Elegant Simplicity
Elegant Simplicity
In an article for the website Domain, Jason Dowling talks about the really harmful impact of rising sea levels on waterfront properties. The threat against coastal communities is just so real, with the possibility of sea levels rising by 0.74 metres by the turn of the century. Just just as post and building inspection is significant, climate change inspection should also be made a norm, argues Dowling.
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A flooded basement is always a frustrating situation to many homeowners. What you do next is like a call of truce in utterly chaotic times. Does any bit of strategy help? Yes. I firmly believe so.
I agree that a flooded basement is close to the worst call you can take. You can still live with leaking kitchen sinks and perforated ceilings- but flooded basements, really, who wants that?
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You must have heard of the adage – Rome was burning; Nero was fiddling. This is a metaphor for the fact that there were no smoke alarms in those days and Nero never knew when Rome caught fire (all right, the context was slightly different). The crux of the matter is that without an active and efficient smoke alarm, you will never know when the embers hit you. So beat it and go for a smoke alarm check on a monthly basis.
Bushfire safety has always been a strong issue for discussion, but somehow, we Australians never had the nerve and wit to tackle the elements. Now, thanks to a spate of information and a new-found energy, we can venture to give it a stuff fight, the first step towards achieving success. Here is how we should defend our homes against bushfires.
New South Wales has taken an appreciable initiative in order to offer home owners more security. Reflecting on the acute statistics of number of children drowning in swimming pools every year, the state government has made it mandatory for owners and contractors (of new unsold houses) to get a ‘certificate of compliances’ for the pool.
I have this friend’s daughter who got married pretty recently and shot off to the most coveted trip- her honeymoon. Everything was just so brilliant about the idea except for the fact that she announced it boldly, unabashedly and perhaps in an over-the-top way on Facebook (Facebook and Twitter are our constellations today and thanks Lord that Twitter is a Microblogging site where posting details is tougher).
So to come back to the narrative, the beautiful couple posted each and every detail about the trip on the Social Media behemoth.
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Rats, Mice, Carpet beetles, Possums…..you already know what I am hinting at. One of them or someone else from the “animal pest” category must have given you a hard time some time or other. Not only do they play with the integrity of the residential structure, they also cause a lot of hassle to our day to day activity.
Great news then that we are not short on smart methods of pest animal control either! Let us take a look.
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“Children see magic because they look for it” but their exploration and yearning for magic sometimes takes them to places we would not want them to go near. Take flyscreens for example. Australia has already witnessed its fair share of deaths when it comes to children toppling over from windows.
So what do you do in order to prepare your home for children? I mean make it really safe for them. Let me take you through a few tips I learnt in the great school called Life and those that I picked up from association with my clients over last many years.
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