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5 Home Maintenance Costs That May Catch You Off-Guard
Don’t Be Surprised by These Home Maintenance Costs If you have recently purchased a home for the first time, you probably have budgeted for your mortgage, homeowners insurance, and furnishings for your home. However, there are even more expenses that you should be...
Preparing for a Home Inspection
If you’re in the process of selling your home, you know that an inspection will likely be requested before the deal is final. The home inspector will assess the current condition of the property, so you’ll want to make sure your home is in peak condition beforehand....
Grilling Safety Tips for Summertime Cookouts
Summer is a time for swimming, warm temperatures, playing in the yard, and cooking outside on the grill. Corn-on-the-cob, hamburgers, chicken, hot dogs, grilled veggies, and steaks are on the menu. If you’re doing the cooking, practice these grilling safety tips to...
4 Reasons to Order a Home Inspection for New Construction
Homebuyers often don’t think about ordering a home inspection on their newly built house since everything in the home is new. However, new construction may still have flaws. You can learn about building mistakes and material defects by getting a home inspection for...
Deck Safety Tips to Protect Your Pets and Kids
You take precautions inside the home to keep your kids and pets safe, and these same efforts should extend to your outdoor living areas. A deck is a convenient place for pets and children to spend time outdoors, however, every year people and pets are injured on...
Things to Know About Underground Oil Tanks
Heating oil was commonly used decades ago before natural gas and electricity became the preferred ways to heat homes. Fuel oil was stored in tanks in the basement, outdoors, or buried underground. Many older homes still have an underground oil tank, even if it is no...
4 Strategies to Prevent Mold Growth in the Home
Mold’s natural purpose as a fungus is to facilitate the natural decomposition process. Mold in a home can result in significant property damage. It may also cause health symptoms in a home’s occupants. Prevent mold growth in the home from becoming a problem by...
4 Essential Benefits of a Pre-Listing Home Inspection
When you get ready to sell your home, you want to have an edge over the competition, for your home to get noticed, and to be in a position to successfully negotiate with an interested buyer. While staging and preparing your home for sale, you can also take advantage...
How to Declutter Your Home
When you're surrounded by clutter in your home, it's tough to relax and have peace of mind. While it may seem overwhelming to tackle it all at once, follow these six tips on how to declutter your home and live a clutter-free life moving forward! 1. How to Declutter...
4 Common Wood Destroying Organisms Besides Termites
When it comes to common wood-destroying organisms, termites are typically what first comes to mind. However, there are other potential threats to be aware of. Discovering that your home has been infested by wood-destroying pests is devastating for a homeowner and the...
4 Things You Should Do To Prepare Your Home For Winter
Fall is the time to begin planning ahead for the approaching cold weather. Once the first snow falls, it will be difficult to perform cold weather preparations. There are four things you should do now to prepare your home for winter. 1. Service Your Fireplace For...
7 Ways to Prevent Household Plumbing Leaks
Leaks in your plumbing can be as minor as a drip from a supply line or as major as a broken sewer line flooding your house. Fixing these leaks after the fact can be expensive and inconvenient. Your best option is to take measures to prevent household plumbing leaks in...
Improving Indoor Air Quality: Use These 11 Methods to Breathe Easier at Home
Methods for Improving Indoor Air Quality You may have heard that the quality of the air in your home is likely two to three times worse than the air outside. The worse the air quality is inside your home, the greater the chance your family will be affected by...
What You Should Know About Termites In the Home
Facts about Termite Behavior and Signs There are many types of pests homeowners may have to deal with, but among the most damaging and troublesome is termites. Termites feed on wood and cause damage to the structure of your home. They often go unseen, however, there...
Learn How to Reduce Humidity in Your Home With This Guide
Humidity is uncomfortable, so it is only natural that you want it to go away. Normally, the body produces sweat to cool off as the air evaporates, but the humidity makes this hard. The mixture of heat and humidity makes your skin sticky. Humidity also promotes mold...
Best Tips for Home Swimming Pool Maintenance
As summer begins, most everyone looks forward to spending time in a swimming pool. What better way to stay cool on a hot day? However, before there can be any cannon balls or games of Marco Polo, the pool must be prepared so that it’s clean and safe for everyone to...
4 Easy Ways To Increase Your Home’s Energy Efficiency
As a homeowner, your monthly utilities are often a significant expense. Expensive energy bills take a toll on your monthly budget, but there are simple solutions to cut back on your utility bills and increase your home's energy efficiency. Below, you will find four...
How To Clean Gutters and Why It’s Important
Add Cleaning Gutters to Your Spring Home Maintenance List Now that spring is here it is time to perform some essential home maintenance tasks that you weren't able to do all winter. Having clean gutters is important for the health of your home. Gutters and downspouts...
How to Tell if You Have Mold In Your Home
Do You Suspect Mold In Your Home? Watch Out for These Signs Mold—just the word itself often causes anxiety in homeowners. A large, visible mold problem is bad enough, but mold may also hide under appliances and even within walls, making it far more difficult to...