South Carolina is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing states in the southeastern United States. The reasons cited most often include easy access to services, high-quality public schools, safe neighborhoods, and affordable cost of living. Of course, South Carolina is a big place. You may be asking yourself, "that sounds nice and everything, but where exactly are people going?" That's a great...
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Everyone is familiar with AirBNB. If you haven't tried the service, it's a great alternative than staying in a hotel, apartments for rent or motel. It can be particularly helpful when you visiting a city or town that doesn't have an adequate supply of lodging. Many of you may own rental property and probably have considered using AirBNB , or already are using the platform. But we are here to...
Have you noticed cracks in your walls? Is your wallpaper crinkling at wall or ceiling joints? Are your doors or windows sticking? If so, then there’s a good chance your property is suffering from subsidence. Subsidence is a major problem, affecting thousands of homes across the UK. However, if spotted early, measures can be taken to save your home from permanent damage. In...
Who exactly is providing the volts that power your lights, charge your smartphone, and lull you to sleep to the sweet sounds of a white noise machine or fan? Presumably not a tank full of eels or a cellar of elves. Who would have supplied your electricity a decade ago? Your electricity would have been supplied by one of the so-called Big Six which dominated the UK’s energy market since...
If you have just purchased a new home, then congratulations are in order! It’s a wonderful feeling to finally get into the house after all the hassle with getting the mortgage, dealing with realtors and inspectors, obtaining insurance, and all the rest. However, it can be easy to overlook a few important things in the process, including the need to work with locksmiths to change your door locks....
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) real estate market has become one of the most sought after in recent times. It is certainly one of the most popular Middle Eastern investment opportunities for Western investors. When you look at the raw statistics, it isn’t too hard to understand why. While there are some, often striking, differences between Eastern and Western cultures, the UAE has a reputation as an...
With times being hard and everyone looking for ways to reduce their monthly bills, finding ways to make additional money from your properties makes a lot of sense. Create a Rental RoomThe most obvious way of making money from your property is to rent it out. If you have another property you can go and live in, it makes sense to be making money from whichever property you aren’t currently occupying....
The poor old traditional dining room has suffered somewhat of an identity crisis of late.With so many contemporary home designs focussing on the kitchen / meals area, many dining rooms have been left to wilt from neglect. With the recent renewed interest in the dinner party raised by numerous television shows, many people are now dusting off the silverware and resurrecting the art of fine dining. ...
If you’re getting ready to sell a house, or improving it with a view to adding value, you’ll be thinking in terms of how much money you could get for it, but did you know that by investing a bit first, you could get substantially more? By taking some time to fix the place up and by spending $500 to $3,000, you could increase your sale price by $5,000 to $15,000, giving you more money to spend...
Home office basics These days working from home is more popular than ever. The cost of living has risen considerably and with the cost of living going up constantly day in day out which has resulted in more need for a higher income to keep the cash coming in. Most family environments (two person families plus kids) now are turning to both parents working to bring in enough...