Archive for May, 2008

Fridge - First time buyers essentials

Now this has to be an essential. If you’re going to eat healthily and cheaply, you need a fridge. You can spend a great deal of money on a fridge, so here I’m going to outline some of the factors that should help make your decision.

Size and space

Both inside and outside. The outer dimensions are important because no doubt you have limited space to put it. Inside determines how much food you can put in. Big families are going to need more food, so need more storage space in the fridge. It’s also worth while making sure the door can be reversed, depending on where you are locating the fridge.

Cosmetics

Most people keep their fridge in the kitchen, so if you care about how your kitchen looks, you’re going to want a fridge that matches the rest of your kitchen. Most manufacturers build fridges in the typical kitchen colours, white, black, grey and silver.

Freezer compartment

Some people choose not to get a separate freezer (or full fridge/freezer), so having a freezer compartment at the top of your fridge would be handy.

Efficiency

In this day and age, economy is on the tip of every bodies tongue. Most fridges come with power ratings, choose the most efficient whenever you can.

Warranty

Quite a biggie, make sure fridge comes with a decent manufacturers warranty and if you’re unsure, ask the retailers about extended warranty.

Others

Worth mentioning I think, our new fridge lets you remove the seals so you can easily clean in behind them, keeping it looking better but also helping it last longer.

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Bins - First time buyers essentials

Easily forgotten, most first time buyers spend their first few weeks with carrier bags or bin bags in the corner of every room. The rooms where bins are essential are usually the kitchen, living room and each bathroom. The bin kept in the kitchen is likely to be the most used and therefore needs to be the biggest. If you’ve not got somewhere to tuck away your kitchen bin out of sight, it’s worthwhile trying to get one that looks nice. Brabantia bins are very popular at the minute and look very stylish. I recently bought a 50L Touch Bin and although it wasn’t cheap, it’s well made and looks very nice.

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Lawn Mowers - First time buyers essentials

This series is aimed at starting to catalog essential items for the first time buyer. You may not think of these as essential, but it doesn’t take long before they become essential. I moved into my house a week ago without a lawn mower and I didn’t think it was a big deal. The weather has been lovely in he UK and that has lead to some serious growth by the grass on my little lawn. That given you still wouldn’t think cutting the lawn would be that essential. But I have a dog, who likes to play on the lawn. He also likes to do other things on the lawn and if that getst lost in the long grass and not cleaned away, he likely trample in it, then come running into the house. Also, I look out the back of my house, see my two neighbours lawns looking neat tidy and healthy, then look at mine and it soon starts to bother you.

I made the mistake of not researching these products before I bought, I just assumed they’re all pretty much the same. Seeing as I only have a small lawn, I figured I’d just get a compact cheap one. turns out the one I got was useless, so I promptly returned it.

If you don’t want to look to far and wide, Amazon has a simple selection of lawn mowers and you can have a quick look through the user reviews and find one that looks the business. I selected a few Bosch models below, all of which had some decent customer reviews.

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