Finding Two Perfect Dog Houses
July 23, 2009
I was recently shopping for a couple of dog houses (I have an Irish Wolfhound and a Labrador Retriever), and was surprised about all that was available. Not only in styles and materials, but I also came across some unusual things.
First, I did not know that you could get an indoor dog house. Most of these are soft houses that are designed for small dogs, you can get them in a variety of colors and styles, many are cute. Other are made of wicker like a basket, and some are functional and will double as an end table. But none of these really work for my dogs, they are just too big! Inside they like to stretch out and be one of the family, it is for outside that I need a couple of dog houses.
The two main types of material that you find dog houses made of are plastic and wood. With plastic you can get different colors such as pink, blue, green, red and brown. They also come in many styles. The ones that I have seen around a lot lately are the igloo dog houses. You can also find houses in a barn type style, and the standard A-frame style like Snoopy has, and even one with a flatter roof line in case your dog wants to lay on top of his house like snoopy! Many plastic dog houses are insulated, so they keep cool in the summer and warm in the winter. They weigh less than a traditional wood house, and are really easy to clean with a garden hose. A plastic dog house can be shipped flat, and then be easily assembled in a few minutes by just snapping it together.
Personally, I prefer wood, I just like the look of them better. Most I found are made of fir, though cedar is also popular. I really liked the variety of styles available in wood dog houses. Naturally, you could find the A-frame style, but also the single slant roof design. One feature that I really like that you can find on either of these styles of dog houses is a hinged roof for easy cleaning. A raised floor is also important to help keep your dog cool in summer and warm in winter. Besides just getting the basic dog house, many companies also offer optional porches (some covered and some open), so your dog can lounge outside his door, or half in and half out of his house. I also found a house that had a flat roof with a balcony on top, so your dog really can pretend to be Snoopy! I did find an interesting option that I had not seen before, and that is a duplex dog house. The inner panel is optional, so you can either separate two dogs, or let them bunk together.
Wooden dog houses also usually ship flat and can be assembled with a screw driver. Most are finished to withstand the weather, and of course, a cedar dog house would weather nicely. You can find painted wood houses (often to imitate a country cottage), but most can be appreciated with a natural wood finish.
Well, it looks like I have many options, and I am mainly limited by the size of my dogs! But I think that I am going to go with two insulated wood dog houses with a single slant roof line, or the doggy duplex.
First, I did not know that you could get an indoor dog house. Most of these are soft houses that are designed for small dogs, you can get them in a variety of colors and styles, many are cute. Other are made of wicker like a basket, and some are functional and will double as an end table. But none of these really work for my dogs, they are just too big! Inside they like to stretch out and be one of the family, it is for outside that I need a couple of dog houses.
The two main types of material that you find dog houses made of are plastic and wood. With plastic you can get different colors such as pink, blue, green, red and brown. They also come in many styles. The ones that I have seen around a lot lately are the igloo dog houses. You can also find houses in a barn type style, and the standard A-frame style like Snoopy has, and even one with a flatter roof line in case your dog wants to lay on top of his house like snoopy! Many plastic dog houses are insulated, so they keep cool in the summer and warm in the winter. They weigh less than a traditional wood house, and are really easy to clean with a garden hose. A plastic dog house can be shipped flat, and then be easily assembled in a few minutes by just snapping it together.
Personally, I prefer wood, I just like the look of them better. Most I found are made of fir, though cedar is also popular. I really liked the variety of styles available in wood dog houses. Naturally, you could find the A-frame style, but also the single slant roof design. One feature that I really like that you can find on either of these styles of dog houses is a hinged roof for easy cleaning. A raised floor is also important to help keep your dog cool in summer and warm in winter. Besides just getting the basic dog house, many companies also offer optional porches (some covered and some open), so your dog can lounge outside his door, or half in and half out of his house. I also found a house that had a flat roof with a balcony on top, so your dog really can pretend to be Snoopy! I did find an interesting option that I had not seen before, and that is a duplex dog house. The inner panel is optional, so you can either separate two dogs, or let them bunk together.
