Wow! 3 BR'S one level walkout rambler with private full master bath! Cul-de-sac location! Vaulted ceilings! Main floor laundry! Huge back yard! Oversized Garage! Oversized family room! Tons of storage! Easy possession and not a short sale! 15682 Crystal Court, Rosemount, MN 55068 Spacious entry with vinyl tile flooring, entry closet, overhead lighting and open to living room area and access to hallway leading to kitchen and garage. Main floor living area with neutral frieze carpet, vaulted ceiling with lighted ceiling fan, a bank of windows looking out over the back yard, open to informal dining room and access to lower level stairway. Spacious and bayed main floor informal dining area with neutral ceramic tile vinyl flooring, vaulted ceilings, chandelier, sliding glass door and windows with views of back yard and open to kitchen area. Vaulted and open kitchen with neutral ceramic tile vinyl flooring, double cloud style light fixtures, oak cabinets with upgraded hardware, ceramic tile backsplash over neutral breakfast bar style counter tops and stainless steel sink with window and wall sconce above, extra bank of cabinets for storage and neutral appliances. Main floor laundry with neutral ceramic tile vinyl flooring, overhead fluorescent lighting, wire shelving, window, laundry tub and washer and dryer stay with the home. Main floor master bedroom with neutral carpeting, flat ceiling with lighted ceiling fan, split windows with honeycomb blinds, walk-in closet with wire ...
Friday, December 30, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Mt Vernon Condo
For More information on this condo please call 24 Hour Recorded Information 1.877.608.7253 Ext 100 This condo unit is located on the second floor of the ridge at Maddox creek building number 2 which was built in 2005. This building is located just off of Section Street in south Mt Vernon in the Maddox creek area, which is close to I-5 shopping, medical facilities, and walking trails as well as the little mountain recreation area and the Eaglemont golf course. Views of this unit are to the north. Features of this building include an elevator from the parking garage to the 3rd floor, trash shoots on each floor, a recycling area, and a community recreation room available to all residents. Features of this unit include ceramic tile floors, efficient radiant floor heating which is run off of a gas hot water heater, built in gas fireplace, and high ceilings, a little over 8 feet. A few upgrades included with this unit are a ceiling fan and Ethernet jacks for high speed internet access. This unit has 710 sq feet of living space set up with one bedroom and one bathroom. The kitchen is open to the living space with a granite eating bar. Off of the living room is a small covered deck that also has access to the bedroom. There is a natural gas valve on the deck to possibly hook a barbeque up to. The bathroom is located across the hall from the bedroom, and the laundry is at the end of the hall with a stackable washer and dryer. All appliances are included with the purchase of this ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Get Through a Cold Winter With Cheap Heating Options
While we're in the thick of winter right now, there's no better time to talk about ways to combat the freezing indoor temperatures we can often experience. This can be uncomfortable and painful to anyone living through them.
My least favorite time of year happens to be the middle of the winter season. I've always considered myself to be a warm weather person, so this time of year is never pleasant for me.
My hatred for cold weather has resulted in a wealth of knowledge about effective and affordable ways to stay warm inside despite the cold weather. Try any one of these methods and you'll likely be happy you did.
If you have a fireplace inside your home, it should go without saying that lighting up a fire will make you warmer. However, there's a missing piece that could easily make things far more efficient.
The use of a fireplace blower will allow the warmth by your fireplace to spread itself out, reaching the places in the room that aren't often reached. You'll no longer need to sit right in front of the fireplace in order to achieve this effect.
At night, the use of an electric blanket can go a very long way. This will automatically warm up your blanket through the course of the night, allowing you to sleep without shivering.
In doing so, you'll find yourself in a situation where you're warmer as you sleep at night. In fact, you may even be able to lower the heat in your room as a result.
My last suggestion is more of a preventive measure, as this one will eliminate cold as opposed to adding a new source of heat. Get some covers for any skylights or windows in your home if you don't already have them. This can raise the indoor temperature by a few degrees.
