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How To Check A Contractor’s License In Collier County

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Report a Florida contractor to licensing board.

If you’re hiring a contractor, it’s important to check to make sure they have a contractor’s license. First of all, it reduces the chances that you will get scammed by a con artist posing as a contractor. Secondly, it gives you recourse in the even that the contractor doesn’t fulfill his part of the contract. Importantly, it also helps ensure the person can do a safe job.

According to both the State Statue and the Collier County Ordinance anyone who engages in any construction contracting business must have a county contractor license and certificate of competency or be a state-certified contractor.

So, if you’re about to pay someone to remodel your home, build an addition or install a pool, check their license! You can check the status of a contractor’s license or submit a complaint on the Collier County Licensing Portal.

Now, if you’re just hiring a handyman, keep in mind, they aren’t licensed contractors. Still, they are required to have an occupational license issued by the Collier County Business Tax Office.

Are You Buying a Home on Marco Island?

Considering buying a home on Marco Island? We’d love to help you find one that’s just right for your needs.

First, check out available Marco Island area properties using this helpful search tool. If it’s easier, you can just call us at 239-821-7926 or get in touch with us online to let us know what you’re looking for. We’re happy to contact you however you prefer. Then, we’ll start searching our databases right away using criteria you specify!

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Money-Saving Tips for Your Marco Island Home

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If you’re looking for ways to stretch your dollar, and most of us are, consider these tips and tricks to help save money in and around your Marco Island home.

Simple Shower Clean

Instead of purchasing an expensive cleaner for your shower, full-strength vinegar will work just fine. Using a spray bottle, spray the vinegar onto your shower walls and glass. You really don’t even have to wipe it off, but you can rinse it off after about an hour if you want. Enjoy your shower’s clean sheen.

Prepare for a Move

If you’re planning to sell your home, and you don’t intend to take much of your furniture with you, it’s a good idea to begin selling some of your old or heavy pieces ahead of the move. Not only will this help save money on your moving expenses, but it can help your home appear more open and airy to potential buyers. You may be able to invest the profit from your furniture sale, and savings on your moving expenses, into furniture for your new home.

Start a Grocery Garden

What better way to help reduce your grocery bill than to grow some of your own? Instead of purchasing herbs, try your hand a starting yourn own herb garden. If it works out well, graduate to planting your own fruits and vegetables. These small changes can result in big savings for you and your family.

Are You Buying a Home on Marco Island?

Considering buying a home on Marco Island? We’d love to help you find one that’s just right for your needs.

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The Color of Sleep: How Painting Your Bedroom Can Influence Your Sleep–And Your Mood

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How to Choose the Perfect Paint Colors for Your Bedroom - Marco Island Homes for Sale

When it comes to picking out colors for your bedroom, looks aren’t everything. As it happens, colors do far more than enhance the aesthetic quality of a room—they have an influence on the quality of our lives. We spend a lot of time in the bedroom, and what we do there dictates much of how we function in all other aspects of our daily routines.

Would you like to wake up feeling more rested? It turns out that your color choice is the key to doing just that. But how to go about it? It’s not as if you’re going to conduct a survey of people’s bedrooms relative to their sleeping habits. Well, not to worry—a hotel chain in Britain has done the research for you, and with some fascinating results shown here color by color.

Blue

Paint your bedroom a soft blue or aqua, and you’re likely to be a well-rested person with a cheery disposition. According to the survey, folks with blue bedrooms got more sleep than anyone else, averaging 7 hours and 52 minutes per night. This is no coincidence, as the receptors in our eyes that inform our brain’s daily rhythms are most sensitive to the color blue, which incidentally can lower your heart rate and reduce your blood pressure.

Yellow

It may come as a surprise that the second best color for sleep is yellow. Reminiscent of sunlight, a yellow hue stimulates the nervous system and promotes relaxation, leaving behind a sense of happiness and well-being.

Green

Next in line is green. Twenty-two percent of those surveyed reported waking up relaxed and recharged after slumbering between vibrant green walls.

Silver

Those with silver bedrooms enjoy the rather luxurious yet soothing surroundings—but with one peculiar side effect. A number of respondents reported waking up with a strong motivation to exercise in the room. Something to think about if you’re looking to make regular exercise a greater priority.

Orange

Orange adds a great deal of warmth, creating a relaxing setting that actually aids in digestion. So if you tend toward a later dinnertime, a nice tangerine paint scheme might be just what you’re looking for.

Purple

It turns out that those with purple bedrooms are the least rested of all, averaging a meager 5 hours and 56 minutes of sleep per night. This is because the rich hue is actually a mental stimulant, which makes it difficult to “switch off” at the end of the day. In addition, many respondents reported vivid dreams or nightmares on a regular basis.

Dark Brown

This darker hue is not as cozy as it might appear. It often leads to uncomfortable feelings of isolation, which in turn increases irritability.