Wooden dog houses also usually ship flat and can be assembled with a screw driver. Most are finished to withstand the weather, and of course, a cedar dog house would weather nicely. You can find painted wood houses (often to imitate a country cottage), but most can be appreciated with a natural wood finish.
Well, it looks like I have many options, and I am mainly limited by the size of my dogs! But I think that I am going to go with two insulated wood dog houses with a single slant roof line, or the doggy duplex.
Importance of Bird House Placement
July 23, 2009
I can remember building my first bird house when I was a kid, and excitedly attaching it to the side of a tree in my backyard. For months afterwards I would peek in at the bird house, but there were never any birds in it. I bought this house as a kit, so I was sure it was the correct dimensions and had the proper sized hole. Needless to say, I was very disappointed, and confused as to why no birds were inhabiting the house.
Looking into the tree that the bird house was mounted to, I could see a bird nest far up in the tree, nestled in the crook of a branch. Why would a bird make a exposed nest high up in the tree, instead of in my covered bird house, with a roof over their heads? Well, now that I’m older and wiser, I know my mistakes.
First, the nest I was looking at up in that tree was a cup nest. Birds who build cup nests don’t raise their young inside a cavity-style nest (like a bird house). Second, my bird house was set at eye level. That is, the eye-level of a small kid, about four feet off the ground. Most birds won’t live in a nest quite so low. Third, it was located near a gate which led into and out of the backyard, and my friends and I went in and out of that gate plenty of times almost everyday, so its no wonder birds tended to stay away from that area. Fourth, this was a tree next to our house, with a narrow space, maybe six feet wide, in between. The bird house faced our house. This didn’t give the birds much of a clear flight path to their house.
So here’s what I learned:
1. Build an appropriate bird house for the type of bird you want to attract.
2. Place the bird house at the appropriate height.
3. The bird house should be located in a low-traffic area.
4. Keep a clear flight path to the house.
While I might have had more success following some of the general guidelines for placement of the bird house and avoiding the pitfalls mentioned above, I still might not have received any feathered tenants. As I’ve learned, each species of bird has specific criteria that a bird house must meet, including proper placement of the house, if they are to select one in which to raise their young.
My first mistake, therefore, was not knowing what kind of bird the house was for. It is possible the birds the house was designed for didn’t even live in the area! Assuming I had known the bird species the house was for, I should have done some research to determine the best placement of the house. I might have found that I didn’t have any adequate locations to place the bird house, or I might have found a location that would be far more enticing to the birds.
Learn from my mistakes. Do your homework and, while there is never any guarantee that bird family will make its home in your bird house, you can increase the likelihood considerably.
Looking into the tree that the bird house was mounted to, I could see a bird nest far up in the tree, nestled in the crook of a branch. Why would a bird make a exposed nest high up in the tree, instead of in my covered bird house, with a roof over their heads? Well, now that I’m older and wiser, I know my mistakes.
First, the nest I was looking at up in that tree was a cup nest. Birds who build cup nests don’t raise their young inside a cavity-style nest (like a bird house). Second, my bird house was set at eye level. That is, the eye-level of a small kid, about four feet off the ground. Most birds won’t live in a nest quite so low. Third, it was located near a gate which led into and out of the backyard, and my friends and I went in and out of that gate plenty of times almost everyday, so its no wonder birds tended to stay away from that area. Fourth, this was a tree next to our house, with a narrow space, maybe six feet wide, in between. The bird house faced our house. This didn’t give the birds much of a clear flight path to their house.
So here’s what I learned:
1. Build an appropriate bird house for the type of bird you want to attract.
2. Place the bird house at the appropriate height.
3. The bird house should be located in a low-traffic area.
4. Keep a clear flight path to the house.
While I might have had more success following some of the general guidelines for placement of the bird house and avoiding the pitfalls mentioned above, I still might not have received any feathered tenants. As I’ve learned, each species of bird has specific criteria that a bird house must meet, including proper placement of the house, if they are to select one in which to raise their young.
