by Ben Honadel | Apr 1, 2016 | Home & Garden
What to Say When Your HOA Management Company says, “It’s not my job.” Many of us living in Santa Clarita live in a neighborhood that belongs to an HOA. Your HOA dues pay for the maintenance of the common property and for a property management company to run your HOA....
by Ben Honadel | Mar 1, 2016 | Home & Garden
Swim Season With Pools By Ben The swim season traditionally begins right around May 1st and runs through the end of September. May is coming right up. The beginning of the swim season is a good time to take a look around your backyard and pool area, and think about...
by Ben Honadel | Feb 1, 2016 | Home & Garden
Fun Facts about Hydraulic Concrete Concrete is the most widely used construction material on the planet, and certainly one of the main ingredients for a majority of in ground swimming pools. Most people tend to think that Portland cement has something to do with a...
by Ben Honadel | Jan 1, 2016 | Home & Garden
Southern California Edison’s Little Secret There are about 300 HOAs in Santa Clarita. Most of these HOAs have one or more community swimming pool. Most locations have a large pool, spa and wading pool and they consume a huge amount of electricity. We are talking...
by Ben Honadel | Dec 1, 2015 | Home & Garden
Pool Lights I can always tell if a pool light is incandescent or LED. Incandescent lights have a yellowish color and are very bright next to the light fixture and can barely light the other end of the pool. They use 500 watts so they are very hot to the touch. It is...
