As we saw some koi pond supplies in the nearby weekend market in the village, the husband thought and asked me if we should rather have a small pond in the garden. I am not sure how we could maintain such so I am not buying that idea first. Of course, there is still my dream to add a pool in the spacious area in the garden. I was teasing the husband that he barely use the basketball court so might as well put up a pool. But gee, the maintenance fee of having one is like having an additional helper. Got to think about it again since I am pretty sure it would add up to my share of household expenses. lol!
How much do you know about buying a property, real estate settlement, your rights and how much you can protect yourself from being victims of fraud. I was asking a friend who is a registered real estate agent in the US on How Much Are Closing Costs. Closing Costs are actually depending on the location of the property. Different states in the United States do have different tax policies. It is also dependent on what type of structure of the property are you buying. Is it single detached house, a townhouse or a condominium. Some sites do offer a way on how to compute for it by just inputting all the details of the property like address, number of units, and even considering the agent’s rate. My real estate friend also told me the importance of Title Insurance. So What Is Title Insurance? It is actually a protection of both parties, the lender and the owner of the property for any losses on their part that might result due to fraud, errors or liens against the property. I didn’t know that there is something like that until my friend told me all about these things. When we bought our property, we had the full trust to our agent. He guided us on every step to take so we just paid the appropriate amount. Good thing, it was a breeze Real Estate Settlement on our end. I guess the husband understands some of these details already. Now, should you be buying a property, it would really be best to know some information like the ones above.
I just love the lovely furniture I saw from my in-laws place while we were vacationing in their homes. Round Dining Table is actually not their popular choice as they usually choose to have those rectangular ones that can sit 8-10 people. I am surprised to learn the cost of Dining Room Furniture there so as the China Cabinets . I was informed that there’s a popular online store for dining tables as well. They have nice selections of different dining sets ranging from formal, casual, contemporary, round or rectangular tables. They also offer kitchen tables. The store even offers some special deals like savings from 45-75% off from retail stores. They also offer free shipping. What a great convenience.
Most of their pieces are made out of high quality oak, birch, maple or ash burl material so you are guaranteed for its quality that can stand many years. I particularly like those tables that are expandable and even include additional table leaves. They furniture come in different colors as well. They have clean black, black espresso, antique oak and my favorite dark cherry brown. Wish these are all available back home.
Off to the mall today as I got to find a new DECT phone. Our old wireless phone has some problems with its batteries. For some reasons, its batteries get drained easily. The husband suggest to get a twin cordless phones this time so we could have one also in the master’s bedroom. I think it would be a great idea. I also want to get something with answering machine already.
It was a great weekend indeed. Nothing compares to spending quality time with the whole family. We had too much lounging around actually. And staying at home was our best option since it was so hot already when you go outside. Atleast, we do not have much concern about it while inside the house because the 3-toner aircon and the basement dehumidifier were both on almost the whole day. So goodluck to our electric bill 
Nevertheless, it’s just good to relax for this weekend as we look forward to a very busy week ahead!
Have a fabulous week ahead to everyone!
We have been thinking to convert the guest room to a den. The husband have been contemplating to make the guestroom a video room. He plans to buy a new Samsung HDTV to complete the setup plus the corresponding home theater system. In fact, we are also have been looking for nice couches since December. Although, I am not quite sure if its a good idea to totally give up the guestroom, the husband prefers to have a den so he could watch his favorite movies during the weekends.
happening in the house tomorrow and on Saturday, I have asked the househelps to do general cleaning of the house. I even asked them to scrub all metal tiles in the dirty kitchen as well as clean all glass windows. I have asked them to polish the wood on all furnitures and vaccuum the fabrics as well. They would also scrub the garage tomorrow as that would be our back-up venue in case it rains in the evening. But I really hope it would be a good weather. Glad, the household helps are not complaining. They shouldn’t right?
I got an email from a friend today offering me some best buy hand dryers for the house. She is getting it from a great supplier of hand dryers and washroom accessories. I am tempted since the ones she emailed me are beautifully crafted and perfectly in white color. Some are even less 100usd. Best priced really. I am also tempted to get a soap dish dispenser for just less than 25usd. Hmm, makes me think. It could be included in another balikbayan box of a friend coming on September. I am thinking to put those for the powder room.
the garden area has been our regular activity every afternoon. I have been tending to the garden for the past couple of weeks. Still, I feel like there’s something lacking in there. I want to buy more plants and add some orchids perhaps. We are still growing the grass actually. I am taking gardening as a new found hobby. A new found activity aside from doing some running around the village every afternoon. Well, these activities could add up to my plan to really lose weight, otherwise, I might compelled myself to take those diet pills already if I don’t lose weight soon.
And look how funny the kids were when Dicky was trying to water the grass…
that our phone line would be installed soon. I badly need DSL connection. I am using my very able Nokia E71 first as modem for my Amanda. Good thing, I can still get good signal but there are times when it is erratic so it pisses me off. But I am so loving my phone since I can really browse and check emails and even be in FB wherever I go. Wish there are new cell towers to be installed in our area so I can get better connection. This is the reason why I won’t have blog updates often. And I really hope as well that cable would be installed soon! For the meantime, a wireless landline would do!
Won’t you wish owning properties like the one above? Lovely! I can just lie around and be a queen in that house. It’s fully furnished with a covered pool. There is nothing wrong in dreaming anyway. The above pictures were one of the Florida villa sales available from BardellRealEstate, which is a specialist for new and resale villas and vacation homes, retirement homes and residential property in Florida. Not to mention that this property is very near Orlando Disneyland. My kids would definitely love staying here. Maybe we can stay here every summer, lol! These are just my greatest dreams.
I have been thinking to change the curtain of our room to something like Levolor blinds and shades since it will be low maintenance than keeping a curtain and changing everytime. But I realized that I should do the same thing for all our rooms’ windows. I’m sure my mom won’t approve. It’s her house anyway. I’d probably do it and suggest to Dicky for our dream house instead. I want to get from Blinds Central Online because I saw some blinds which are of good quality but are on discounted rate. They are the leading provider since 1986 of custom and vertical blinds. They do have variety of available colors, styles and choices that can be appropriate to any homes design and structure. They are known to be offering the lowest price in buying blinds online. I would definitely remember to check them out next year.
My friend was asking us to help them research about security cameras cause she plans to put one in her new house. Since she knows that me and Dicky had a security/alarm business before, (yes we did!), she was seeking our opinion about Panasonic CCTV camera. We actually told her about IT Planet who is the leading supplier of security systems including cameras, barcode scanners and even those touchscreens for POS. I know the company even offers free shipping so I told her to grabe the opportunity in buying online. The CCTV camera that she is preferring is actually one of the top-of-the line available in the market today.