My first mistake, therefore, was not knowing what kind of bird the house was for. It is possible the birds the house was designed for didn’t even live in the area! Assuming I had known the bird species the house was for, I should have done some research to determine the best placement of the house. I might have found that I didn’t have any adequate locations to place the bird house, or I might have found a location that would be far more enticing to the birds.
Learn from my mistakes. Do your homework and, while there is never any guarantee that bird family will make its home in your bird house, you can increase the likelihood considerably.
Sell Your Hattiesburg Home Fast So We Can Buy Houses Fast In Hattiesburg Mississippi
July 20, 2009
Do you have a home in the Hattiesburg Mississippi area you need to sell quickly?
Is your house 100% financed with no equity? Are you behind on your mortgage payments or about to be? Is your house in foreclosure? Did your real estate listing expire before your agent was able to get your house sold? Are you selling your home in Hattiesburg Mississippi due to a divorce, illness, job loss or the death of a loved one? Have you moved without selling your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi first? Does your home need extensive repairs? Is your house vacant? Are you making two payments you can’t afford and need immediate debt relief?
These problems, especially foreclosure, are problems that home owners face every day in today’s competitive selling market. The current deteriorating state of the economy is everywhere in the news. Fox, CNN, MSNBC, other news outlets and the President remind us of our pain daily. Home foreclosures are at an all time high even here in Hattiesburg Mississippi with many more foreclosures likely to come. The unemployment rate in Mississippi is growing and is the highest it has been in many years. Housing resale values are at all time lows with no end in sight and with the current credit crisis many of your potential buyers can’t even qualify for a new loan.
So what do you do when you find yourself in one of these ugly situations & need to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi home Fast? Do you wait and wait and wait for a real estate agent to sell your home or try to sell your house yourself? If you don’t have much equity in your Hattiesburg Mississippi house, your home selling options are even more limited. You may have to write a big check to cover any negative equity, closing costs, taxes and real estate commissions. If you try to sell your house yourself you can spend a lot of money on classified ads that result in few potential buyers and you’ll have to deal with people traipsing through your house at all hours of the day and night. And if you can find an ideal buyer you’ll have to get them qualified and handle all the purchase and sale paperwork and get the housed closed. If you don’t have the cash or the patience, what are your options to sell your home quickly?
Sell Your Hattiesburg Mississippi House Fast! If you’ve been searching the Internet looking for someone to buy your Hattiesbug house fast or some way to sell your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi fast, you’ve found your way to the right article to sell your house fast, many times in 7 days or less! MSHomeSolutions.com is your number one source for buying houses in Hattiesburg Mississippi and throughout the Pinebelt.
How to Sell Your Hattiesburg Mississippi House Faster Than Ever! Once you’ve completed our Seller Questionnaire providing your contact information and telling us about your Hattiesburg house for sale, one of our professional home buyers will contact you by phone or email about buying your home. If your home meets our purchase criteria, we’ll schedule an appointment to come out and see your house and make you one or more offers to buy your house on the spot! It’s that simple.
Who We Are. MSHomeSolutions is a group of professional home buyers in Hattiesburg Mississippi and throughout the Pinebelt that specializes in purchasing houses quickly for all cash or on other creative terms. We are not real estate agents who want to list and sell your home for a commission, so there are never any broker fees or real estate commissions. All you have to do is tell us about your Hattiesburg home for sale so we can possibly buy it. That’s how simple it really is! AND we are also specialists in working with home owners in foreclosure. We can help you SAVE YOUR HOME from foreclosure or we can buy it even if there’s no equity.
We buy houses throughout the Hattiesburg Mississippi area. We also buy houses in Petal, Purvis, Oak Grove, throughout the Pinebelt in Forrest and Lamar counties, and across Mississippi and we want to buy your Mississippi house.
