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Protect your apartment!

Barcelona real estate Blog

28.05.2013 11:04

Well, this time we will raise another important topic related to our home´s safety. Every single second somewhere in the world property owners become victims of burglary. Consequently, here comes the question how to prevent our homes from burglars and thieves who are always ready to make good at our expenses. Follows these 4 easy steps, and the chances are you will never have to deal with that question either.

Step #1 Choose the front door, which does not have a letter box. Quiet often burglars use this hole in order to look at the interior of the flat and even for stealing your keys that you leave in the hall. If you do not believe it is possible we tell you that they do not even need to have modern devices, extendable fishing rod is a likely thing for starting the intrusion to your dwelling.

Step #2 It might be a bit expensive, but installing the alarm will definitely protect you house from bad people. You can put it to the rooms, which are not used by you during night time, for example hall, living room, kitchen, etc.

Step #3 Equip your house with CCTV cameras. It is extremely useful in daily life as you can always check who rings the bell.  And it can also gather evidences if burglars try to enter your house. Police can use the video later in order to find these people.

Step #4 (the most pleasant one) You should get a dog. Your new family member will protect your house from strangers 24/7.

Making your property safe is not complicated at all and I does not take much time to make all this steps done. HomeSearchBarcelona wishes you good luck!

Some useful tips for your homey lobby

Barcelona real estate Blog

23.05.2013 15:08

Entrance rooms are not the main premises in our apartments and houses. But they always have to be very tidy and well-organized. We can say that lobby is the business card of the house that is why it is really important to think its design through. In this article we will reveal you some small secrets how to make your lobby not only good-looking but useful as well.

Entrance rooms are often used in storage purposes. We keep our overcoats and shoes there. Therefore, it is quiet useful to fill the room with different baskets and boxes. You can even make them more convenient by dividing the space in the basket/box into special sections for all family members.

At least once in your life you faced a problem related to key’s disappearance. We come home and always put them to places that are not aimed for keeping keys. But did you know that key holder could solve this problem once and for all? Moreover key holder can serve as a decor item. There are numerous kinds of them and you can easily find one that will suit your interior.

Even in Barcelona it is raining sometimes. And umbrella is not useless thing here; therefore at home you should have a special stand. It is an ideal way to prevent your home from rainwater all over it.

Those tips are only few from thousands that you can implement in your interior design. Be creative and open-minded while making your home look homey.

Let nature enter into your apartment!

Barcelona real estate Blog

13.05.2013 13:00

If you don't have the chance to have your own terrace or if your balcony is too small to decorate it as well as you would like to do, you have many others solutions to have a part of outside in your apartment.

Have you ever heard about green walls ?

With this alternative you can easily have a green area in your apartment and your interior could become a piece of paradise. The green wall has become the real "must have" of an original and design decoration. Henceforth, you can see it on many trendy places as restaurants, hotels or shopping centre. If you also want to surf on the trend, take a look on these 10 excellent variants (green wall and other ideas) that we collected for you, by hoping that it will give you an inspiration.

If you want to have a look on an amazing green wall, you also can go to the Brasserie Moritz (Ronda de Sant Antoni, 39). Its green wall has been realized by Patrick Blanc, the famous French botanist who realized most of famous green walls in the world.

If you want to get started and create your own living wall, you can find the material on this page or this one.

For more information you can view this website or this page.

Find Ideas For Your Perfect Terrace

Barcelona real estate Blog

07.05.2013 10:51

Summer is getting closer and closer and we tend to spend more and more time outside. Among people living in Barcelona it is really popular to have own terrace – own private place outdoor in always crowded city. If you have one – you are really lucky. But you should take into account that badly decorated terrace is not a place that will pull you in like a magnet. To make you terrace the most attractive place in your apartment, check 15 excellent variants that we collected for you. We hope it will give you an inspiration.

Some Reasons To Buy An Apartment In Barcelona

Barcelona real estate Blog

02.05.2013 09:58

Nowadays the real estate market prices are low in Spain. And there is a lot of free properties that are still waiting to be owned. Why not by you?

This is THE moment to buy an apartment in Barcelona, the market has suffered an important crisis so prices are interesting and buying conditions have never been that good. From the economy analysts´ point of views, prices are about to raise again in the next few years so your property will get more value and you will get important paybacks if you sell it after renovating or even more in few years!

If you want to rent your apartment in order to get quick return on investment, we can offer you solutions to do it, for example as a holiday apartment. This is a high-growth market in Barcelona. It will provide you monthly paybacks with nothing to care about, we deal with everything for your quiet.

Another good reason to have an apartment here is that Barcelona is most of all a very nice place to live. It is a cosmopolitan city, which gathers many different nationalities and offers places and events that are suitable for everyone. The way of life here is very attractive as Barcelona´s residents can enjoy the sun 300 days per year and there are so many places to visit that even a life living here is not enough to see everything!

The city has very well developed infrastructures. International El Prat airport serves around 35 million passengers annually. The port of Barcelona meet more than 1 million passengers every year. You can easily take couches or trains, which brings you to different beautiful places all over Spain.