Identifying Your Homeowner Personality Here's how you can identify your homeowner personality. In fact, how you deal with homeowner tasks will be similar to how you handle other responsibilities. Proactive or Reactive - Do you like getting out in front of problems to take …
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Home maintenance isn't sexy but it's really important. When you do "preventive maintenance" you save time, money and headaches.
- Time - you decide when things get done so you can prepare ahead with the right tools and materials.
- Money - maintenance helps you avoid repairs and make fixtures last longer ... both saving you money.
- Headaches - a leaking roof of air conditioner failing in the middle of the night is never fun!
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Why & Where to Caulk Around Your Home
Caulking is a bit like magic, that you apply to your home to prevent costly home repairs. If water gets into your home’s infrastructure (roof, walls or floors), it can cause wood rot which is costly and time consuming to repair. The damp environment also encourages mold and mildew, which may …
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Juggling Home Ownership as a Busy Professional
You're proud of your professional accomplishments and don't mind working extra hours if needed. You realize that the same project management skills you've developed at work are key to juggling your varied roles, from work to family and home ownership. Maybe you're beginning to wonder when you'll …
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Home Maintenance Can $ave You Money
Home maintenance is like cleaning, very few people like to do it but it needs to get done! Hopefully you're smart, lucky or both, and you've got a great cleaning service, someone who cleans your house regularly so you can relax at home more. What I find hard to understand is why everyone things …
Vacation Homes, Vacant Homes and Winter
Vacation homes are wonderful during the warm summer months but what do you do when it gets cold? Vacation and vacant homes need to have the heat kept on with someone checking the house weekly to make sure everything is fine, or you have to drain the plumbing to prevent freezing pipes and the damage …
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