We can save you time and money. We know that selling your home can be an expensive, time consuming and complicated process. We understand your situation. If you need to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi home fast, we are your number one solution. Our local, professional home buyers can buy your house in 7 days or less once you’ve notified us of the Hattiesburg home you have for sale. We can pay all cash, take over your payments, lease-purchase your house, or come up with a custom solution to suit your needs immediately! We will handle all of the paperwork, make all the arrangements and close within a few days if necessary. You’ll get a quick sale with no hassles, so you can put your house selling worries behind you once and for all. There will be no more stress and no more home selling headaches.
We buy houses in Hattiesburg Mississippi in all shapes and sizes and in all price ranges. We purchase all types of property and in all price ranges, whether it’s a new house, an old house, a big house, a small house, a pretty house, an ugly house or a house needing major repairs… We like to buy them all. We buy as many houses as we can in Mississippi and are always looking for more houses to buy.
We buy houses in Hattiesburg Mississippi in any situation. Whether you’re selling you Hattiesburg Mississippi house due to divorce, illness, unemployment, relocation, behind on payments, bankruptcy or foreclosure, we’d like to help you find a solution that fits your unique home selling situation. We specialize in finding creative solutions to tough real estate problems that Realtors and other home buyers won’t touch.
MSHomeSolutions.com is your best solution to sell your home fast. If you’ve tried to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi home for sale by owner and failed or you have listed your house with a real estate agent who was unable to sell your home, we are your best solution to get your home sold quickly. Sell your house to us and avoid all the hassles and uncertainties of trying to sell your home yourself or through a real estate agent.
We are your ideal home buyer. If you sell your home to us, you won’t have to continue searching for the perfect buyer while you wait, month after month to sell your house. You won’t have to continue having open houses and showing your home to unqualified strangers who waste your time and scare the dog. You can sell your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi, often in 7 days or less and move on with your life!
Sell your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi in as little as 7 days! To sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi house quickly, please complete our confidential Home Seller Questionnaire on our website at www.MSHomeSolutions.com or call 601-544-9400. Tell us all about your Mississippi home for sale, how we can reach you and one of our knowledgeable house buyers will contact you ASAP about buying your house fast.
We are ready to buy your Hattiesburg Mississippi house today! Our home buyers are ready to help you through the entire home selling process. All you need to do now is call 601-544-9400 or visit our website at www.MSHomeSolutions.com to complete our confidential Seller Questionnaire and one of our local home buyers will contact you about buying your house fast. Why wait another minute to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi house when you can sell your house to us today?
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Is your house 100% financed with no equity? Are you behind on your mortgage payments or about to be? Is your house in foreclosure? Did your real estate listing expire before your agent was able to get your house sold? Are you selling your home in Hattiesburg Mississippi due to a divorce, illness, job loss or the death of a loved one? Have you moved without selling your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi first? Does your home need extensive repairs? Is your house vacant? Are you making two payments you can’t afford and need immediate debt relief?
These problems, especially foreclosure, are problems that home owners face every day in today’s competitive selling market. The current deteriorating state of the economy is everywhere in the news. Fox, CNN, MSNBC, other news outlets and the President remind us of our pain daily. Home foreclosures are at an all time high even here in Hattiesburg Mississippi with many more foreclosures likely to come. The unemployment rate in Mississippi is growing and is the highest it has been in many years. Housing resale values are at all time lows with no end in sight and with the current credit crisis many of your potential buyers can’t even qualify for a new loan.
So what do you do when you find yourself in one of these ugly situations & need to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi home Fast? Do you wait and wait and wait for a real estate agent to sell your home or try to sell your house yourself? If you don’t have much equity in your Hattiesburg Mississippi house, your home selling options are even more limited. You may have to write a big check to cover any negative equity, closing costs, taxes and real estate commissions. If you try to sell your house yourself you can spend a lot of money on classified ads that result in few potential buyers and you’ll have to deal with people traipsing through your house at all hours of the day and night. And if you can find an ideal buyer you’ll have to get them qualified and handle all the purchase and sale paperwork and get the housed closed. If you don’t have the cash or the patience, what are your options to sell your home quickly?
