Homeowner Articles
How to Prevent Frozen Pipes This Winter
Brrr . . . It’s getting cold outside! Freezing temperatures can lead to frozen pipes and water damage in your home or building. Fortunately, you can take several steps to…
Holiday & Winter Fire Safety Tips
The advent of winter and the holiday season also brings the highest rate of home fires, a leading cause of building insurance claims. Not surprisingly, more than one-third of home…
How to Protect Yourself from Porch Pirates
The fanciful name hides an ever-growing crime. Porch pirates are stealing an increasing number of packages from, well, porches, stoops, vestibules, lobbies and doorsteps. In New York City alone, according…
How to Insure Your Home When Selling
Your house is for sale, and real estate agents and prospective buyers are trooping through it. Maybe you’ve already moved, and your home is vacant. Are you insured if one…
COVID-19 pandemic assistance for NYC landlords and property owners
COVID-19 is challenging landlords and property owners in unprecedented ways. The City of New York and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) offers information on…
Fall Building Maintenance: Get Ready for Cooler Weather
With Labor Day behind us and school back in session, now is the time for annual fall building maintenance. Cooler temperatures and lower humidity make certain tasks easier. In addition,…
How to Boost Home Security and Safety
There are plenty of logical reasons to improve home security and safety, including: According to the FBI, a burglar strikes every 25.7 seconds in the US. That means more than…
Substituting for Staples When Grocery Stores Are Out of Stock
The recipe calls for baking powder, and there’s none at the store or in your pantry. That buttermilk biscuit recipe sounds awesome, but you don’t have the namesake ingredient. Or…
Vacationing During the Pandemic? Follow These Best Practices
Planning a trip? Wondering if it’s safe to travel these days? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention points out that staying home is the safest option to avoid COVID-19.…
Declutter Your Garage (and Make It Safer)
One of those projects you’ve probably been meaning to get to one day is probably to organize and declutter your garage. Here’s some additional motivation: Decluttering and organizing your garage…