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Buying blinds

As I mentioned above we've been sorting out this house in sunny climes and as part and parcel of that we've been looking into blinds. For of course part of the problem with being in sunny climes is that while you're indeed there for the sun, you don't want it inside with you all the time.

The middle of the day for example, you'd rather keep the sun outside: not just for temperature reasons but to avoid it fading all that furniture we've just so expensively put into the place.

And as is also normalin sunny climes, the houses aren't exactly built for the inevitable but short winter. There's not much heating in them, not a great deal of insulation (what there is being used to keep the summer heat out, not the winter heat in) so once again blinds are a both desirable and necessary addition.

I to have to admit that one of the things I really like about this modern world is that not only can we live and work here in these sunny climes, something the internet has made possible, we can also do our shopping from the comfort of my desk.

I can't think of anything worse than traipsing around looking at home furnishings (umm, well, OK, maybe shoe shopping) but being able to do it with a few clicks of the mouse is getting close to enjoyable.

 

 

Have you got your contents insurance?

As regular readers will know we've been sorting out a house rebuild here in sunny climes. We've managed to finish the house now and are in the process of populating it. Not just the obvious things like furniture and pets and people, but the infrastructure of a living space.

You know, baths and taps and light fittings and carpets and.....all the things that when you buy good stuff can cost a fortune but which you never quite seem to budget for properly. Which has turned my mind to what might we do if something horrible went wrong?

For example, as is common here, heating is by wood fire. I can imagine that getting out of control at some point: it's hardly unusual after all. And thus bang would go all the money we've spent on getting the place sorted out.

Yes, of course we've house insurance, but that's not enough, for there's also all that money spent on the bits in it. The contents: which is why I've been looking for contents insurance. And, as you can see from that link, found it.

Until I'd added up how much we'd spent I hadn't thought about it. But now that I have, yes, my contents are insured.