Category: Home & Garden

flooring
Home & Garden

How Wood Flooring Keeps Away Pollutants and Allergens

It may not have occurred to you that health issues are relevant when choosing a floor or floor covering. The various materials and chemicals that enter into the picture can indeed impact your health and the well-being of your family. These issues cover everything from hygiene, constant sniffles, and the general air quality of your home environment. Bringing the baddies into your home Have you … Continue reading How Wood Flooring Keeps Away Pollutants and Allergens

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Home & Garden

How to prepare for the New Year’s Clear-Out: How much is it to hire a skip?

Whether you’re starting a new housing project for 2020 or decluttering your home to relieve yourself of the remains of the 2019’s festive period, a good old clear out can just be what you need to start 2020 with a fresh feeling.  With that, appropriate planning is required and whether you’re going to do all yourself or hire an expert, you still need to consider … Continue reading How to prepare for the New Year’s Clear-Out: How much is it to hire a skip?

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UPVC windows
Home & Garden

Why Are UPVC Double Glazing Windows So Popular?

The demand for UPVC double glazing windows continues to increase, and it’s no secret as to why. Double glazing windows themselves present homeowners with a wide range of priceless advantages, and when set within a UPVC frame, more benefits can be enjoyed. UPVC double glazing windows can improve the security, energy efficiency and overall appearance of any home. When seeking new windows, modern homeowners tend … Continue reading Why Are UPVC Double Glazing Windows So Popular?

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Why You Need a Land Surveyor for Your Development Project

If you’ve got a planning development project in the works, then you’ll need to get in contact with a land surveyor in Melbourne ASAP. This highly-trained yet largely under-appreciated professional plays an indispensable role in the construction process, and will probably be the first person on site. Read on for a little background information on what the land surveyor does and why you need one. … Continue reading Why You Need a Land Surveyor for Your Development Project

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Home & Garden

3 Simple Tips to Keep Your Concrete Driveway Looking New

While there are many people who disregard their driveways as things that are only really used to prevent tyres from unnecessarily dragging on the grass or gravel, there are actually many ways that you can use your driveway to spruce up the appearance of your property. Whether you are looking to increase the kerb appeal of your house or you simply want to make sure … Continue reading 3 Simple Tips to Keep Your Concrete Driveway Looking New

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CCTV camera
Home & Garden

8 Things You Should Not Overlook When Buying A CCTV Security System

Due to the advancements in technology and the sheer variety of home security systems on the market, it is easy for consumers to get confused. There are so many models, features, and whiz-bang gadgets out there, it’s little wonder the average homeowner has a hard time making sense of it all. So to help demystify the process of buying a CCTV system, we’ve put together … Continue reading 8 Things You Should Not Overlook When Buying A CCTV Security System

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social media and gardening
Home & Garden

The Link Between Gardening & Social Media

Due to the emergence of the internet and social media, finding the latest information regarding gardening has become considerably simple. Although many people still prefer being old-school and referring to their traditional collection of gardening books and magazines, it is still often mentioned that the availability of the internet has made life much easier for everyone. Instead of spending hours searching for the answer to … Continue reading The Link Between Gardening & Social Media

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CCTV
Home & Garden

Best Affordable CCTV Security Systems for the Home

Sadly, in many towns and cities, the rates of crime have increased. Whatever the reasons for this, the result is always the same: fearful people living in their own homes. So, what’s to be done about this situation when we can’t always rely on the police to be there for us? The answer is to enhance home security, and part of this is investing in … Continue reading Best Affordable CCTV Security Systems for the Home

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investment property
Home & Garden

What You Need to Know Before Buying Your First Investment Property

So, you’re thinking about getting started in the real estate investment industry? You’ve heard the wondrous stories of people making absolute fortunes flipping homes and turning them into goldmines. While it’s true that this is an incredibly lucrative business to get involved with, a lot of hard work and knowledge comes into play when it comes to making your fortune. Before you even think about … Continue reading What You Need to Know Before Buying Your First Investment Property

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Home & Garden

5 Ways to Avoid Commercial Locksmith Scams

Locking yourself out of your home or car is stressful enough in of itself. But if you get taken for a ride by an unqualified and unscrupulous scam artist, the experience can evolve from an annoyance into a nightmare. Known as the 24-hour locksmith scam, this fraudulent yet alarmingly common operation, could leave you out of pocket, by a significant sum. The good news is, … Continue reading 5 Ways to Avoid Commercial Locksmith Scams

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appliances
Home & Garden

How to eco-proof your home appliances

As the world becomes more environmentally aware, people have been increasing their efforts to protect the environment – starting at home. If you’ve been doing your bit to recycle your cans and plastics, cycling to work and making more of an effort to reuse your shopping bags, you’re already doing well, but what more can be done? A lot of advice for making your home … Continue reading How to eco-proof your home appliances

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Home & Garden

Five Ways To Ensure Logs Burn Brightly

The popularity of multi-fuel and log burning stoves continues to increase, here are five tips to ensure they operate to maximum efficiency with the wood burning brightly and emitting the maximum amount of heat to warm your home. Choose Hardwood Logs Hardwood, from trees that lose their leaves in the autumn, are superior to evergreen softwoods because the timber grows slowly and is more dense.  … Continue reading Five Ways To Ensure Logs Burn Brightly

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The rise of home entertaining

In Britain, there’s sometimes nothing we like more than a good old-fashioned chin-wag. However, it’s recently become apparent that we prefer to do so in the comfort of our own home. Reports showed that just over half of the UK’s adult population preferred to have guests come to their home to socialise. However, that number had risen to 75% by 2017. With two pubs on … Continue reading The rise of home entertaining

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