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Make the most of your move into a new home by planning and proper packing.
Moving all of your belongings to a new home can be stressful… even in the best circumstances.
There always seems to be some complication, whether it’s trying to maneuver a piece of over-sized furniture through tight quarters or not being able to find the sheets you put in one of the “bedroom” boxes.
You should expect to run into some obstacles, but there are ways to keep them to a minimum. The key is to stay organized and take precaution by protecting your belongings.
We found some helpful recommendations and a complete Moving Guide on FrontDoor.com that can help get into your new home smoothly without getting overwhelmed. Here are some great ways to get started with the packing process:
1.) If you have lived in your home for some time, the odds are good that you have accumulated a lot of “stuff.” In all honesty, there’s a little pack-rat inside everyone. The reality is, however, we typically don’t need everything we own. Consider this as a valuable chance to diminish the amount of clutter in your life.
Get rid of the things you don’t use. Separate items you don’t need into two boxes or bins, one for “charity” and the other “recycle.”
Capturing Christmas lights at night is challenging. Remember, your skills will improve with practice. Start shooting and have fun.
Although Pulte Homes’ Chicagoland Holiday Home Decorating Contest ended Monday, there’s no reason you can’t be preparing for next year (just like the Cubs)!
Taking photos of bright lights at night can produce pictures with unusual streaks and swirls for even the most seasoned photographers.
So we’re going to expose five tips from the pros that won’t leave you shooting in the dark. To do so, we did a little research and found some helpful information that you can use all year round.
Professional Photographer Patty Hankins shares some smart ways to work with SLR camera settings. Her easy explanations will help you capture stunning Christmas lights at night. Ready, now? OK, here we go.
Get Ready.
1.) Plan on dressing warmly. You may have to brave the weather for a while when you go searching for the ultimate Christmas display.
2.) Turn off the flash. Flashing light on light will give you a white out.
3.) Select a lens. Use either a macro or an all-purpose wide angle lens. A macro is useful if you want to isolate any one ornament or decoration. While a wide angle lens is great if you want to get the whole house into the picture.
Celebrate more purchase power with Pulte's incredible 4.75%* financing rate through December 31.
Payments On a $200,000 Home for Like It Was a $160,000 Home?! Way!
For a limited time only, select a home at Pulte’s Heritage Park and Autumn Creek communities that are available with special financing. This financing actually results in a significant decrease in the payments you’ll pay for the home over the life of the mortgage loan.
Curious? Here’s how it works. For a limited time, we’re offering special 4.75%* conventional financing rate (4.790% APR) on certain homes, only available until December 31, 2008.
This financing rate effectively means that if you purchase a home that is listed for $200,000 and take advantage of Pulte Preferred Buyer Rewards Program, you’ll actually only pay the same mortgage costs as you would have (over the life of the loan) if the monthly payment of a home is priced at $160,000. It’s like saving more than $40,000 on the price of the home!
But wait, there’s more.
In addition, first time homebuyers or buyers who have not owned a home in the previous three years can take advantage of the federal $7,500 tax incentive if they buy a home in December and close before the end of the year.
Many Illinois school districts sit on the state’s academic monitoring list, meaning that the schools are not showing sufficient progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Law. Some districts are closing down schools, partly because they are not making academic progress, and even fewer districts are opening new schools. However, according to a recent article on BeaconNewsOnline.com, the Yorkville School District has been cited by the state as showing significant academic improvements! State School Superintendent Christopher Koch contributes further with the following quote in regards to the increasing NCLB performance targets;
“These schools and districts are making significant improvement and this accomplishment is even more noteworthy given the various performance targets that continue to increase each year.”
The new K-6 Autumn Creek Elementary School will be opening this Fall! The state-of-the-art facility will provide top of the line education for Pulte Homes’ Autumn Creek residents, and is within walking distance. The great thing is that the school will stabilize the community’s children from having jump around from school-to-school as Yorkville continues to grow and redraw its boundaries.
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