Myia’s Renovations and Realty

Chuck Lunsford our expert of the day, writes:

Indoor lighting has pretty much been dominated by the traditional light bulb during the 20th century and into the early years of this century. However, the questionable cost effectiveness of the light bulb combined with a growing concern about our potential resources in terms of meeting the needs of this and future generations have combined to prompt the lighting industry to look for alternatives to the tried and true traditional method of lighting the American home and American industry.

Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center at the University of California at Davis indicated that within the next half-decade our homes will be illuminated by a combination of incandescent, fluorescents and LEDs. Continue Reading »

Has the time arrived to buy a vacation home? Where would you like to vacation? Many people are fortunate enough to have a vacation home, a place to get away on the weekends or spend time during the summer and holidays. There are plenty of people who live in the city but long for the weekend to escape to their cottage, to get away from the noise and fuss replacing it with peace and quiet. For individuals who’d like to visit their vacation home often, it would need to be within driving distance of their home.

Many people buy vacation homes in the sunny south. If this vacation property is only used one or two times throughout the year, the individual might choose to buy a timeshare. This would provide accommodations when the individual or the family took their vacation but would not require year-round maintenance. In the case of a timeshare, a person would pay only for their vacation time. This is becoming a popular option for people buying vacation property.

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