Most of us wouldn’t argue that it’s a wise idea to have a security system installed in our home. It protects you family and keeps your possessions safe – not to mention that it offers you a savings on your homeowner’s insurance. How do you feel about your garage or...
Have you ever stopped and thought about the number of trees it takes to build a house or garage? As The House Designers website puts it, one of the first steps is generally a lumber order. But before those places existed, we had to know how much lumber the average...
They don’t always come with the house. Unless it’s a master planned community with home designs that require them, a garage is something that an individual homebuilder can decide to live without. If you buy one of these homes, you’ll have to add the garage yourself....
A growing number of Americans – especially women – are looking for a place to escape that’s not a part of the house. According to a study commissioned by Ikea, 45 percent of the survey takers admitted to retreating to their parked car to grab some me-time. What’s...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the average one-way commute time is more than 26 minutes. It means that if you have a regular weekday job, you’ll spend about 4.35 hours a week, or more than 200 hours a year on the road in traffic. That’s about nine days...
