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Create a Home Inventory in a snap

Buy & Sell, Garden & Outdoors, Improving, Moving, Practical Advice, Property News, Selling

It's sensible to have a list of everything in your home in case you are faced with sudden catastrophe, or even just the theft of a few items. If your home was destroyed by fire or flooding, how could you remember all the possessions that…

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Make your house immune to pests

DIY, Improving, Landlords, Practical Advice, Property News, Rentals

A house becomes a wonderful place to live in once all the impurities are over. The impurities in a house can be bad respiration system, lack of clean and tidy environment and insects. Focusing further on the pests we come to know that having pests in…

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Safe methods for asbestos removal during home renovations

Build & Renovate, Buy & Sell, Buying, DIY, Eco Build, Extensions & Renovations, Garden & Outdoors, Improving, Moving, Practical Advice

Many people choose to purchase older homes and do the renovation work themselves. Asbestos was once used for insulation, fireproofing and soundproofing in older homes. This material can cause a number of diseases, including asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer. Using safe methods and equipment…

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Overlooked home security system factors

Improving, Practical Advice, Property News

Most homeowners picture a home security system that monitors windows and doors. When a window or door is opened, the system either sets off an alarm or notifies authorities (or in some cases, both). What they don’t consider is the fact that there are…

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Don't let fire ruin your Christmas celebrations

Practical Advice, Property News

WITH fires lit, cooking more common and electricity in greater use due to the likes of lights on trees, Christmas is a time when you need to be most aware of fire risks. Undoubtedly, Christmas is a time of celebration and joy but some…

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Granite Paving

Garden & Outdoors, Practical Advice

It is well known that the proof of the pudding is in the tasting and when it comes to paving with natural granite, the proof of quality is always in the finish. Although available in a range of colours, granite paving is a premium…

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Optimise your property’s sales potential

Garden & Outdoors, Practical Advice

Everyone is aware how the current difficult economic conditions have severely impacted on the housing market. The property market is struggling with fewer buyers, abundance of choice and prices continuing to fall. Selling in these market conditions must clearly be very difficult. However having decided…

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Garden Skills

Garden & Outdoors, Practical Advice

Planting Garden compost Vegetative propagation Seed Sowing Digging Drainage Ground preparation Skill: Planting Preparation for planting: Dig the ground, break up lumps and remove large stones to make it easy for the plant roots to grow out into the soil. The addition of organic…

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Pest Control

Garden & Outdoors, Practical Advice

Plants are food for many types of animal - from microscopic eelworms to large mammals - but very few of these could be called pests. Unless an animal causes damage great enough to destroy the feature for which the plant is grown, it cannot…

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Planning your small garden

Design Inspiration, Garden & Outdoors, Practical Advice

You've just moved into your first home and are toying with the idea that the garden should be as much of a showpiece as your new house - or after years of looking out into an urban wilderness or your children's muddy and scarred…

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