This Gas Detector is an amazing gadget. It detects gas! Sounds simple – and it is! It’ll alert you to any escaping gas from unlit rings on your gas cooker! The detector is easy to install and has the advantage of being powered by 230V mains electric rather than bring battery operated.
Who is it suitable for? Anyone who worries they’ve left a gas ring on! If you’ve got a gas cooker then one of these seems an obvious gadget to get too! It’s only cheap under a tenner so not expensive. It could help with anyone who worries about leaving the gas on!
The Gas Detector
is available at Amazon for fast delivery. Could make a great gadget gift to anyone who is moving into their own home. Not to be confused with a carbon monoxide detector
Month: November 2011
Useful book – Buy, Sell and Move House
If you’re new to buying a house then this book will explain some of the mysteries to you!
Buy, Sell and Move House has lots of useful information about buying a house, a useful glossary that explains lots of the terms you’ll find listed on both estate agent sites and solicitors letters. It’s a sensible purchase for anyone planning on buying their first house.
It has advice on starting to look for a house, all the way through to useful moving day information.
Buy, Sell and Move House: Navigate the Property Market without Getting Lost (Which? Essential Guide)
Which? Books are written for consumers by experts in their subject, so you can be confident this book will provide you with lots of useful information and advice.
The book has a flowchart which tells you what chapters to look at in what sequence when you’re buying a house. This sort of guide makes it useful for reference as well as an overview.
Own beach…
That has to be a tempting phrase for everyone who loves the seaside.
This house in Scotland has it’s own beach
It’s at Portpatrick, Stranraer, which is in Dumfries and Galloway.
What a really amazing view the house has! It has 5 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms and 42 acres!
Kevin to be at Big Green Week
The big green week Bristol will host an eight-day festival promoting green
issues in June 2012.
Guest speakers set to appear include TV’s Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud!
The Great British Property Scandal
New program coming to Channel 4 very soon – The Great British Property Scandal
George Clarke and Phil Spencer embark on a crusade to tackle Britain’s housing crisis
Series 1 Episode 1
The Great British Property Scandal The Great British Property Scandal
George Clarke is shocked by the country’s senseless waste of housing stock.
Next Episode: Mon 05 Dec, 9PM on Channel 4
The Manor House
The Manor House is a very impressive Grade II listed, seven bedroom property designed by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville and dated 1828.
Grade II listed seven bedroom period property with separate two bedroom cottage
I love the outside of this house, it’s so romantic looking with the roses growing up smoothing the straight lines of the buttresses and other archiectural features.
The Old Manor Dunster
The Old Manor Dunster is the most stunning place you can imagine. It’s historic frontage looks very stately. Inside it’s packed with features as you’d expect of a house this old. The Great Hall/dining room is amazing and it’s got plenty of other reception rooms: sitting room, study, office, Solar/drawing room, chapel.
With 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms as well as a lovely Edwardian pavilion with 3 reception rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
It’s also got plenty of outside space with Barn, stabling, garaging and very attractive landscaped garden, arboretum, orchard, paddock, field
History is guaranteed with a mention of a property on this site in 1266 as being a manor of Dunster. In the 15th century the property was probably owned by a Robert Ryvers and later by John Loty, Constable of Dunster Castle. The manor was later owned by Richard Pyntz, who married into the Chichester family of Arlington Court in North Devon, a well-known Roman Catholic family, hence the Roman Catholic chapel in the property.
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Sea view
Port Quin Farmhouse has the most amazing sea views. The property was built in the early 1700’s and has plenty of character – three bedrooms.
Very beautiful views that I’m sure you would enjoy every day of the year.
Port Quin, Port Isaac, Cornwall
Fake TV anti-burglar device
The man who used to run the local homewatch used to say that one of these would be perfect for keeping burglars away! Whilst a radio is only audio, this device actually pretends to be a TV.
Everyone knows you only have a tV on when someone is in the house and so this FakeTV Burglar Deterrent Device is perfect for keeping the burglars away! The FakeTV Burglar Deterrent Device
is available to buy now and whilst it’s nearly £27 in price, it’s probably one of the most effective anti-burglar deterrents there can be!
The Fake Television is really clever and will change the light to simulate scene changes, light fades, light flickers, on-screen motion and colour changes so it looks just like someone is watching a real television.
Burglars know that breaking into an occupied house and confronting a person massively increases the risk of him being caught and it also increases the seriousness of the offence and hence the prison sentence if they are caught.
Using FakeTV could not be simpler, just place it in a room near your closed curtains and the burglar will see the constantly changing light around the edges of the curtains. Plug the FakeTV into the mains electricity using the included adapter and the built in light sensor will turn FakeTV on at dusk for 4 or 7 hours, so there is no need for an external timer.
This is incredible! It uses less energy than the TV would being on, doesn’t need a timer and is a brilliant idea! Just what the homewatch man suggested in fact!
Home Energy Check
If your house is for sale you need an energy performance certificate.
If your house isn’t for sale you can get a free assessment here at the Energy Saving Trust Free Home Energy Check page
It’ll ask you questions about your house and it’s heating system and then by email (or post) send you a cope of the report. It says my house is a C but could be a band B if I installed solar panels!