Advice Articles - Page 2

Sometimes people can have too much rubbish that putting them in bin bags for the local council to take away is not practical. An example of this is when you are having a garden clearance and you have a lot of waste to throw away. Under such situations, you have 3 choices to get rid of the waste which are hiring a skip, using hippo bags...

There are many people who have managed to buy a starter home through this dreaded recession and for those who the next step is to start a family, help is at hand. As buying the essentials for a baby is expensive enough, I take a look at decorating tips for a nursery. Baby nursery decorating ideas If you are lucky enough to start with a...

The council does try to collect and recycle as much rubbish as possible but sometimes this is not enough and we may need to light a bonfire to get rid of some garden and domestic waste. The most common reason to have a bonfire is to burn down hedge trimmings, pruned trees and waste as sometimes it proves too much for the council to...

The modern way to watch TV nowadays is to hang it on the wall. The only problem with this is the unsightly cables that are visible below the TV. The solution to unsightly cables is simple - cable tidies. Cables tidies come in many different colours so it should be easy to disguise TV cables. Most cable tidies look like a thick flexible...

Having just recently given my kitchen and bathroom a makeover, I would like to share my tips to remove tiles quicker. How to get rid of old tiles? The first method I tried was by using a chisel and mallet. Some tiles came off quite easily whilst some others were stuck on inch by inch. It was much harder to remove the tile by using a...

Most people already know how to change a light bulb, but for those of you who don’t, follow these easy steps below. Preparing to change a light bulb First of all make sure the mains have been switched off to reduce the risk of electrocution. Then make sure the switch for the light you are about to change is also on the...

The mistake that I made when I was purchasing my first property was that I opted for a Home Buyers Report instead of the Basic Valuation that the lender normally does. This resulted in the lender asking me to do a Damp and Timber survey and to send the report to them afterwards. I wanted to be sure that nothing was wrong with the...