Windows & Doors UK
I have not ever thought a great deal about these until a couple of years ago when I was visiting a tribunal office some miles away. I was collecting boxes of legal bundles for a case. The security guard on the back door of the court was not at all helpful – he begrudged having […]
I know of a local house that has had a rather unfortunate break in. They do have an alarm box fitted but whether the purpetrators knew it was just that, a box, without an alarm inside, no one’s saying. This household has had a couple of similar sort of incidents in the last five years. […]
There is trend towards not buying at all but only going for leasing a home is better than buying in a few circumstances. Lots of thought goes into this and we can listen to all sorts of articles on radio and tv about the pros and cons of both sides of that divide. I cannot […]
I was staying away recently with a family who have spent ages building the most fantastic extension on their already large family sized home. I have watched the progress over the years and now that the guest suite is well on the way to completion, I find myself staying there more often. There are one […]
Some of the advertisements for home security devices are very comical – in fact they are so entertaining, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that they’re selling a serious minded product. The need to keep in touch with whatever’s going on at home is getting more important all the time. Years ago only the very well […]
With so many modern methods to secure our homes it’s easier than ever to ensure our belongings stay safely at home. some yers ago you would be forking out thousands to have alarms installed – and they were always going off at inconvenient times, when the owner was away from home and no-one could find […]
A man’s home is his castle . . . . . and we all know how lovely and inpenetrable they have always been considered to be. In these days of high criminality though, we have to look further than to assume the nice thick walls of our own little domestic castle will keep out the […]
I was watching a well known national tv programme recently – it’s a consumer based one that pricks our conciences about various things but primarily seems to highlight the tremendous rise in fraudulent and criminal actiity. We live in a very criminally active world sadly. An item brought it home to me to check credentials […]
The first house that I bought, with my partner some years ago, was a victorian mid terrace of three. So no great long lines of gutters and shared roof spaces. Being the middle one was beneficial at the time – during the coldest winter since records had begun, we enjoyed a little bit of heat […]