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Some Tips for Your Garage Gym Conversion

Are you considering a garage gym conversion to finally make good on that New Year’s resolution ? Turning your carport into a dedicated fitness space is a great way to bypass the membership fees and queuing that come with going to the gym. Enacting this transformation is a great way to elevate the value of your home, while also using your dusty garage for something useful.

However, a garage and gym have a lot of differences before you put the work in. This blog offers some essential tips so you can convert garage to gym space, including picking the right flooring or making clever...

7 Clever Home Upgrades That Will Add Value to Your Home

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Thu, 03/12/2020 - 12:34pm

Homeowners who are looking to either sell their homes or just add value to it can benefit from a few upgrade tips. Real estate market values are skyrocketing by the minute and there are so many high ROI improvements and projects you can do on your property to not only increase your home’s value but also enhance your home’s comfort.

The key, however, is knowing the right home improvements and upgrades to make that can increase its value. This is because some improvements can be well, too expensive for your budget allocation. In addition to this, it may also be that your home doesn’t...

How to create the perfect student rental property

So you’re thinking of moving into student property, as you’ve heard that there is amazing potential for building a high monthly income. In Exeter, with such a vast student population, there is a constant need for more student housing, particularly well-designed and perfectly placed accommodation.

The fact is that if you opt to buy property in Exeter, you have a good chance of successfully turning it into a student rental property. Of course, to give yourself the best chance of success, there are a number of factors to consider.

Keen to know what it takes to achieve success...

7 tips for deciding where to put your garden shed

If you’ve decided that you want a garden shed, the biggest question will really be where to put it -ignore the smart alec who said, “in the garden”. This will depend on a number of factors, from what you wanted to use the shed for to what material your shed is made from to your current garden layout.

  1. What are you using the shed for?

If the shed is simply going to be used for storing your garden furniture during winter or as a place to keep all garden equipment and household tools away from little hands, then it might not matter where you place it.

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Environment-Friendly Methods To Eliminate Efflorescence

As much as environmentalists can be pressing at times, they often make very valid points. Humans are doing so much damage to the world around them, and we need to do something about it. If we don’t change our ways, it is almost a certainty that our children will not have an inhabitable world to live in. At this rate, too much damage will have happened in the years to come for us to repair. This is why it is important that we try to take as many precautions as possible in our daily lives. A good example of that is dealing with efflorescence, which needs to be done using environmentally...

Are Natural Calamities Covered By Homeowner's Insurance?

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Thu, 03/05/2020 - 10:51am

If there is one certain thing about life, it is the fact that nothing is certain. While that might sound a bit too philosophical, it is an unfortunate truth. It is also why you need to always be on guard because you stand to lose so much if you’re not. As the saying goes, you should always hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. The most obvious example of that is taking out insurance policies, even if you think you don’t need them since you can never really be sure. But do insurance policies have you covered if anything happens? If you have a homeowner’s insurance policy, would it...

5 future modern kitchen appliance that you can buy right now

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Tue, 03/03/2020 - 11:27am

Smart appliances are at the highest priority on the rundown for 2017 kitchen redesigns. Including a couple of these astounding appliances and devices to your kitchen will expand the estimation of your home just as make it progressively alluring to a younger, more educated market loaded with buyers. Not selling? Smart appliances will build your solace whether you're simply spending time with family at the morning meal table, or engaging a group!

Kitchen revamping may appear overwhelming in the beginning but if you take one task at a time and do in-depth research about it, it gets...

Facts About HVAC Systems That Might Interest You

The Heating, Ventilation , and Air Conditioning industry isn’t always the coolest but can be quite rewarding if you plan to become an HVAC tech . Here are some facts, some are fun, some are functional, but all hold some key information that you might find interesting, especially if you are a homeowner.

Father of Air Conditioning

1902 is when the first air conditioning unit was put to use. Willis Carrier designed the first air conditioning not for cooling your homes but for his publishing house. He designed it to create a convenient indoor atmosphere for his books and...

4 Small DIY Tasks to Brighten up your home this spring

Spring is a time of fresh starts and new beginnings , and refreshing your home is a great place to start. With the opportunity to cast open your windows and enjoy that first fresh spring breeze fast approaching, here are four easy ways to shake off the winter gloom in your home.

4. A lick of paint

A change of colour scheme or even a fresh coat in an existing colour really helps to breathe life into your home. It lets you patch up any dings and marks your walls may have sustained during any of those festive gatherings whilst giving you scope to even change the colour scheme...

Why Quieting Your Home May Benefit You

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Sat, 02/22/2020 - 10:39am

Day in day out, most of us are bombarded with noises and distractions from various sources all day long. But unbeknownst to many, this can have a significant negative impact on their life, health, and wellness. From triggering stress to disrupting your sleep and affecting your concentration, a noisy home can wreak havoc in your life in quite a number of ways.

While there’s little you can do to prevent noise pollution in the streets, outdoors or your workplace, there are a few ways you can promote quietness in your home, some of which will be covered a bit later on this article. If...

What is a fitted kitchen?

There is a popular saying that goes, “home is where the heart is.” This is true mainly because of a number of reasons, with the first and most important being that home is where families come together and spend quality time with each other. It is also a safe haven for most, where one can relax and just be themselves and let loose after a long day's work or a semester away at school. Thus, it is important that all the rooms in one’s home be a space where a person is fully comfortable and thus be content and happy.

If you want to buy a home, for instance, one of the steps that you...

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