Gray

Another possibly poor choice, given gray’s gloomy connotations. According to the survey, those with grey bedrooms spend the most time online while in bed, leading to restlessness and diminished sleep time.

White or Cream

If you consider yourself a workaholic, then by all means, paint the bedrooms white! Those with white boudoirs reported taking work to bed with them at least three times in a typical work week.

Are You Looking for a New Home on Marco Island?

If you’re ready to buy a new home on Marco Island, we’d love to help you find the perfect place.

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5 Tips for Staging Your Marco Island Home

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Marco Island Home Staging Tips - Marco Island Homes for Sale

When you’re selling your home on Marco Island, you want it to look its best – and in order to do that, you need to stage it to maximize its appeal to buyers. The goal is to create a space that potential buyers can see themselves living in, because when that happens, they’re more likely to make an offer.

5 Expert Home-Staging Tips

You don’t have to hire a professional home stager before you put your home on the market. In fact, with the right guidance, you can do it all yourself.

Aside from ensuring your home is spotlessly clean (which includes saving a set of new bathroom towels to put out for showings and having an arsenal of lightly fragranced candles), the five best things you can do to stage your house are:

  1. Boost your home’s curb appeal. Your home has to look its best from the outside because it creates the first impression for potential buyers. Make sure you pull weeds, rake up all the lawn clippings and trim your shrubs. Plant seasonal flowers or add seasonal décor to the porch (don’t go overboard on the décor, though!) to add a little something extra.
  2. Fix any issues you can. It’s easy to fix dripping faucets and replace window screens, touch up paint and handle small cosmetic issues. Although they’re really small problems, potential buyers can see them as an indication that there are bigger problems lurking beneath the surface.
  3. Try to minimize your presence. Remove your personal effects, including family photos and eccentric décor so potential buyers can see themselves living in your home.
  4. Maximize the appearance of space by rearranging (or removing) some of your furniture. Move your furniture so it creates easy traffic flow, even if it means putting some pieces in storage. You don’t want buyers to feel as if rooms are crowded or cluttered; you want them to envision their own furniture in each room.
  5. Declutter everything. Remember that potential buyers will open cupboards, look in drawers and open closets. Minimize what you have in each so that buyers see how much space is available; if your bedroom closet is stuffed to overflowing, remove more than half of your clothes and put them in storage. Put extra kitchen appliances in storage (are you really using the juicer or the breadmaker?) and line up the coffee mugs neatly.

Are You Selling a Home on Marco Island?

If you’re selling your Marco Island home, we can help you do it quickly and at the right price.

Call us at 239.821.7926 or get in touch with us online. We’ll answer your questions about marketing, your home’s value and anything else you’d like to know.

 

It’s Not Just for Cooking! Five Excellent Uses for Olive Oil That Don’t Involve a Stove

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It's Not Just for Cooking! Five Excellent Uses for Olive Oil That Don't Involve a StoveOlive oil contains heart-healthy fats, making it a great choice for those concerned about a healthy diet. However, this amazing natural oil can also be used to solve a variety of household and beauty problems.

A high-quality oil like extra-virgin olive oil tastes great for eating and cooking but for beauty and household purposes, a less expensive type will probably work fine.

Remove Stickers And Price Tags

Taking off price tags and stickers often takes time, and it can be a real challenge to remove the entire thing. Stop stressing and get out some olive oil! Dab a sticker with oil, then wait for the sticker to soak up the oil. After waiting a minute or two and both the sticker and the residue will usually wipe off easily.

Treat and Remove Head Lice

Products for removing lice can contain potentially harmful chemicals. They can be expensive and sometimes they just don’t work. Try substituting olive oil for a simple – and often very effective – remedy. Simply coat the head and scalp with olive oil, then leave on for approximately an hour. Shampoo and repeat the process to get rid of the lice quickly.

Renew Leather And Wood

Breathe new life into leather or wood by applying olive oil. For wood, rub it in a teaspoon at a time, using a soft cloth. Allow time for the wood to absorb the oil, then just rub away any excess after about thirty minutes. The oil may also be used to protect wooden cutting boards, utensils and other kitchen items made of wood. Renew old leather baseball gloves, jackets and more using the same process.

Get Off Gum

Sticky situations can also be solved using olive oil. To get gum off a shoe, or out of someone’s hair, soak a cloth or paper towel in olive oil. Hold it on the spot with the gum for about 10 minutes. The oil helps break down the gum, allowing it to be removed easily.

No More Squeaks

Try using olive oil to squelch a squeak. Just rub a cotton ball or cloth dipped in oil onto a noisy hinge or spring. Then all you have to do is sit back and appreciate the silence. Best of all, this solution is odor-free and non-toxic.

Olive oil keeps for as long as two years. After that time the oil starts to lose its flavor, and it may spoil. However, the oil will often still remain good for household uses. One bottle of olive oil makes a great substitute for so many different products. So give it a try to save money, save space and solve some problems, all at the same time.

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