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SPRINGING INTO ACTION – NATURAL CLEANING PRODUCTS FOR YOUR AVENTURA HOME

Do we really need to smell  amonia and or clorox in our Aventura or Miami homes to consider them clean?

The truth is, once you get it out of your head that you need your house to smell like a freshly sterilized hospital room, you’ll find your best cleaning supplies right in your own pantry. Baking soda and vinegar will often work to clean just about anything, including toilet bowls, soap scum and kitchen sinks.

What can I use for my everyday household cleaning?

Simply, mix 1 cup vinegar with 1 cup water in a spray bottle and you’re ready to go. For more serious disinfecting, try having one spray bottle of vinegar around and one spray bottle of hydrogen peroxide (make this one a dark bottle since light can change the properties of hydrogen peroxide). Different sources have proved that spraying these two nontoxic ingredients on your countertops can kill 10 times more bacteria than peroxide alone.

Haiti Relief Efforts – Let’s Help

I strive  to be the best realtor I can be for my sellers and buyers. I constantly get the latest news go to trainings, teach and take workshops, and I always try to communicate from a positive standpoint and to write about upcoming events, goods news and green friendly activities taking place  in South Florida including Aventura and Sunny Isles.

Well folks, there’s times when I feel that the most important thing to do is to help others less fortunate who are suffering and struggling to safe their lifes and mourning the loss of their loved ones.

Please, kindly assist the Haitian people.

The Red Cross has set up a relief fund. Here’s how it works:

Send a $10 Donation by Texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999

You can make a donation by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or click on the Donate Now button.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! GREETING FROM SOUTH FLORIDA REAL ESTATE

GREEN TAX INCENTIVES FOR CONSUMERS – Including our Aventura residents

 There’s still time to take advantage of the many green tax incentives available to consumers.

There’s one month left in 2009  to take advantage of green tax incentives. From putting smarter windows in your house to installing a solar water heater, move quickly to get back a considerable percent of your investment.

Until December 31,  2009,  you have plenty of time to take advantage of the green tax incentives available to consumers. While some of these tax credits or deductions have been available for several years, many were created as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The following types of energy-efficient products may be eligible for a 30 percent tax credit, up to $1,500:

• Biomass stoves
• Advanced main air circulating fan
• Air source heat pump
• Central air conditioning
• Gas, propane, or oil hot water boiler
• Natural gas or propane furnace
• Oil furnace
• Home insulation
• Reflective roofing 
• Non-solar water heaters
• Energy-efficient windows, doors and skylights
• Storm windows and doors 

These products must be installed on an existing, primary residence. New construction projects as well as rental property upgrades will not qualify for the tax credit under this plan. Although 2009 is coming to a close, these tax credits are valid for projects completed through Dec. 31, 2010.

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City of Aventura – How Green Can your Condo Go? Green Iniciative for the Summer 2009

The City of Aventura announces a call for Builders and Developers who follow the Green Iniciative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Green iniciative is one more step that the City of Aventura in South Florida is taking towards helping the environment and turning our city into a green friendlier town.

The new resolution will include marketing of green buildings on site construction signs. Plaque on the building designating the project under the Program.

Through this ongoing effort the City of Aventura, once again, tackles this important issue that will ultimately benefit all of us.

To read more about this program to can log on to the City of Aventura website.

Are you looking to move to South Florida? Are you interested in selling your Aventura Home? If you are ready you should work with someone you know and trust. Let me help you and show you how you can sell your condo for the highest profit possible in the least amount of time.

Adriana Faerman | Real Estate Simply Better | adrianafaerman@gmail.com | 305-773-0253

Living in Aventura, Miami Beach, Sunny Isles: Eco friendly technologies

Do you know that now Aventura, Sunny Isles and residents of other South Florida neighborhoods can go green at home?

How? There’s a number of eco-friendly technologies that can be used at home and at work.

You can start by changing your lightbulbs

 

 

• Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) are the size of a standard incandescent lightbulb but last six to 10 times as song and use 25% or less of the power of an equivalent incandescent bulb.
• The dissipate far less of their energy use as heat and more as light.

What does that mean to South Florida residents? We can reduce our AC Bills!

You can also get the newest generation of lighting technology: LED

Light-emitting diode (LED) uses energy even more efficiently.

What else can owners of homes in Aventura, Golden Beach, Sunny Isles and Miami Beach can do to save energy?

SOLAR PANELS – Very useful for South Florida Homes

 

We live in the Sunshine State, don’t we?

Solar power generation has been around for decades but recent advances in materials and systems management have made it far more efficient and cost- effective.

Do you have a swimming pool in your Aventura or Golden Beach Home?

Well, now photovoltaic and newer thin-film technologies gather solar energy and are sued to heat swimming pools, power home water heaters and even generate all the electricity a home needs.

 

 

There’s a range of options from the most expensive ones upwards $15,000 to those solar 0powered battery chargers to power up your cameras, cellphones, iPode or laptop.

So what are my dear Aventura, Sunny Isles, Golden Beach neighbors waiting for? Just talk to your contractor, access green friendly websites like Ecobroker and BluePlanetGreenLiving and start using our natural resources for a better and green living.

For more information on Aventura, Sunny Isles, Golden Beach, Miami Beach and other local South Florida cities, simple contact me and we will work together on your real estate needs.

Are you ready to sell you home? Adriana is ready to help. Adriana Faerman |EcoBroker | www.realgreentrends.com | 305-773-0253

 

Aventura Real Estate – Green Living around Aventura Condos and Homes

The City of Aventura is turning Greener.

 

Now residents of Aventura Homes and Condos and visitors as well, will see green friendly vehicles down its beautifully manicured streets.

The City of Aventura has announced the purchasing of electric cars which will patrol the city known for its high-rises and luxury condominiums as well as for its beautifully landscaped single family homes developments.

 

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South Florida Green News – Contaminated Drywall

Real Estate News for the Green Friendly Consumer

Things You Need to Know about Chinese Drywall

When selling and buying real estate, either homes or condos in South Florida, there is nothing better than an informed buyer and seller.

Here in the area of Aventura, Sunny Isles and Hollywood we have heard too many stories about developers being in trouble because of the suspected use of Chinese Drywall.

Well,  I bet we are all worried if this poses a health threat to us, our families or pets. However,  the Division of Environmental Health has yet to determine it.

The DOH does not have the necessary resources to visit homes and collect material samples for analysis. And, unfortunately the most definitive method to date is finding a “made in China” marking on the back of the sheet of drywall.

For more answers to your questions you can always visit Floridas Health site.

There is now an Chinese/Defective Drywall Addendum that buyers should require to be included in the buyers/sellers contract. Buyer may choose to conduct a risk assessment or inspection for the presence of Chinese/defective drywall.

If you would like to receive more information I can email you the addendum and guide you through your purchase especially if the home or condo you are looking to buy has been built or updated after 2003.

Please, leave me a note and I will respond.

Aventura Real Estate Vacation tips …

I was reading an article in Green Living Tips that I wanted to share with you.  This is an interesting perspective. Perhaps, after reading it, you might consider having  a stay-home vacation  here in  in Aventura,  Sunny Isles Beach, or closer to your home area.

“The Grass is Greener in South Florida”

He starts by saying this: “How many times have you been on vacation only to find that what was in the glossy brochure with the doctored photos didn’t reflect the reality of the destination? What about all those tourist traps where everything is Read the rest of this entry »