Living in a community versus living in a house!
Sometimes living in a community like ours has advantages: the security systems, the clean courtyard, the friendly neighbors, early access to decent broadband, etc. But there are times when you…
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Would you rent out your house for vacation rentals?
Have you ever considered taking a vacation rental? I have, though I have never done it. If you can find a suitable place in a destination you want to travel…
Moving House or Staying Put?
It’s been a while since we moved house, almost ten years in fact. But my mother just moved house from the Highlands back to Edinburgh. Why? Well, I’m not too…
Term of the Day: Passive House
This is a house that uses absolutely no active heating systems to heat the house, but provides an even and comfortable temperature all year round even when the weather outside…
What products in your house contain Asbestos? Have you checked?
We use safety related products every day, we usually think of them as our friends: fire extinguishers, flooring, wall insulation, adhesive, shingles, sidings, fireproofing, fire blankets, brake pads… We almost…
Lighting Your House Is Your Business
If you have rented or bought a house from someone else, it’s likely you simply accepted the lighting units as they were when you moved in. I know I didn’t…
Highland Cattle Truck: Moving House!
About 30 years ago, my parents moved house to the Highlands of Scotland, where we spent a couple of years growing up. My parents ran a little grocery store in…
Moving into a bigger house: do you have any furniture?
Moving house is always difficult. Our friend and colleague, Terry, has just rented a bigger apartment in ChungHo and she had to pack everything into cardboard boxes, including her entire…
How’s Your House!?
Are you following the housing market in the UK? I found a very useful source of recent housing prices at the Financial Times. The downward spiral of prices seems to…