While The Cat’s Away, Install A Scratching Post

Sometimes it seems like we don’t notice all our home’s flaws until it comes time to sell. Because we live in our home every day, we become accustomed to dealing with minor annoyances, and tend to overlook the gradual accumulation of natural wear and tear. For those of us with pets, this wear and tear can be greatly accelerated.

While The Cat’s Away, Install A Scratching Post : 2:47 (697 words)

Odious Odors: The Olfactory Factor

I was recently showing a home, and the couple viewing it found the home’s smell quite unpleasant, so much so that I think it greatly influenced their decision not to consider the home for purchase even though it met all their criteria. The home itself was nice, although a bit older. However there was an overall aroma of dog, and each room seemed to have its own unique, and unpleasant, smell. The kitchen area smelled of stale grease. The “sunroom” smelled like it had been used for smoking cigarettes. The teenagers room had a particularly sour smell that could have been partly caused by old socks, but the psychedelic posters on the wall confirmed our suspicions that it wasn’t cigarettes being smoked in that room.

Odious Odors: The Olfactory Factor : 2:29 (622 words)

Creating the silent space: strategies for privacy on your property.

Many homeowners find that, while they like the convenience that society affords them and their families, that they do not like the lack of privacy that comes with living closely with other families. It can be difficult to effect changes in a place that is already built or where local zoning laws have to be circumnavigated before one can put up a fence. Plants are an effective solution to many privacy woes and here’s some ideas that you can use to put them to work for you.

Creating the silent space: strategies for privacy on your property. : 2:42 (677 words)

Isn’t that what giant pandas eat?

If you’re renovating your home to be environmentally friendly, especially in today’s environmentally conscious market, bamboo is one material you might want to consider. It is Earth’s fastest-growing plant, which makes it an exceptionally sustainable material. It is extremely versatile, being used to make durable flooring, cabinetry, countertops, utensils, furniture and tablewear. Despite this, it is not a “hardwood”. It is a grass that masquerades as a tree in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas starting in the southeastern United States and spreading all the way down to Chile.

Isn’t that what giant pandas eat? : 1:31 (378 words)

Smartening Up An Older Home For Profit

If you have just bought an older home with a view to renovating it and flipping it (a sort of slow flip at the moment!) then you will do your best renovating work if you have some respect for the homes’ original character.

Smartening Up An Older Home For Profit : 2:38 (660 words)

Revamp Your Bathroom in One Day

The minute the sun peeps out and warms up, we think of spring cleaning. Even untidy people can often look forward to flinging open the windows to the crisp spring sunshine and dumping out some junk prior to decorating!

Revamp Your Bathroom in One Day : 3:10 (790 words)

Move Over Granny! - Digital Kitchens

According to the latest trends in kitchens, most of us have a kitchen that is soon to be outdated! New fads are being introduced into the kitchen which could catch on.

Move Over Granny! - Digital Kitchens : 2:09 (536 words)

How Clean is Your Home?

How clean is your home? Unless you already own a ‘HEPA’ approved vacuum, it could be full of dust, dust mite feces (!), dead human skin, pollen, pet dander, bacteria, mold spores and viruses! An efficient vacuum cleaner is one of the best tools you can have if you or your family suffers from allergies.

How Clean is Your Home? : 2:12 (551 words)

Potential Hazards: Obstacles To A Quick Close

Not only do hazards in a home or on a property present health and safety risks, but they can also slow down a sale considerably. Nothing is worse than getting to a certain point in a real estate transaction, only to have the buyer discover a potential hazard. This is why full disclosure of every aspect of the property, right from the start, is the best course of action. If possible, problems should be brought to the Realtor’s attention even before the home goes up for sale. But what about when even the current homeowner doesn’t know about the hazards? That’s why a smart agent will do a bit of preliminary research.

Potential Hazards: Obstacles To A Quick Close : 2:47 (697 words)

Easy Payoff with Simple Upgrades

Sometimes home upgrades can seem a daunting task, and on many levels. In the worst case scenario they require vast amounts of time, energy, living disturbance and of course, money. But, there are some simpler approaches to upgrading your home in order to have it looking up to snuff for the real estate market and to, ideally, boost its market value. So, no need to fret. Just consider the following easy upgrades and see what might be manageable for you while you begin to prepare your home for sale.

Easy Payoff with Simple Upgrades : 3:35 (894 words)
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