for everyone in your household, as raw sewage is extremely filthy. To determine if you have a sewer line clog, here some signs to watch out for.

Read more

Create Focal Points in Your Home

/0 Comments/in /by

focal points in your homeEveryone wants their home renovations to come off as the work of a professional. Of course, this can be easily done by actually hiring a renovation design professional, but if that is not an option for you, you should at least employ certain techniques used by interior designers to make their work look great. Focus happens to be one of those techniques.

Read more

Basic Central Air Conditioner Maintenance

/0 Comments/in /by

Central Air Conditioner MaintenanceLike any machine, your central air conditioner needs to be properly maintained in order to perform at optimum capacity. On top of that, central air conditioner maintenance prolongs the unit’s life. Neglect central air conditioning maintenance, and you can only expect efficiency loss, breakdowns and eventually, enough damage to require replacement way before its time.

Maintaining your central air conditioner may sound like an intimidating task, but it can actually be done by any home owner who has enough DIY sense. If you’re thinking of going the DIY route in maintaining your central air conditioner, here are the steps you need to follow.

Read more

The Perfect Blinds For Your Home

/0 Comments/in , /by

For a long time, most homes depended on just curtains to add visual appeal to their windows. These days, however, many home owners go for blinds for various reasons. Aside from being even more aesthetic, blinds are also more practical in so many ways.

Aside from décor and sunlight control, blinds also provide you privacy. More importantly, blinds help your home become more energy efficient, especially during the summer when the scorching heat of the sun passes through your glass windows and makes your air conditioner work harder, which results in larger electricity bills.

If you’re thinking about switching to blinds, you need to know how to choose the perfect blinds for your home. To help you get started, here are the types of blinds that are available in Australia.

Read more

Tips To Avoid Encroaching On Your Neighbours

/0 Comments/in , /by

In general, buying or selling property is a fairly drama-free affair. That is, until your neighbour claims that you have encroached on his property. That is where all the fun begins. Actually, a friend has actually experienced this. He had a fence built around his newly bought house, only to find out later that his fence to the right actually sat on his neighbour’s property.

Lucky for him, it was just a simple fence. If the encroaching structure was anything bigger than that, it would have been a pretty costly proposition. You can only imagine how much of a hassle it would have been for him if the encroaching structure was a veranda or eaves that cross into the airspace of his neighbor. Even worse would be if the encroaching structure was a swimming pool that he has poured a lot of money into.

The thing is, property encroachment can actually be avoided before it happens. If you want to avoid encroaching on your neighbours, we’d like to share some tips in that regard.

Read more

Smart Ways to Boost Home Value

/0 Comments/in /by

ways to boost home valueLet’s say you’re planning to sell your home in the future, and you want to make sure you get a good price for it. So you start planning all these major renovations that would, in the end, cost a lot. However, you actually don’t really need to spend a fortune on renovation just to boost home value. There are smart ways of boosting your home’s resale value, and by smart we mean inexpensive.

These simple and cheap changes can certainly help increase your asking price, and potential customers will be more than willing to pay it. Here are some of the simple and inexpensive ways to boost your home’s resale value.

Read more

Turn Wasted Home Space Into Something Functional

/0 Comments/in , /by

No matter the size of your home, there will always be wasted space. There’s that space under the staircase, rooms that aren’t really being used, basements and attics that aren’t being maximised and cabinetry that wastes precious corner spaces. Whether your house is big or small, you need to reclaim whatever wasted space there is and make it useful.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of ideas on how to turn wasted home space into something functional. Here are some of them.

Read more

How to Make Your Relationship Survive a Renovation

/0 Comments/in , /by

For couples living under one roof, the idea of initiating a renovation project for their home together seems like a very romantic idea. After all, what could be more romantic than making your dream home come true by working with the person you love on it? Alas, a renovation project is not that simple. Exciting, yes, but easy, no. As a matter of fact, renovations could prove to be so stressful it’s not uncommon for couple to get into arguments or fights over the way they’re going. Some relationships may even suffer so much strain with the renovation that they eventually fall apart.

However, don’t let the preceding paragraph scare you if you’re a couple planning to get some renovation work done. Far more couples have survived a renovation than those that broke up. Here are some tips that we hope would help make your relationship survive a renovation project.

Read more

Why Proper Attic Ventilation Is Important

/0 Comments/in , /by

When it comes to making our homes more energy efficient, we often bury ourselves in doing things like installing ceiling fans, changing light bulbs to more efficient ones, installing programmable thermostats and sealing and insulating our homes that we often overlook the attic, which is one part of the house that is actually an essential part of the overall energy profile of your home.

Many home owners actually don’t realise that attic ventilation is so crucial to keeping your home warm during colder months and cool in the summer. In addition, attic ventilation also helps deliver fresh air throughout the home, giving us a lot of comfort and allows us to save money as well.

Read more