Sell Your Hattiesburg Mississippi House Fast! If you’ve been searching the Internet looking for someone to buy your Hattiesbug house fast or some way to sell your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi fast, you’ve found your way to the right article to sell your house fast, many times in 7 days or less! MSHomeSolutions.com is your number one source for buying houses in Hattiesburg Mississippi and throughout the Pinebelt.
How to Sell Your Hattiesburg Mississippi House Faster Than Ever! Once you’ve completed our Seller Questionnaire providing your contact information and telling us about your Hattiesburg house for sale, one of our professional home buyers will contact you by phone or email about buying your home. If your home meets our purchase criteria, we’ll schedule an appointment to come out and see your house and make you one or more offers to buy your house on the spot! It’s that simple.
Who We Are. MSHomeSolutions is a group of professional home buyers in Hattiesburg Mississippi and throughout the Pinebelt that specializes in purchasing houses quickly for all cash or on other creative terms. We are not real estate agents who want to list and sell your home for a commission, so there are never any broker fees or real estate commissions. All you have to do is tell us about your Hattiesburg home for sale so we can possibly buy it. That’s how simple it really is! AND we are also specialists in working with home owners in foreclosure. We can help you SAVE YOUR HOME from foreclosure or we can buy it even if there’s no equity.
We buy houses throughout the Hattiesburg Mississippi area. We also buy houses in Petal, Purvis, Oak Grove, throughout the Pinebelt in Forrest and Lamar counties, and across Mississippi and we want to buy your Mississippi house.
We can save you time and money. We know that selling your home can be an expensive, time consuming and complicated process. We understand your situation. If you need to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi home fast, we are your number one solution. Our local, professional home buyers can buy your house in 7 days or less once you’ve notified us of the Hattiesburg home you have for sale. We can pay all cash, take over your payments, lease-purchase your house, or come up with a custom solution to suit your needs immediately! We will handle all of the paperwork, make all the arrangements and close within a few days if necessary. You’ll get a quick sale with no hassles, so you can put your house selling worries behind you once and for all. There will be no more stress and no more home selling headaches.
We buy houses in Hattiesburg Mississippi in all shapes and sizes and in all price ranges. We purchase all types of property and in all price ranges, whether it’s a new house, an old house, a big house, a small house, a pretty house, an ugly house or a house needing major repairs… We like to buy them all. We buy as many houses as we can in Mississippi and are always looking for more houses to buy.
We buy houses in Hattiesburg Mississippi in any situation. Whether you’re selling you Hattiesburg Mississippi house due to divorce, illness, unemployment, relocation, behind on payments, bankruptcy or foreclosure, we’d like to help you find a solution that fits your unique home selling situation. We specialize in finding creative solutions to tough real estate problems that Realtors and other home buyers won’t touch.
MSHomeSolutions.com is your best solution to sell your home fast. If you’ve tried to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi home for sale by owner and failed or you have listed your house with a real estate agent who was unable to sell your home, we are your best solution to get your home sold quickly. Sell your house to us and avoid all the hassles and uncertainties of trying to sell your home yourself or through a real estate agent.
We are your ideal home buyer. If you sell your home to us, you won’t have to continue searching for the perfect buyer while you wait, month after month to sell your house. You won’t have to continue having open houses and showing your home to unqualified strangers who waste your time and scare the dog. You can sell your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi, often in 7 days or less and move on with your life!
Sell your house in Hattiesburg Mississippi in as little as 7 days! To sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi house quickly, please complete our confidential Home Seller Questionnaire on our website at www.MSHomeSolutions.com or call 601-544-9400. Tell us all about your Mississippi home for sale, how we can reach you and one of our knowledgeable house buyers will contact you ASAP about buying your house fast.
We are ready to buy your Hattiesburg Mississippi house today! Our home buyers are ready to help you through the entire home selling process. All you need to do now is call 601-544-9400 or visit our website at www.MSHomeSolutions.com to complete our confidential Seller Questionnaire and one of our local home buyers will contact you about buying your house fast. Why wait another minute to sell your Hattiesburg Mississippi house when you can sell your house to us today?
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