First Things You Should Do in Your New Home

August 23, 2011 by  

Summertime is moving time for a lot of people. If you have plans to move into a new house this summer these are a few items that you should take care of first.

Change all the Exterior Door Locks

It does not make a difference if the old owner tells you they have given you every key and nobody else has one. You will never know for sure! Its possible a dishonest contractor was given a key to get in to do work and made a copy. Have all the exterior door locks changed and keyed so that one key will fit them all. To change the locks, you can take the locks to a local hardware stock and have them done or have a locksmith come to your home, which can be pricey. If they are older, it might be a good time to replace them entirely for better security.

Have your HVAC System Inspected

Regardless of whether or not you had your home inspected before you purchased, inspectors have a quite a lengthy checklist to cover in a few hours. He or she may have turned on the furnace and air conditioner to see if it was working. Beyond that, their inspection may not have been very complete. They are not hvac professionals and this is not included in part of the inspection process. Rather than having the air conditioning fail when its working hard during the hottest weather of summer, have a professional heating and a/c contractor give it a thorough inspection. Take care of any maintenance and repair issues to ensure that it is in good working condition. If there are any major problems, like carbon monoxide leaks, you should contact the inspector to find out why that was not found. Carbon monoxide is very dangerous and something they should find with a thorough inspection. Consider asking for a partial refund of you paid for the inspection..

Develop a Plan for Exiting the Home if Fire Breaks Out

This is very important if you have younger kids or elderly adults living in your house. Make sure everyone has a means of escaping and that you know where to meet outside the home. As part of the process, check all smoke detectors in the home and make sure you have a fire extinguisher on every level, especially in the kitchen and near the clothes dryer.

There are usually many things you want to do with your new house. Try to take care of these few items to make sure you feel safe, secure and comfortable in your new house.

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Some feng shui advice for a new home?

April 3, 2010 by  

ewvasquez2001 asked:


My new house is white and tan throughout, with some green in the master bath & a little blue in the guest bath. Our couch & club chairs are brown. Other furniture is avocado, mauve & black. (The rug makes it work.) Curtains in the living room & master bedding are French blue, we have smoke sheers in the master. It all looks good, but I want to begin planning the walls & accents while ensuring we attract abundance, health, friends & happiness – not the opposite.

By Chinese horoscopes, I am metal, my husband is fire and my kids are both earths. I read a lot about feng shui, but don’t know how to apply it.

I created a Ba-gua:
front door/living room – South
master bedroom – Southwest (head of the bed – Southwest/West wall, MA door faces Northeast)
master bath – Western corner
kitchen & laundry room – Northwest
family room (with fireplace) and office – North
guest room is Northeast
guest bath is East
children’s bedroom is Southeast

What are inherant obstacles? Fixes/Tips?
Last night I went and did a little more digging. My Kua # is 4. My husband’s is 6. Hubby’s year sign is fire sheep and fixed element is fire. By year I am a metal pig and my fixed element is water.

I do find not only is some information I read contradictory, but of course my husband and I are cancelling each other out. 3 1/2 weeks after we moved here I was fired unexpectedly from my job of 3 1/2 years, which is causing terrible financial problems. I am also concerned especially about our health. I am interested in the flying stars method, but don’t know how to apply it, and is it for the whole house or for each room? Thanks very much for your help.
~E

ewvasquez2001

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How should I arrange the house for the best Feng Shui?

February 14, 2010 by  

me asked:


My wife and I are planning to build a new house, we are planning to start from scratch and picked everything including the plot of land according to feng shui. My Kua number is 2, my wife’s is 8 and both our elements are earth. What direction, floor plan, and entrance area should we have in our house? We are wanting to build the house completely based on the best feng shui for us.

me


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how can i decorate my bedroom with feng shui?

January 11, 2010 by  

C20! asked:


hey! i’m changing to a new house, and i wanted to know how can i decorate my bedroom using feng shui! i’m 17 so i want something not to old! what colors should i use? or how to decorate it? thx

C20!


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