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Tips For Building Your Own Home
Builders have the expertise to construct your house, but only your creativity can make it into the home you desire. It is best to get expert advice when building your home and a seasoned architect should offer tips to help you make the best of your ideas while saving money. Although the builders will want [...]
Continue reading...Managing Your Mortgage In Tough Times – NHT Tip
6. November 2009
These are tough times. Sometimes you may feel trapped and depressed, especially if the bills are piling up. The National Housing Trust (NHT) does not want your mortgage payment to be one of those bills that cause you great distress. The NHT can work with you to help you remain a homeowner. Janet’s (not real [...]
Continue reading...Insuring Your Home
22. October 2009
There is no place like home and if you have acquired your own home then you may want to think about not only beautifying it but also preserving it as much as possible. There are too many instances in which persons lose property and life to natural disasters and other disasters such as fires. The [...]
Continue reading...A Mortgage Option That Makes Sense
12. August 2009
For those Jamaicans (and others) who own property in the U.S., you may already know that buying a home and looking for a mortgage loan is quite a stressful event. These days, mortgage lenders are becoming more apprehensive about granting loans, and if you have bad credit, it’s almost guaranteed that you won’t be successful [...]
Continue reading...Secure Your Property For The Hurricane Season
15. July 2009
Although we now are in the midst of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season, it is not too late to take the necessary precautions against being adversely affected by a hurricane. For six months of the year, we are held to ransom by these overpowering storms of nature which have the potential of dramatically changing our [...]
Continue reading...Elegant Home Decor
10. July 2009
If home is where the heart is, then there is no reason why your heart shouldn’t be in a beautiful, well decorated place. Elegant home decor is a must. Enhance the mood, feel and appearance of your home using a variety of products and services that are geared towards creating that perfect balance between elegance [...]
Continue reading...Where To Live In St. Ann?
9. July 2009
According to a recent report in the Gleaner newspaper, these are the best places to live in St. Ann: Upton – a nice, quiet residential area Selbourne Gardens – many beautiful houses Mammee Bay – offers many beautiful dream houses Plantation Village Shaw Park Gardens Richmond Village Vista Del Mar – an exclusive gated community [...]
Continue reading...Estate Planning Tools
6. July 2009
If you want your assets (including property) to be distributed in a certain way when you die, there are certain tools that you can use to ensure that your wishes will be carried out in the exact way that you have determined. Here are a few common / useful estate planning tools: A Will – [...]
Continue reading...How To Use Windows To Save Energy
2. July 2009
With the earth’s surface getting hotter, and energy costs rising, many discerning householders in Jamaica are trying to modify their homes to make them energy efficient, and their windows are a major part of this transformation. Increased temperatures result in a need for additional use of air conditioning, especially if a home does not have [...]
Continue reading...Zinc Roofing Tips
25. June 2009
Here in Jamaica (and many other third world countries) zinc is a cheap, effective and commonly used roofing method. Unfortunately however, zinc is particularly vulnerable to high winds, and with a brand new hurricane season upon us, we hope those of us who have zinc roofs will find these zinc roofing tips handy: Increase the [...]
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9. November 2009
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