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How Siri, Alexa, And Google Assistant Can Boost Your Household’s Oral Hygiene

Date May 4, 2022 Category Home Design, New Home

One thing that transforms how dentists work, and the sorts of dental treatments that are available to everyone, is technology. Examples include digital x-rays, laser treatments, and dental implants which are the modern alternative to having dentures. We are also at the stage where technology available to us at home can also positively impact our dental health.

We are not talking about DIY dentistry at home, but instead, technology that can help everyone care for our teeth and gums better than we have done so before. One prime example of this is home assistants. This is not someone turning up at your home to whiten your teeth but instead, devices which include Google Assistant, Siri from Apple, and Amazon’s Alexa.

If you have never heard of these or what they do, here is the briefest of explanations. They are small, portable devices that sit in any room at home to which you give voice commands. Depending on the voice command you give, your home assistant will answer or carry out a function.

If you wish to listen to your favourite music, tell your home assistant, and it will start playing it. Want to know what the traffic is like before you set off to work, your home assistant will tell you. Want current share prices, the latest news, or the weather, they can all be asked for vocally and your home assistant will give you the answer vocally too.

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5 Things To Do Before Moving House

Date January 23, 2018 Category New Home

People choose to relocate to a new home for many different reasons. Often, it might be caused by a new job in another area, the need to be closer to family or schooling, or the purchase of a new home. Whatever your reason for moving, you’re sure to find there is a lot to take care of. In fact, the moving process, while undertaken in one day by professional removalists, can often take weeks of planning.

To make the moving day that little bit less stressful, we’ve compiled a list of five things to do before moving house. Taking note may just spell the difference between a nightmare and a dream for your family.

Declutter

Take the opportunity before moving day to clear out possessions you no longer need or use. The benefits of doing this are huge. You can not only enter your new home with a clean slate and no junk, but you can also make a few extra dollars by selling off furniture you don’t need, or toys and clothing that your children have grown out of.

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5 Tips for Choosing Security Fencing

Date May 16, 2015 Category Home Design, New Home

When it comes to security fencing, most people think in terms of keeping people out, but in fact keeping people or animals in is often more essential. When you think what would happen if your toddler or your doggie friend got out onto the street, you will soon see the need for the kind of fencing that will keep them safe. So how do you choose this kind of fencing?

The first thing to do before choosing any kind of fence is to check with the council to see if there are any rules and regulations about fencing in your suburb. It could well be that certain kinds of fencing are required, in which case you won’t have much of a choice.
If you do have a choice you will need to think whether privacy is also a requirement. Steel cladding fencing – or any kind of fencing that cannot be seen through – is the best for privacy. It can keep your dog from seeing another dog over the fence and barking at it all day long. And it can keep nosy neighbours from seeing what you are doing, while still keeping your animals and children safely contained.

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Moving Into Your New Home – Tips for Seniors

Date March 17, 2013 Category New Home

Most seniors are only too well aware that they cannot do what they used to. This is one of the reasons that older people often downgrade, moving into a home that is smaller or easier to maintain in some way. However, even the actual moving is often difficult, especially when you cannot get any help from your family or a younger friend. The ideal way to move is to have a holiday somewhere while removalists such as Brilliance Removalists Perth do all the packing and unpacking. This is not always possible due to budgetary constraints, so here are some tips to make moving into a new home easier for seniors.

Start packing early so you only have to do a little bit each day.
Many older people have arthritis or a bad back that makes bending painful or even impossible. If you have to pack and unpack yourself, make sure you place the box on a chair or an unused bed so you don’t have to bend over.

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8 Tips for a Stress-Free Move

Date May 18, 2012 Category New Home

Moving house is one of the most stressful things you will ever do. Not only do you have to pack up all your worldly goods, but unpack them at the other end. Then there are still the children, seniors and pets to take care of and ensure they don’t get lost along the way. So here are 8 tips to help cut down the stress of moving.

According to Brilliance Removalists Melbourne, packing and booking the removalists early is imperative, but not so many people think about connecting the internet at their new home. Arranged it several weeks before the move to be sure that there will be a connection on the day you move in.
The electricity connection needs to be set up for the day you move in so that you won’t be paying for the previous tenant’s usage.
Moving Pets and toddlers can be difficult to handle with everything else that you have to do. If possible, leave the children with friends or relatives and put the pets into a pet motel.

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