In terms of the rest of the house, if you’re going to redecorate, then keep your colour scheme light. You may love orange and purple stripes, but your tenants may not. Many letting agents recommend that you use a neutral colour scheme. This helps to make your property appear clean, light, airy and spacious. And more importantly, when people come to see your property, it appears like a blank canvas and they can easily imagine their furnishings and personal items blending in.

You may like to consider using estate agents or letting agents to make your life easier. They can provide advice on how to market your home and advertise for tenants within the right price range. More importantly, they can deal with the legal and administrative side of things. For example, estate agents can provide the tenancy agreements, collect and retain the bond money and collect rent on your behalf. If you choose, this can limit the contact that you need to have with your tenants. And although it doesn’t happen often, occasionally tenants can cause problems by not paying the rent. Letting agents can help by mediating on your behalf.

Your kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the home and deserves extra special treatment, but getting the lighting right can’t always be as easy as just screwing in a bulb. Whether you are cooking up a storm, sitting down for dinner or making a cuppa, don’t you think you should be comfortable in your kitchen?

Whilst fluorescent lighting was a popular choice in the past, they have become outdated with newer styles over taking the un-cosy fluorescent tubes. Intimate homely lighting can keep your kitchen properly lit but also create a comfortable homely feel. There are also many visual distractions in the kitchen with appliances and products. Thoughtful lighting can turn the kitchen into a special place in your home.

Some Bright Ideas

It isn’t all about fancy string lights and novelty lighting in the kitchen. Functionality and simple decorative lighting is the key here. Bright lights that are easy to clean work great.

Contemporary kitchen lighting is suited to a more spacious living area but still adds simplicity and elegance for your kitchen. Alternatively, track lighting could be an option for a modern kitchen. Traditional lighting should be subtle and have more emphasis of a homely feel to your kitchen. As well as this, traditional options include the fluorescent bulbs that we touched on before.

You can also be green with your kitchen lighting. Installing dimmers can be a great way to create an ambience as well as saving on your energy costs. Large kitchens use a lot of task lighting to highlight countertop space. Dimmers and alternative lighting sets allow the main lights to be turned down when working in different areas of the kitchen.

Remember when decorating your kitchen to choose lights that will highlight the best features of your kitchen and tie in with the colours and styles you have chosen on the walls, ceiling and even appliances.

Don’t leave your kitchen in the dark, choose from many different types of traditional and contemporary kitchen lights including ceiling lights, hanging lights, chandeliers, spot lights and down lights from Value Lights, the specialist in discount lighting in the UK.

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