Storing all of the things needed to keep a home can mean using a large amount of free space. Free space which many homes don’t have, or even if it is available perhaps you don’t just want to allocate it to storage.
In this post we’ve outlined some great ideas on where to keep those household items.
Shelving is a great way to use wall space to hold your items. Individual shelves and shelf units can be put anywhere in the home. For wall mounted shelves be sure to use the correct fittings and brackets and aim to install it on a solid wall instead of a partition.
Perhaps some standard boxes would serve your needs. Available from Homebase.co.uk are a range of cardboard box solutions. Available in sizes 36L, 54L and 96L, these sturdy and stackable boxes can hold any household goods.
Looking after a property can be strenuous. The list of tasks which need to be carried out yearly and monthly can stack up uncontrollably if left to their own devices.
Here is a brief overview of what needs to be done when looking after a property. For new home owners especially, this list could have some points you may of overlooked.
Monthly:
Clean kitchen sink waste disposal. Inspect and possibly change filters in air conditioning units. Change range hood filters. Inspect any fire extinguishers you have.
Quarterly:
Test smoke alarms. Make sure the garage door auto-reverse is functioning correctly. Run water and flush toilets if they are not regularly used. Check water softener and add salt if required.
Biannually:
Test the boilers pressure valve. Give the house a general deep clean. Replace batteries in smoke detectors. Vacuum refrigerator coils.
A general list, but may cover some areas you may not of thought of.
Painting the outside of your house can be a big job, but just adding a splash of paint on your front entrance door, garage door and guttering can make your property look a lot nicer. Whether you want to make your property ‘pop out’ a little bit, or you’re just looking to repaint those external elements, choose a colour and run with it.
You can create a nice theme if you match your front door with your garage and guttering, while wooden window frames can look really nice if they’ve been painted carefully. It can seem off, but a few tins of paint can increase you home’s value, and it’s certainly a job worth doing if you’re looking to place it back onto the property market in several month’s time.
There are many different home improvements that cna increase the value of your property, and you should start with the first impression. If the outside of your property is exhausted, with damaged brickwork, cracks, stains, window and door marks and damaged roofing tiles, then you may want to get each of these aspects fixed.
Painting the outside of you property and putting up hanging baskets, flowers pots and new doors and windows can all help. There are so many small details that can make a property look nice on the outside, and if your place is in tip top shape inside, you can increase the price of your home.
Don’t expect minor changes to increase the value by 20 percent or more, because location, rooms and room size will always have be big contributing factors to the costs, but small improvements do work, and they’re certainly worth doing.
There are plenty of deciding factors when it comes to finding out how much your house is worthy. One of the main deciding factors is location. The television show ‘location, location, location’ wasn’t called that for any particular reason.
A one bedroom studio flat in the centre of London could cost the same as a large four bedroom property in the town of Northampton. That’s how significant location can be. The number of rooms is another big factor, but extra bathrooms, larger areas and more variety of rooms will also increase the price.
Another aspect is the garden. It’s not always the first thing people look for but having a large garden essentially means you have the potential to expand the property, and this is a positive factor for prospective buyers. It means that you can grab the interest of developers or renovators and there are always companies on the lookout for properties that poses extension potential.