5 Homeowner Focused Apps Every Homeowner Should Download Right Now

 Homeowner Focused AppsGuest Blogger:  Abby Perkins

It seems like there’s an app for just about everything these days. With just a quick glance through the iTunes or Google Play app stores, smartphone and tablet users have their pick of thousands of apps for social media, multimedia, time management, shopping, and more. Many are well-made, useful tools designed to our lives easier or more convenient. Most can be downloaded for free or for just Read More


The New Modern Housing Amenities

Modern Housing Amenities

If you envy a friend’s remote-controlled bathtub or sleek porcelain flooring, or if you feel inadequate with nothing but a loose towel rod that spins, a home renovation may be necessary. So how should you take a worn-out, old home full of details that were once charming but are now outdated? The answer is HomeZada! Our home remodeling software is the brains to your stylish brawn. The polite thinker to your wild dreamer. This mobile and online solution is currently helping people to organize the most masterful renovations they can imagine. Turning dull, wallpapered houses into modern homes that are far ahead of the curve! Modern housing amenities could be yours.  Read More


They Can Do That? 7 Services You Didn’t Know Professional Organizers Provided

NAPO - Professional organizers

Guest Blogger:  Jill Banks of NAPO

When people think of the services professional organizers provide, de-cluttering closets, setting up filing systems, creating time management strategies, or designing custom garage storage systems typically come to mind. But professional organizers specialize in many different areas. And can help overcome a variety of organizing challenges faced at home or at work. Read More


10 Tips to Organize a Small Laundry Room

Laundry Room

Guest Blogger:  Francesca Holmes

The laundry room is one area of your home which is frequented on an everyday basis, and where you get a lot of household work done. With so much going on in one place, it is bound to get cluttered which can, sometimes, leave you overwhelmed. Whether it is the pile of dirty clothes, coats randomly thrown around, or soiled socks strewn about, they’re all eyesores. Read More


Give Your Home a Roof-Lift: 5 Tips for Replacing the Roof on Your Older Property

Replacing the Roof
Photo Courtesy: Renovate

You may love your roof just the way it is — those unique bumps and slopes and that special chorus of groans and rattles the rain makes. But I have to break it to you: Your roof is more of a long-term affair than a death-do-us-part marriage. So replacing the roof is a necessary but sometimes a tough thing to do.

The average lifespan of a roof is actually just 15 to 20 years and can be more or less depending on the material used and the conditions of the area you live in. So it’s important to carefully consider when and how you’re going to replace your roof, especially if you live in an older property.

1. Consider the season

The difficulty of installing a new rooftop is exacerbated in certain weather conditions. Snow or heavy rain will make your contractor’s job much harder — and probably more dangerous. But finding a string of days with a bright weather forecast and an eager roofer can be tricky. Because spring and summer are the most popular seasons for roof work, contractors will be busy and expensive. Taking your chances in the colder months might save you some pennies.

The average lifespan of a roof is actually just 15 to 20 years and can be more or less depending on the material used and the conditions of the area you live in. So it’s important to carefully consider when and … more