Closing up Your Home when you Leave for the Desert. Recently we blogged about how to open up your home in the Desert, but what should you do when you close up your other home for the cold winter months?
The last thing you want to do when coming home from enjoying several sun-filled months in Coachella Valley is to come home to broken water pipes and damage from inside flooding your home.
Here are a few suggestions
FED Funds Raise Again by .75% this morning (September 21st) based on economic data over the last few months. You Can Still Buy a Home in Coachella Valley In Spite of Higher Interest Rates.
Do you lock your doors? That sounds like a strange question, but do you lock your doors when you step out for just a minute? Like when you go for a walk, run to the local gym to work out, or go to the grocery store to grab a gallon of milk? … it’s just around the corner.
Is Your Home Ready for Your Return? After your Desert home has been empty of a while or rented out, you’ll want to line things up ahead of time, so your Desert home is ready for your arrival.
Have you installed a Video Doorbell yet? Inexpensive ones are quite easy to install and do a very good job letting you know when someone is at your door or dropping off a package. But are those “enough”?
“One of the worst days in America’s history saw some of the bravest acts in Americans’ history. We’ll always honor the heroes of 9/11. And here at this hallowed place, we pledge that we will never forget their sacrifice.”
—President George W. Bush at the Pentagon in 2008
Will the Water Cutbacks impact Your Trip to the Desert? Unfortunately, more than likely. With 120 golf courses in Coachella Valley using 750,000 to 1M gallons of water PER DAY, the courses know they need to change their water usage.
Finding Leaks in Your Home. Are you still trying to conserve water, but your water bill is still a little high? You may have a water leak. Water leaks in homes waste almost 1 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR nationwide. That’s a lot of water, especially when California is in such a drought and water regulations are in place.
Yes, before other signs of fall and the actual 1st Day of Fall on September 22nd, we have the 1st day of Pumpkin Spice Latte August 30th.