Archive for March 2018
Watch out! Spider Invasion Hits Adelaide
REDBACKS, huntsman and white-tailed spiders are “extremely prevalent” in homes across the northeast this summer and early autumn due to good breeding conditions. And there’s good news and bad news about your chances of getting a nasty bite. The bad news is that most white-tailed bites happen indoors because they like to nestle among towels…
Read MoreThings To Know About Home Inspections
You’ve fall in love with the house as soon as you saw it, you’ve put in an offer, and good news! Your offer has been accepted. For most home buyers, a contingency on their offer of a home includes a completion of a home inspection. This is the time during the home buying journey where…
Read MoreHome Truths about Renting a House in Melbourne
Renting in Melbourne, especially at the lower end of the market, you get to be exposed to unscrupulous landlords, uninterested agents, and a system that is heavily geared towards the owners. At the commencement of one lease, we had rented a van, filled it with all our worldly goods and driven one and a half…
Read MoreSurprise Housing Hotspot of Australia
Tasmania is the new property hotspot of Australia, according to a new report. The Apple Isle capital Hobart recorded the strongest market conditions over the past year in terms of value growth compared to all other state capitals. The city’s suburb of Mornington (approximately 7kms from the Hobart CBD) recorded the shortest days on market…
Read MoreAvoid Bringing Bed Bugs Home From Your Vacation
Carrying bed bugs back home with you after travelling could lead to a bed bug infestation in even the cleanest home. The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit want to make sure you take the proper steps to avoid bed bug hitchhikers while travelling:
Read MoreDealing with Termites
Termites are a destructive pest. It’s important to have regular and thorough inspections of your home to detect the early signs of termite activity and infestation. However, finding a reliable and experienced pest manager can be hard to come by, and promising credentials don’t always guarantee they are reliable. Here we’ll tell you what to…
Read MoreBed Bugs Are Pooping Histamine Into Our Homes—and Possibly Making Us Sick
There are few living things on earth that can set our nerves more on edge than the aptly named bed bug (Cimex lectularius). Even if you’ve never had the displeasure of being their unwilling blood bank, you probably know someone who has. Since at least the 1990s, bed bugs have started to resist the pesticides we’ve long…
Read MoreTips for Dealing with Clothes and Pantry Moths in Your Home
Clothes moths and pantry moths can be a real pest when they start eating your woollens and getting into your flour. They are commonly found around the home — and even Canberra’s Parliament House isn’t exempt. The Department of Parliamentary Services this month issued an alert to all Parliament House staff, declaring the house on…
Read MoreThe Golden Rule when Looking for a Property to Buy: There will Always be Another House
Panic when you’re in the process of buying property and you can potentially make the biggest, most expensive mistake of your life. So says former psychologist Peter Quarry who has been through the buy/sell/buy cycle eight times since purchasing his first Melbourne property for $32,000 in 1982. “That’s a lot of experience,” he says, “especially…
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