Kevin wrote a blog on Monday morning. Monday afternoon, we had a plan to turn his blog into a major Christmas special production complete with snow, singing, and Santa. Two takes on Tuesday, a little editing, and by Wednesday morning the video was posted on YouTube and Facebook.
Thank goodness we are better at building houses that McNulty is at singing!
“Five stone veneers. . . ”
Merry Christmas from all of us at Lifestyle Builders!
As the summer comes to a close, many families are planning last minute vacations to escape the reality of fall around the corner. As you leave your home unattended, there are a multitude of things that can be done to protect your property. I have included a few I believe are key factors in protecting your home.
It is best to have your home look occupied. Buy a few timers and set certain lights to turn on throughout the evening. Lights typically deter burglars who are looking for dark entry areas. Be sure to either have a friend or family member collect your mail and pick up your newspaper; or call your post office and local newspaper and have them put on hold until you return. A pile up of mail or newspapers is a sure sign of your home being unoccupied.
Your valuables are called your valuables for a reason. Whether it is sentimental or monetary, nobody wants to part with their valuables. Either take them with you or leave them in a safe or safety deposit box.
Making sure you have set up a service or a friend to care for your yard while on vacation is very crucial to protecting your home. Leaving the yard unattended can give signs of a vacant property. In this market a burglar might even think that the home may have foreclosed, and is hoping to find belongings left behind.
I hope everyone finds these reminders helpful while planning your last minute getaways. Enjoy your last weeks of fun in the sun. Just remember the old saying. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
From an early age, humans are driven to find that little place of their own. A place of escape; of comfort and security. And they will create that place with whatever resources are available. A cardboard fort, a treehouse of scrap lumber, a pillow bunker. But, while their creativity is infinite and knows no bounds, how do the creations of these young builders and designers stack up in form and function? Over at the BuildLLC Blog, the editors take these structures to task in A Critical Analysis of Couch Cushion Architecture.
We’d love to see what the local young homebuilder community is working on. Email pictures of your children’s compositions to dcoughlin@lifestylebuilders.com, and we’ll post and critique a sampling of them. And who knows? Maybe one of them will be the inspiration for one of our future designs!
Who would have thought that creating a blog would be so complicated? You just type some words, hit post, and there it is on the internet for all to see. Well, eventually that’s what happens. But before that, there are meetings and consultants and bugs to work out. Now all that is behind us and we have a shiny new blog to share with you! We’ll have regular features like “Meet the Lifestylists” where you’ll get to better know the people behind the scenes of our homebuilding company. Or “On the Level,” where you’ll find all things construction, home maintenance, and DIY. And there will be lots of other surprises!
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