Despite the weather varying between neutral and pleasant, burst water pipe claims are on the rise. Clearly, it’s not just winter weather that warrants extra worry when it comes to taking care of your pipes. Most associate burst water pipes with colder weather and this mostly holds true. Typically, uninsulated pipes are prone to freezing […]
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Developer Richard Pender is a man who happens to love his parents. He found the perfect way to show his love by building them a modern home that is sustainable, accessible, and has the capabilities for adaptive reuse. Pender, based in the Northumberland area of Northern England, truly understands the meaning of form-follows-function. As a
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Any homeowner who has incorporated flagstone in home flooring and garden paving can attest to the aesthetic brilliance that the unique flooring has. Floors and pavements which have this type of flooring are a work of art. Not to mention its cost-effectiveness in the long run. However, there is much you need to know before
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If you are planning to carry out alterations to your home (or your neighbour is planning modifications to their home) that will affect a shared wall or boundary, it’s likely that you will have heard of the Party Wall Act. Introduced in 1996, this piece of legislation is designed to protect the interests of both
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If you’ve chosen Notting Hill as your next home in London, you couldn’t have picked a better place to live. When it comes to fashionable and desirable areas to live in London, Notting Hill is right up there among the best. Home to affluent trendsetters and full of bohemian glamour, the ‘village’ of Notting Hill
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Many of the major cities around the world continue to enjoy significant growth and with it comes new construction, and with this leads to an increased demand for new upgraded housing. For those who are interested in investing in the international market, this continued growth also represents a significant opportunity for profit. No matter where
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For decades, the default refrigerant of choice in HVAC systems was R-22. This refrigerant was a replacement for older CFC based gases, which were phased out because it was discovered that they were bad for the ozone layer. Sadly, as with many man-made compounds, it was later found that R-22 is not exactly environmentally friendly either,
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So, you have decided to take the leap of faith and move to another state. This might be discouraging, but the decision to pack up and move across the state borders is the easy part. Moving calls for careful preparation and proper planning so that the process can be crowned with the kind of success
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Foreign nationals, especially, the Australians and Chinese happen to be the biggest real estate investors for the nation. With an intention to control the rising prices of houses, the New Zealand government has now made changes in its law to ban foreigners from buying existing properties. On August 15, the New Zealand Parliament passed its
Compared to the last year, the Canadian real estate market has considerably slowed down. Experts suggest that the number of empty homes in the Greater Toronto Area is increasing rapidly. Most of the homeowners are on a wait and watch mode as they believe prices will come back to 2017 level after a few months.
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