Windermere Blog | Category: Living

December 19, 2016

Make Your Home Safe for the Holidays

Posted in Living by Tara Sharp

With all the cheer and celebration at this time of year, it’s hard to believe anything bad could happen. However, statistics show there’s a significant increase in home-related accidents, fires, and burglaries around the holidays. To protect your family, friends and property, heed these six suggestions:
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October 31, 2016

Friend or Foe? How to Identify, Trap and Rid your Home of Ghosts

Posted in Living by Tara Sharp

How do you know when you have a ghost hanging out in your home? Signs include unexplained noises and voices, objects disappearing, electronics turning on and off by themselves, lights flickering, unexplained smells, or an uneasy feeling that you’re being watched. But how do you know for sure that it’s paranormal activity – and not the cat – causing these abnormalities?
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October 24, 2016

Make Your Move

Posted in Buying, Selling, and Living by Tara Sharp

Moving is stressful, whether it is across town or cross-country. Once you have closed on your house, the reality of packing, moving, and setting up a new home can become overwhelming. While no list can make a move “stress-free”, planning ahead and staying organized can help make your move a little smoother. Here is our list of tips:
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October 10, 2016

Childproofing: Protect Your Family and Your Home from Potential Hazards

Posted in Living by Shelley Rossi

While supervision is the best way to keep your children safe at home, you can’t watch them every second. Childproofing, to whatever degree you are comfortable, will go a long way toward keeping your littlest loved ones safe and healthy at home.
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October 06, 2016

Should I Move or Remodel?

Posted in Buying, Selling, and Living by Tara Sharp

There are a number of things that can trigger the decision to remodel or move to a new home. Perhaps you have outgrown your current space, you might be tired of struggling with ancient plumbing or wiring systems, or maybe your home just feels out of date. The question is: Should you stay or should you go? Choosing whether to remodel or move involves looking at a number of factors.
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September 27, 2016

Keeping Up with the Joneses: The Great Paint Debate

Posted in Living by Tyler Davis Jones

The vinyl siding of the 1942 Seattle Cape Cod fixer we purchased nine months ago had been sun bleached to the point of resembling a kind of soft lemon chiffon yellow you’d see on a cake your grandmother baked. Great for dessert, bad for today’s exterior home color. We wanted a charming, warm and inviting new exterior home color but were fearful about what it would cost to have a professional do it
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September 16, 2016

Here’s Your Fall Home Maintenance Checklist:

Posted in Living by Tara Sharp

Fall is an ideal time to tackle maintenance projects both inside and outside. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
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August 29, 2016

Relocating Your Home to Advance Your Career

Posted in Buying, Selling, and Living by Tara Sharp

Many of us dream of getting a better job. But when a promotion or new job opportunity comes with a request to relocate, the result can be very disruptive to your home life. There’s a lot to consider when making this kind of move...
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August 22, 2016

How the American Home has Evolved

Posted in Living by Shelley Rossi

Owning a home has been an American tradition from the start. But the home itself has changed dramatically over the years. For example, you may be surprised to learn how much the size of the average American home has increased since the turn of the 20th century—especially when you compare it to the size of the average family during the same time period.
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August 19, 2016

Why So Many Americans Are Either Upsizing or Downsizing

Posted in Buying, Selling, and Living by Shelley Rossi

According to two recent surveys that took industry watchers by surprise, many family homeowners are putting frugality aside and upsizing to new houses that average as large as 2,480 square feet (an increase of as much as 13 percent from the year before), and sometimes exceed 3,500 square feet in size.
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