Take any or all of these suggestions into consideration and I can assure you that you'll be in a more comfortable state than before.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Beachfront Estate in Republic of Panama
Beachfront, Titled and Incorporated, New oceanfront Estate with 2 houses. Designed for Views and Privacy. Has 20yr tax exemption. Overlooking a palm studded white sand beach, this home fronts one of Panama's premier safe swimming beaches. Very safe, secure, up-scale community. Plenty of room to add pool (or use pool at the clubhouse). If you just wade or sit use the private, custom, infinity style hot tub as a small pool.(don't turn on the heater or jets). This (.907 acre) beachfront property offers bird watching , safe swimming, fishing and kayaking at your back door step. There is boat storage and ramp in the community or store it at the Marina in Boca Chica. Many captains/guides in area with deep water boats offer tuna (and other fish) fishing, island hopping, scuba and snorkeling trips, kayaking trips, white water rafting. 1 hour drive to David and 1.5 hr to mountain towns. 2 hour drive to Costa Rica. Guest house has full kitchen open to living area, 2 bedrooms and one bath. Rental income potential permitted. Main house has 2 master bedrooms/bathrooms, 2 walk-in closets equipped with de-humidifiers. There is a large office/bedroom with private entrance. 4.5bathrooms in main house. Attached, but under separate locks are a maid's suite complete with full bath and kichenette, laundry room, caretakers/gardener's full bathroom and a large shop/hobby room. Pump house with 500 gal water storage tank with booster pump, PuraBigBoy water filtration/purification system ...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Replace Your RV Ceiling Vent - DIY
This video clip goes over the importance of proper ventilation in your RV and how to replace a ventilation system. The video goes over step by step process of installing a new ventilation system in your both the inside and outside steps.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Advantages of Installing an Inline Exhaust Fan
Inline Exhaust Fan is an electronic device that is used for the purpose of providing ventilation or boosting the airflow with minimal detectable noise. The main function of these devices is to improve the overall air quality in the house by removing the vapors that has been created due to use. They are best suited for being used in bathrooms where due to bathing and showering vapors are created which leads to the formation of moisture and later on results in stale odors and fumes. It can also be used in the kitchen for forcing out smoke and cooking vapors from the area. In most modern homes these units are being preferred over the noisy bathroom and kitchen fans.
The main advantage of installing these types of inline exhaust fans is they are a versatile system that provides multiple ventilation inlets to your kitchen, rooms and bathrooms. If you want to improve the overall indoor air quality of the rooms in your house, you can certainly install this low rate ventilation system with multiple inlets. If you have a big house having two or more bathrooms and kitchen, you can use this system for ventilating your bathrooms as well as kitchen. As these systems feature solid, commercial grade construction, they can be used for longer periods of time and are generally preferred over other types of exhaust fans.
Advantages of Inline Exhaust Fan
In case you need to replace you old bathroom fan with a new one, you can either go for a traditional ceiling-mounted bathroom fan or you can consider replacing it by installing an inline exhaust fan. For installing this system you do not need to mount it directly to the ceiling of the bathroom but it is placed at a distance from the bathroom, generally in the attic space. Some of the benefits of these units as compared to the traditional ones are discussed below.
Easy to Install - These units are easy to install and does not require enough space as well. Moreover, if at all it requires any kind of servicing and replacement of parts, it can be done in an easy to access area in your attic.
High Power - These units feature a powerful motor due to which it is packed with enough power to move significantly higher amount of air when compared to the commonly used bathroom exhaust fans.
Low Noise - As these units are placed away from the actual point of exhaust in the ceiling, you seldom get to hear ant kind of vibration from the fan and the noise that is created when it is working.
Multiple Exhaust Points - For large bathrooms, installing such type of system is suitable as you can easily create multiple exhaust points in the ceiling.
Cost Effective - By installing this system you provide a cost effective way of improving the overall indoor air quality of the bathrooms and kitchen.
Long Life - As these systems feature solid, commercial grade construction, they are rated for being used continuously and have a long life span, some of them even having lifetime warranties.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Some Things to Consider When Winterizing a Trailer
It is late September and with Winter on the way again it is time to start checking all the weak points both inside and outside of your home. Living in a trailer that we have been winterizing since the beginning of the August, there have been a few things come up that normally would not in a regular home. Here are a few of them to keep in mind even if you are not in a trailer or doing renovations.
After the initial move and since our trailer is an older model, 1960 or thereabouts, we had to make some decisions about its overall condition. The first thing we decided on was to pull down the ceiling in the kitchen and living and tear out the ceiling cover, plastic barrier and the old, wet insulation so the ceiling could dry. I sprayed the wet areas with bleach water to kill and prevent mold. The rest of the ceiling will be done next spring. We built twenty nine trusses to put on the existing roof rather than removing the old roof and rebuilding from scratch. While the roof was being built onto it and insulated with R20, then shingled, the existing vents for the furnace and water tank had to be checked and either reinforced or put in again. Originally there was no attic opening to get into the roof so that had to be cut out in the spare room closet and covered. I replaced all the light bulbs with energy savers.
