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The Most Common December Pests and How to Stop Them?

When temperatures drop and winter sets in, many pests begin searching for warm places to hide. Unfortunately, that often means moving into homes, garages and workplaces. December might feel too cold for insects and rodents to be active, but it’s one of the busiest times of the year for pest control callouts. Understanding which pests are most common at this time of year, and knowing how to deal with them, can help protect your home and stop infestations before they become serious. This guide explains the top December pests, why they appear, and the steps you can take to prevent them....

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4 tips for creating a fun children’s bedroom

Unlike adult bedrooms, children’s bedrooms are not just a place for sleep, but also play, so to help them enjoy the room to its fullest potential, it’s worthwhile to give it a cool makeover that displays their personality and inspires their playtime. To help you out, we’ve created this list of four tips to create your child’s dream bedroom.

Choose a Theme

This is an important first step because it will influence the décor in the rest of the room. Will it be all bright colours or pastels? Will there be cartoon characters painted on the wall or pictures of...

Picking Your Ideal Dining Table

When it comes to picking out the ideal dining table for your home, you need to make sure that you’ve got the best possible choices. The dining room table is an essential part of any home. It’s a place for you and your guests to sit down and enjoy a meal. However, if you’re going to make this a reality, you have to be prepared to go out and pick the best dining room table for your specific needs.

You do have a couple of different things that you’ll need to keep in mind when it comes to picking out the ideal table, but there are three things in particular that you really should...

Benefits of Led Strip Lights

Due to their versatility and lightweight size, LED strip lights, often referred to as LED tape or ribbon lights and have become extremely prevalent. They are progressively used in the fields of housing, commercial and health care, in addition to being the most attractive choice for display purposes.

A compact circuit board with LED strip lights is deployed on a frequent basis on a strip with several small individuals' LED sensors. They are fitted for peel-and-stick mounting in variable sizes and dimensions with self-adhesive tape. This helps users to conveniently mount or connect...

6 Tips for Maximizing Your Sleep Environment

Ideally, your bedroom should be your sanctuary. This is the place where you go at the end of the day to finally put your feet up and let your hair down—literally. But if your bedroom is cluttered, messy, too brightly lit, or contains a desk loaded with paperwork—you might find that your bedroom isn’t the sleep sanctuary that it could be.

So what kind of changes can you make to a bedroom to make space all about sleep and relaxation?

Sleep experts tell us that any bedroom can become a sleep sanctuary with a little thought and care. But first, you might have to make a few...

Work underway to develop 380 new homes at Pinhoe Quarry

Work is progressing to build 380 new homes at Pinhoe Quarry, Exeter.

The South West’s largest housing provider, LiveWest and leading partnerships business, Vistry Partnerships, have joined forces once again to develop a scheme for the 32-acre site, building on their collaborative portfolio of new homes across the South West.

It is hoped the first homes will be ready to move into during autumn this year.

The development has been named Harrington Park, nodding to the well-known area of the suburb and the design, which incorporates open green space, play areas and...

Redrow Homes launches new plots at Romansfield development.

National Housebuilder Redrow have released plots on phase two at its Romansfield development based in the traditional Devon market town of Okehampton, Devon.

Phase two of Romansfield currently offers a range of three and four -bedroom house types, available from £298,955.

Located just a mile from the town centre with easy access to a range of local amenities, and within easy reach of the beautiful Dartmoor National park, the development offers a perfect combination of country living and town amenities.

The new plots include three-bedroom homes, The Warwick, which...

Ways you can add value to your home on a budget UK

This article aims to show you some simple ways you can use to increase your home value by thousands of pounds. With the rise in the house price this year across the United Kingdom, you might be willing to sell your home for a high price and make great returns.

The process of making additions and renovations in a bid to add value to a home is called home improvement. Homeowners can make home improvement on the exterior and interior of a house. It can be challenging to know which home improvement to engage in because not every renovation and remodelling project can guarantee huge...

Why You Need a Circuit Breaker at Home

In the fields of power and hardware, mishaps can happen any place and cause harm to schools, structures, mechanical plants or workplaces. These mishaps can be evaded by introducing circuit breakers that will control abrupt expansions in voltage and current. In an electrical association, flow courses through an electrical switch box, which is isolated into a few circuits.

To control the progression of power, circuit breakers can be worked consequently or physically. Without an electrical switch, the danger of electric stun, stun and fire can be brought by electrical issues...

Storm warning – flooding can invalidate both car and home insurance

With two months’ rain forecast to fall in 36 hours, a leading insurance comparison website is warning policy holders to be aware what their insurance policies do and do not cover for their home and cars.

Storm Christoph will sweep England and Wales from Tuesday, bringing up to 20cm of rain in places. Large areas of already saturated land and melting snow will push up river levels and increase flood risks.

In response, The Environment Agency has issued more than 120 flood warnings across England and Wales.

Quotezone.co.uk says motorists with fully-comprehensive car...

How to sell your property for more cash

One of your most cherished possessions is your house you live in. You have probably built so many beautiful memories here together with your family. This is where you find solace and comfort when the outside world becomes too overwhelming. And you have also invested a lot of time, effort, and money to make it the home you have always wanted. But now, you may be planning to move somewhere else for various reasons. Maybe the children are all grown up and living their own lives, which means too much space for you to manage. Or you and the family are thinking of setting up residence in a new...

Homes & Gardens

The Most Common December Pests and How to Stop Them?

4 tips for creating a fun children’s bedroom

Picking Your Ideal Dining Table

Benefits of Led Strip Lights

6 Tips for Maximizing Your Sleep Environment

Work underway to develop 380 new homes at Pinhoe Quarry

Redrow Homes launches new plots at Romansfield development.

Ways you can add value to your home on a budget UK

Why You Need a Circuit Breaker at Home

Storm warning – flooding can invalidate both car and home insurance

How to sell your property for more cash

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