Old house or new, waterfront or inland, there aren't many homes on Cape Cod or the Islands immune to the ill effects of dampness during the summer. Our brand new appliances seem to rust overnight, luxury travel ireland unprotected wood appears to rot from one season to the next, and it's difficult to keep surfaces of any kind free from mold or mildew. Most of us with homes here are engaged in a constant battle against dampness, required not only in order to maintain our vacation rental properties, but also to ensure the happiness of our tenants, who may not be used to the consequences of seacoast living. Mustiness/Dampness luxury travel ireland in your home: Arriving at a rental property and encountering a strong musty smell can be a real turn-off to your tenants. Many folks, including increasing numbers of children, suffer from allergies to molds, and in some cases, cannot even spend a night in a home where there's much mold. It's not easy, but we strongly urge you to do whatever luxury travel ireland you can to minimize the dampness and prevent mold from growing. Here are a few suggestions:
• Air conditioning: It's expensive to run and prone to abuse by tenants, but it's also effective in not only cooling your home but drying it as well. Even a window air conditioner or two can be helpful during a particularly damp, hot spell. • De-humidifiers: There are often issues of how to dump or drain the water collected, but having one in your basement or a particularly damp part of your home is very effective. If you don't feel comfortable having your tenants deal with its operation, at least try to run it for a few hours during your turnover, if possible. • Avoid wall-to-wall carpeting , especially in your kitchen and bathrooms, and keep floor coverings to a minimum. Rugs and carpets just aren't that necessary in the summertime, and they really retain dampness. • Avoid wallpaper as it tends to absorb dampness, which eventually turns to mold – even if you can't see it. We stripped our master bedroom of its old wallpaper, and we were amazed luxury travel ireland at what a difference it made to the freshness of the house. • Be sure to keep trees and shrubs away from your house . The debris from them retains moisture in your home, and the shade from them prevents the house from drying out. • Keep surfaces luxury travel ireland thoroughly cleaned on a regular basis – including walls and frames/moldings. luxury travel ireland • Buy gallons of bleach , by far the cheapest and most effective means of not only removing mildew stains but also killing the bacteria of molds and mildew.
luxury travel ireland Rot: Whenever possible, either treat your decks, fences, thresholds and other wood surfaces liberally with a weather proofer such as Thompson's Waterseal, or, if they're painted, don't let the paint chip and peel. We go through gallons of paint every year! Rust: Anything metal, from toasters and other kitchen luxury travel ireland appliances to bicycles and tools, rusts very easily in this salty, damp air. If possible, coat the surfaces of your tools and bikes with oil to protect them. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do in the kitchen luxury travel ireland besides buying stainless luxury travel ireland appliances if you can. If something rusts and causes a stain, an effective cleaning product is "CLR" (for calcium, lime and rust). For more cleaning and maintenance tips, click here . Do you have any recommendations for dealing with these pesky problems?
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Although I've worked for WeNeedaVacation.com since 2008, I've been a loyal homeowner on the site since early 1998, just a few months after the website was launched by the Talmadges. I grew up summering on the Vineyard and have managed my family's rental home there since the mid-1980's. I'm passionately devoted to the Vineyard – and to WeNeedaVacation.com, which I credit with enabling luxury travel ireland me to hold onto the special property that has been in our family since the 1920's. An enthusiastic member of the WNAV.com Homeowner Support Team, I am particularly involved with our new listers, providing assistance with the sign-up luxury travel ireland process and advice about how to create the most effective listing to ensure their booking success with us. I have recently taken over our press and public relations needs. And, with owner Joan Talmadge, I am also responsible for editing and writing much of the content on our website, our monthly newsletters, and the blog posts. luxury travel ireland My husband and I live in Wellesley luxury travel ireland where we have raised our 2 grown kids and our Black Lab, Maisie. Email Elizabeth
Having owned a home on MV for 16 years, and buying the rental home just over a year ago, I know about the mustiness. At first, we had a dehumidifier in the 1st home, that we had to remember to empty every day as there is no drain in the basement floor as there is in our NH home. Then I discovered that there is a pump that you can use to pump the water outside. I attach a hose to the drip bucket, then into a pail where the pump is. When the water level is high enough, ( an inch or so ) the pump is activated and out the tube up to the window and out to my flowers. luxury travel ireland At the new house, I bought a newer version of the pump that the water just goes into and pumps it out from there. Both have worked great. I keep them running from May to October.
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