Once we had enough hose down the well to reach the water, more was needed to go from the pumphouse to the trailer to be hooked up for access to indoor running water. The only way I had access to running water previously was by going out to the pumphouse and turning on the noisy generator that was hooked up to the well pump, back in the house I had to pail enough cold water for use on the stove and for baths after which I went back to the pumphouse and turned the generator off. This, for a month before the hose was hooked up under the trailer and little do we realize just how much water a washing machine uses until you have to pail it in, which is why I use only cold water for washing! All the electrical also had to be hooked up for the lights and power to the appliances.
That done, we next installed a new 40 gallon propane water tank, that had to be ordered in, to heat the well water and got the electric furnace converted to a propane user; the 250 gallon propane tank for the yard was delivered and hooked up by a gas fitter who also had to check the fittings and connections of the propane copper wiring to the trailer. At this point it is good to keep in mind that Alberta regulations are set so only 80 % of the tank is filled for safety reasons and you have to manually check the amount of propane left in your tank and know what the current price of propane is when ordering another fill to make it economical to use. Does anyone hear solar panels echoing in their heads! Well, so far, so good.
September has been busy as money and time was spent on cutting to fit and painting some of the OSB sheets that were used for the porch, to skirt in the bottom of the trailer to protect the water lines from freezing and keep the mouse, vole, mole and bug populations at bay. Before finishing the skirting and packing dirt along the edge and up the skirting all around the trailer, the water pipes had to be wrapped with thirty feet of electric pipe freeze prevention heating cable, with a plug in and then have insulation taped all around the pipes leaving an access door in the skirting for easy entry. It has taken a month to build the 12 x 12 porch, working on it in the evenings and weekends.
Our trailer is on a small acreage so there was a lot of wood boards that were still usable and being economy minded people on a budget who do not like to waste anything, we spent time in cutting these boards for use in building the frame and roof of the porch. My hubby and his friend put twenty feet of soffet up plus the flashing then framed and built most of the porch and put it together. Finishing the low sloped roof with metal and pulling it into place, securing it with three inch screws. It is detached from the trailer in case of a move. This will be set up as my winter porch pantry. The electrical is done in the porch for the indoor and outdoor lights and the switches are in. Now we can insulate and sheet the inside of the porch, I can clean and paint the floor and our freezer, bin, three tier shelf can go in. I still need my two tables, wood/recycle/trash and potato boxes in and the shelving built. Then I can stock it for my pantry.
After I used closed cell foam tape weatherstrip on the windows and doors, I covered the windows with shrink-to-fit, clear film window insulator over the all the windows inside, finishing them with a blow dryer to tighten them up and keep the drafts out; Alberta winds can get pretty vicious. Our wood stove has yet to go in; first we need to build a raised wood platform in the living room with enough room under and behind it to allow for airflow, then put light cement board insulation against the wall for added protection. Ceramic tiles go on the platform, a vent is cut into the wall behind and covered for fresh air, a hole is then cut into the ceiling and out through the insulation and roof so the pipe can be put in place with an added half pipe attached to the existing one, again for added protection. After that the wood stove is connected and fired up, using the furnace fan to circulate the heat from the wood burner to heat the rest of the trailer; this will greatly cut down on our propane use. By the way, one of the best and most economical fire-starters you can use is the lint from your dryer; I save all of mine for just that purpose.
There is still the pumphouse to insulate and a nine inch portable dish heater to put in to keep it warm for the winter and keep everything from freezing. Thirty six feet of house cover is needed to go on the out side of the porch to protect the wood over the winter months and the rest of the soffet has to be put on. Next Spring we will put siding on the porch and attach three inch board insulation to the outside of the trailer walls, then re-side it. Its important to remember that everything you add to a trailer also adds to the overall weight of the trailer, that is why when building the roof you can have only a foot of overhang. Even though there is still work to be done most of the important things are already in place for the coming of winter. Its a good idea to prepare and plan ahead for trailer renos, a line of credit at your local hardware store also helps.
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