The Patz McMillan Team

Happy New Year to all our loyal clients and friends!

Looking forward to serving you for years to come.

~Patz

Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you for a fabulous year in 2006.

All the best,
Patz & the Go-To Team

Candles are very popular during the holiday season, but they may introduce an unfamiliar element of danger to a home. If you use them for decorative or ceremonial purposes, be sure to exercise extreme care and watchfulness at all times. Here a few tips to help ensure a safe season:

1. Never leave a room with burning candles - an adult should be attending them at all times.
2. Never move a ...

Certain holiday decorations take advantage of reflection to create a festive mood. This type of reflected light can also be used more subtly in décor to create the illusion of increased space and natural light. Two of the greatest assets to an area lacking direct sunlight are mirrors and artificial lighting. Their strategic positioning to catch and thro2w light will provide added dimension to ...

It's the time of year when we are inundated with a barrage of products that evoke questions like "Where can I get one of those?" or perhaps "What were they thinking?" Many of the new products are true innovations, that either stem from new technologies or adapt the concepts of previous inventions. Others are simply practical ideas that have not reached wide distribution due to a lack of mass ...

The more varied the opinions of economic experts, the more we are required to do our own homework when making real estate decisions for the future. This is especially true when there are varying degrees of optimism and pessimism about the nation's economy. Many homeowners use interest rates to measure the health and viability of real estate. But the national economic outlook is not the only r ...

Hands full? Get yourself an automatic door opener

If you've ever struggled to open an inaccessible or uncooperative door entrance while your arms were full, you might want to consider an automatic door opener for your front door. The openers fit both old and new doors and operate just like garage overhead door openers. The convenience of an automatic opener is becoming increasingly popular a ...

Home ownership is about to enter a new era of design as a result of several construction trends intended to reflect the ways in which we live, work and play/ Evolving lifestyles and new long term realities such as energy and environmental issues will affect the way we use our homes, and the way we design, build and renovate them. These trends are already noticeable in some circles, and will e ...

Not long ago, Wi-Fi technology was only available at certain businesses and in a few homes. But now it is virtually everywhere - in airports, hotels, bars, restaurants, many residential communities and even government institutions. Such rapid advancement indicates that Wi-Fi will soon become commonplace in most populated areas across the country, making it a subject of interest to many homeow ...