Tips/Advice
Make Sure You’re Saving Money on Utilities
As a homeowner, you have a list of monthly costs that you have to account for. Those include your mortgage and homeowner’s insurance, which are likely fixed costs. You also have variable costs like utilities. The good news about these variable costs is that you can take steps to keep them low. By adjusting your…
Read MoreResolve to Take Better Care of Your Home
Resolve to Take Care of Home Maintenance Issues If you’ve got some outstanding home maintenance issues, your 2020 resolutions should start right there. Resolve to address any maintenance issues you know about. Whether that’s repairing a window frame, replacing a leaky fixture, or looking into energy-efficient appliances – home maintenance is vital to the long-term…
Read MoreDon’t Go Into the Attic! (Let Us Do It)
In horror movies, the attic is often where things start going wrong for the ill-fated homeowners. There’s always some sort of horrifying relic or haunt in the attic that soon unleashes terror on the rest of the home. The attic can be a real source fright for you too, but not because of ghosts or…
Read MoreHow to Prepare for Home Fumigation
Pests are pesky. It’s where their name comes from. The point of most pest control procedures is to keep pests from ever becoming a problem. Once pests take up residence in your home, it can be difficult to corral and remove them. This is especially true of pests that live in your walls and beds.…
Read MoreTrack Ants to Stop Them at the Source
Ants are one of the most annoying pests of all. While they may not pose a serious health risk, they can still overwhelm your kitchen and ruin your food stores. Thankfully, you can track ants to stop them at the source of their entry. You may be a world-class hunter that can track an animal…
Read MoreHow to Rid Your Home of Irritating Gnats
They don’t suck your blood or bite you in your sleep. They don’t leave dangerous droppings in your attic or eat away at your home’s foundation. And yet, gnats and fruit flies are one of the peskiest pests around. Clinging to your produce and hiding in your coffee maker, they propagate over night and seem…
Read MoreDon’t Let Your Home Inspection Become a Bother
Whether you’re selling your current home or moving into a new place, the entire process can feel cumbersome. The details and mountains of paperwork can dull the excitement of the experience. You’ve got to eliminate headaches in any place that you can. A home inspection, while minute on the surface, is a vital part of…
Read MorePut Your Bed Bug Fears to Rest
You’ve got plenty of things to keep you awake at night — a mortgage, kids, noisy neighbors — so the last thing you need is a pest hampering your sleep cycle. That’s the exact problem bed bugs present however. These parasitic pests can hide out in mattress cracks and crevasses and bite you when you’re…
Read MoreHow to Stop Pets from Bringing In Pests
Pests take advantage of any way into your home that presents itself, and many times, that means hitching a ride on household cats and dogs. Besides the health risks that some bugs can pose to your pet, especially ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes, other pests can also find a way into your abode if you’re not…
Read More3 Tips to Pest-Proof Your Home
Every season, it can seem like there’s a new swarm of pests to protect your house from, but the battle doesn’t always have to be an uphill battle. Controlling an infestation can seem overwhelming, but the truth is that there are several things you can do to protect your home from the most common pests.…
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