These days – with many more people out of work – more homeowners are doing the little jobs around the house themselves. If you know what you are doing – and use good tools – DIY can save you hundreds of Euro as well as keeping you busy. To get good priced tools and DIY [...]
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At last – Vodafone mobile customers can get an iPhone. You will have to sign up for an 18 month contract – same as O2 . It will be available from 25th March 2010. You can pre register and pre order online NOW. Available on pre-pay too as well as monthly contracts. See More Here [...]
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The recent extreme cold weather can cause major problems if water pipes in the home freeze. Any exposed pipes, inside or outside your home, may be at risk from freezing and splitting in cold weather. Preventing frozen pipes Insulate external pipes and any internal ones that are exposed to freezing, paying attention to corners and [...]
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Estate Agents can charge as much as 2% commission – so getting one to sell your house could leave you with a bill for four or five thousand euro. The more expensive the house – the bigger the fee (usually). Do you really need an estate agent to sell a house? Legally – no. The [...]
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Moving house or apartment can be a stressful time with so many things to organise . If you are moving house in Ireland there are several places you need to inform of your change of address. Re-directing post: An Post – the Irish Post Office – offers a postal re-direction service, which will ensure that [...]
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Irish house buyers are now employing private investigators and specialist agencies to investigate their future new neighbours . The prospective buyers can have things checked out like - whether they have criminal records to whether they are fond of throwing late-night parties. The managing director of a company which offers the vetting service says that [...]
House prices fell again in Ireland during August 2007 – to bring the rate of decline to 3.3 per cent since the start of the year, according to the latest Permanent Tsb/ESRI house price index. The index shows house prices nationally fell 0.3 per cent in August following on from a 0.4 per cent drop [...]
There is no simple formula that will answer for everyone when you should buy a house. You have to consider variables, such as your income and expenses, the mortgage you can get, your attitude to risk and your ability to handle stress. Other sizes:M | L The Property Makeover Price Guide: Organising and Budgeting for Home Improvers [...]
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