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First-Time Buyer’s Guide to Home Maintenance

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Congratulations, you’ve purchased your first home! In the hustle and bustle of moving in, it’s easy to overlook routine home maintenance tasks. We know reading that might have been a bit daunting, but don’t worry, most of these tasks take a few minutes or a quick call to a professional! Take a deep breath and enjoy this home maintenance guide for first-time home owner. 1. Clean your Garbage Disposal Pour a cup of vinegar into an ice cube tray and freeze it. Once the cubes are frozen toss them in the disposal and turn it on. The vinegar will dissolve the scum build-up and the cubes scrub the blades and drain. You’ll want to repeat this two to three times per year to keep your disposal smelling fresh and running properly. 2. Check your Crawl Space for Water This isn’t the most glamorous job, but it’s important! We recommend grabbing a Tyvek suit from your favorite home improvement store to make it a little easier on you. Suit up, grab a flashlight, and crawl under your house. Pa...

Benefits Of Renovating Bathroom In Your House

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Kitchen and bathroom renovations are some of the most common remodeling projects that Melbourne homeowners take on. These spaces get a lot of use and are important parts of every home. Even if you have a nice, up-to-date kitchen, it ’ s important not to ignore your home ’ s bathrooms. Here are the top benefits of bathroom renovation and how Kitchen and Bath can help. Enjoy A Newly-Updated Style You have to admit that it would feel great to have a nice, new bathroom. From stylish and updated plumbing fixtures, a new bathtub and shower, to soothing paint colours and beautiful natural stone or tile, walking into a beautiful bathroom is a wonderful way to start and end each day. Imagine: you walk across sparkling new tile floors and open the floor-to-ceiling glass door of your brand new steam shower. After you turn on the brushed nickel shower handle, you move across the room to turn the lights up with the press of a button, analyzing yourself in the beautifully-framed mirror th...