Blog | Alan Good

How you can help protect against tornadoes, tropical storms and high winds

Tornado wind speeds can be as high as 500 km/h. They can topple trees, flatten homes, and overturn vehicles. But we've got some tips to help you keep your home and family safe from wind damage. 3 basic steps you can take: Secure patio furniture, barbecues, garbage cans and other possible projectiles ...

Worried about Finding a Home if You Sell First?

There are many reasons why selling your current home before buying another one may be a good idea. But, once you’ve made that decision, you may still worry that you won’t find another home to buy after you sell.Fortunately, there’s plenty you can do to minimize that possibility. For example, if ...

Inspect your House & Property

It is advisable to do a thorough visual inspection of your home’s exterior, as well as any fences, sheds and other secondary buildings on your property, at least once or twice a year. Now, more than ever, extreme and unexpected weather events happen with greater severity and less predictable outcomes.So, ...

Gardening 101: Your Spring Gardening Checklist

If you want to maximize returns on your gardening efforts, we’ve got 3 strategies to take you from garden simp to master plant manipulator. Strategy 1: Better late than early Seeds do best when they have an uninterrupted growth phase. So rather than having your plants stall out in a frost, wait 2 weeks ...