Posts with tag 'smart home'

Florida summers bring more than just sun and beach time. They also bring extreme heat, high humidity, and a busy hurricane season. To protect your property and stay comfortable throughout the year, it's essential to keep up with seasonal maintenance tasks. Whether you've lived in the Sunshine State your whole life or just moved here, regular upkeep can help your home's systems last longer, cut down on energy bills, and avoid expensive repairs.

Here are some important summer home maintenance tips Florida homeowners should think about:

• Check and Service Your HVAC System
  Your air conditioning system works extra hard during Flori...

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During the cold-weather months, it's important to create a warm, inviting atmosphere when welcoming potential buyers to your home for a showing or open house. Staging is one of the key steps to making your property stand out for all of the right reasons, and staging during the winter can be a bit different from what you might do in the summer. Our real estate agents have the key details on winter staging tips that you can use to help attract more buyers.

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Celebrating the holidays in Florida usually means sunny weather and good vibes. Maybe you have family coming in from out of town, or perhaps you plan to have a few local friends over for dinner. The best time to prepare your home for the holidays is right now – before things get too busy! Here are some top tasks our real estate agents recommend tackling before the holidays.

• Spruce Up The Entryway
  Your entryway is the first space visitors will see when they arrive to your holiday celebration. So, you want to make sure it's tidy and well-decorated. Consider hanging some extra hooks so guests have a place to put their coats on. Add...

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It doesn't seem that long ago that robotic vacuums that automatically cleaned your floors seemed like a novel invention. Now, with just about every gadget and appliance in your house capable of being automated and made smart, those little robot floor sweepers seem charmingly quaint. But what's next for your home? In 2019, the Internet of Things is ever growing, and we're here to help you sift through the mountainous pile of smart tech and intelligent gadgets and see just where things are heading. These are the smart home trends of 2019 and beyond.

Voice Activation is King

A study released in March 2019 revealed that more than a quarter of adults in the U.S. own a smart speaker. And with more and more devices becoming comp...

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