Recovering from a Home Fire

Home FireMy name is Tami Traeden, I live in Portland Oregon. I recently heard about HomeZada and quickly checked out the website because I suffered from a home fire.

My interest was strong based on my experience in 2008.  My husband and I were both home on a Sunday afternoon in November. Our home was a 100 year old craftsman which was quite drafty so I used space heaters often. I was upstairs in my office when I noticed the space heater was not putting out warm air. So, I had moved it to a new outlet in the room so I could be closer to the project I was working on. I did not think much of it until about 30 minutes later the power went out. My husband came upstairs to talk to me before going to the basement to check on the breaker box, when he glanced out the window.

What he saw forever changed our lives. Read More


It’s Grilling Season, Recipes You will Love

grilling season

Now that you cleaned your grill, it’s time to start grilling because we are in the midst of grilling season. We promised you some of our favorite grilling recipes and so here it goes. This grilling season, we hope you enjoy these recipes as much as we do and we hope your Memorial Day is fun filled! Read More


It’s Grilling Season, Cleaning Your Grill

cleaning your grillIt’s grilling season and what better way to get ready for the big weekend, but to get that grill all nice and clean. Cleaning your grill actually helps in a number of ways. First, your food will taste like the kind of food you want it to be, a chicken a chicken, a burger a burger, and so on. Second, by cleaning your grill, your food will not stick to the grill. Cleaning your grill will prevent your food from burning and you will be able serve beautiful food. Read More


7 Essentials for Selling Your Home

Selling Your HomeWhen it comes putting your home on the market, you need to ensure that you take care of the essentials for selling your home from the get-go. That said, here are some great tips on how you can make sure you go from “for sale” to “sold” in no time. Read More


Home Improvement Project Budgets, High Level and Detailed

Home Improvement Project BudgetsCreating budgets is a must for your home improvement projects. Creating home improvement project budgets will help everyone involved in your project understand the overall fiances. Home improvement project budgets provide a compass on when and how to proceed with your project. When planning a project, there are various aspects for budget considerations.  Read More