Too ill to Home Improve too sick to blog

I have just recovered from a heavy early summer flu and I hope that's it for this year and thank goodness I wasn't right in the middle of a big home improvement project at the time... - it reminded me of another time when I wasn't so lucky and I can tell you that...

• it felt a relief to have a "Home Equity Line of Credit" as my home improvement financing. Like now, there was very little fluctuation on the rates side of things and while I was ill I wasn't paying for funds that I had organised but not yet used. You can read more here about The Advantages of a Home Equity Line of Credit
  
• and the other important factor was of course having a good home improvement cover in the form of insurance cover for me. for my project, including materials and cover for the loan I had taken out for the home improvement project. If you are having work done on your home you may need to boost your Homeowner Insurance Cover to make sure you are totally covered for liability.
  
• what this all meant was that I could relax and very nearly enjoy my cold until it's painful end without undue anxiety or worry.

It's great to start a new project with energy and enthusiasm but the truth is we never know when something unfortunate might happen, be it an onsite injury or an everyday flu bug like mine. We need to take the time to recover and regain our strength before we lift up the hammer and nails again.

Contingency plans are important for all home improvement projects - big and small - If you are doing a project by yourself - please remember that your health and safety should always come first. If you have employed a contractor it's important to make sure that anyone working at your home has the proper license and health and safety certificates. You can get more information here on Home Improvement Contractors


Until next time - keep taking the vitamins and...

Wishing you all great home improvement success

"Invest in your Nest in 2005"
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Home Improvement and Financing.com

Home Improvement Projects

Holidays are a great time to recharge your batteries and talk over home improvement projects, even short breaks can give you the opportunity to visit family and friends and invariably talk turns to what plans we each have for this summer.

It's an exciting time, the summer is still ahead and you face the possibility that in a few months you could create much more living space for you and your family by expanding your existing home.

There are so many great home improvement projects, the kitchen however is still the number one project, but not just as a refurbishement of the existing space but completely opeing up or even expanding out to create dream kitchens with family dining and living space.

The kitchen is often one of the easiest rooms to extend simply because the majority are at the rear of the property overlooking the backgarden. Planning is usually easier for this same reason as work is done out of sight of and doesn't alter the look of the home from the street.

If you haven't visited someone in a while you may be pleasantly surprised to find that they have built themselves a new master bedroom with en-suite as an attic conversion or maybe they have developed their basement into a home office or playroom for the children.

When you approach a home for the first time in a while you may not even notice that an extension has been built on to the side or over the garage, especially if it has been built sympathetically by using bricks and building techniques matching the exisiting property.

If you are looking for ideas for home improvement projects and want a better idea about which improvements could improve the value to your home and which are done mainly to improve quality of home life - take a look at a whole load of free information articles on different aspects of home improvement projects and home improvement financing at Home Improvement Financing.com

"Invest in your Nest", take the plunge in 2005 so that you can enjoy life in your own dream home, you know that old Irish saying? "You Can't Plough a Field by Turning it Over in your Mind..."

To your Building Success
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Home Equity Line of Credit

Definitly the best way to finance all larger home improvement projects is with a Home Equity Line of Credit, in my opinion the advantages out-weigh any slight fluctuations in interest rates.

If you are planning to add an addition to your home, extend and install a new design kitchen or do an attic conversion, loft conversion or develop your basement the home equity line of credit will work well for you.

If you are planning, like thousands of people around the world, to have built a multi-level deck outside your home and perhaps extend to building deck around your pool, the home equity line of credit is the best way to go.

Discover the advantages for yourself of a Home Equity Line of Credit and start planning your home improvement financing the easier way.

Wishing you all Home Financing Success!
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