Chattanooga Rental & Real Estate Newsletter Nov 2010 Renter / Tenant High Standards of Service with Chattanooga Style Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season Let’s Keep in Touch! Deep Fryers Cause Fires Newsletter Subscription Subscribe to our free email In recent years many people have begun cooking their holiday newsletter turkey in a deep fryer. These fryers get very hot and can splash Send An Inquiry or hot oil a lot farther than you expect. On YouTube, it isn’t hard Comment at all to find dramatic videos where someone put the fryer too Ask a question, send us feedback, close to a tree or to their house and started a major fire. tell us what you need Use your fryer outside, and far from anything that could start burning. The last thing you want for Thanksgiving is a crispy Contact Us house with all your belongings in ashes! www.greyhavenrealty.com If You Travel for the Holidays [email protected] More Americans travel to spend time with loved ones for Thanksgiving than for any other holiday. If you plan to go away 2 Northgate Park, Suite 408 for an extended period (say, a week), please take steps to Chattanooga, TN 37415 USA avoid coming back to bad news! Remember to:
+1 423 648 6676 phone • Tell us about your trip. We occasionally drive by, so if we know you’re away, we’ll pay extra attention to your President: Joni Eldredge place. Also, if you make an extended trip and we don’t know, we could needlessly raise an alarm thinking something has happened to you! • Stop newspaper deliveries or have a neighbor take your newspapers in. • Put your mail on Vacation Hold at the post office or have a neighbor take it in. • Arrange for a neighbor to take in any parcels that arrive while you are away. • Make sure you leave all windows and doors locked. • Winterize your home to protect against burst water pipes in case there is a hard freeze. (If you aren’t sure how to do that, call us.) • If you have a security system, arm it when you leave. Slow Mail and Your Rent The holiday season begins with Thanksgiving. Catalogs and gift parcels slow down postal deliveries. If you pay your rent by mailing a check to us, remember to mail it a little earlier during the holidays so it will arrive on time. It’s Getting Colder If your heating system needs to be serviced, call us. Keeping your heating system in good working order is safer (especially when it’s gas fired). It also keeps the heater working efficiently, which keeps your utility bill down. When a hard freeze is forecast overnight, make sure your water pipes are protected. Although some properties in Chattanooga are built to keep the pipes warm enough in the coldest weather, most houses here have at least some vulnerability to the cold. You may need to leave your faucets dripping overnight to keep water moving through the pipes instead of freezing. It’s also a good idea to leave the cabinet doors open under your kitchen and bathroom sinks. That allows some warmth from the occupied areas of the house to reach the pipes that supply those sinks. Such preventive actions are your responsibility as a tenant. If you are going away during the cold season, either your place needs to be winterized (which we can help with) or you need to arrange for someone reliable to attend to it during hard freezes that happen while you are gone. Notice we emphasized that you should choose someone reliable. One of our owners arranged for a next door neighbor to look after her very first house while she was out of town for a training course. The neighbors forgot. The plastic pipes in her ceiling froze, broke, and split for several feet across each break. She lost 100 feet of pipe and the ceilings over the kitchen and two bedrooms. It took two very cold months to get the insurance adjuster in and then get workers to patch the ceilings. From then on, when going out of town in the winter, she cut off the water supply and drained the pipes! Don’t let that happen to you. Protect your pipes!
Fun Things to Do This Month November is often a busy month. Here are just a few things available to do. Artanooga @ In-Town Gallery When: Friday 5 Nov 5 pm to 8 pm Where: 26-A Frazier Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37405 Admission: FREE. Refreshments will be served. This is a public exhibition of new work by more than 30 local artists. For more information, see www.intowngallery.com or call 423-267-9214.
Hunter Museum — Free First Sunday When: Friday 7 Nov noon to 5 pm Where: 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga TN 37403 Admission: FREE. Admission to museum galleries and craft activities is free on the first Sunday afternoon of the month. There is also live music by the Creative Underground, led by Shane Morrow. For more information, see www.huntermuseum.org or call 423-267-0968. Live Piano Jazz at 212 Market Restaurant When: Fridays 7 Nov 6:30 pm to 9 pm Where: 212 Market Street, Chattanooga TN 37402 Admission: No charge beyond your dinner order. If you want an elegant dinner with music to match, 212 Market has live piano jazz every Friday evening. The dinner menu is a la cart. For more information, see www.212market.com or call 423-265-1212 to make reservations. Helping Hands at Creative Discovery Museum When: 20 Nov to 4 Jan Mon-Tue & Thu-Sat 10 am to 5 pm, Sun noon to 5 pm Where: 321 Chestnum Street, Chattanooga TN 37402 Admission: The usual admission fees apply. The Helping Hands exhibit introduces children to the concept of philanthropy and ways that they can make a difference. For more information, see www.cdmfun.org or call 423-756-2738. Bluff View Art District Holiday Open House When: Fri 26 Nov 11 am to 5 pm Where: Bluff View Art District near downtown Chattanooga Admission: FREE. Why go to a shopping mall when you can do this the day after Thanksgiving instead? The entire Art District will welcome you. Meet chefs. Taste samples from restaurants, the bakery and the coffee roaster. Taste a little wine. See art demonstrations and listen to live music. If you do need to start buying holiday gifts, some shops will offer special discounts. For more information, see www.BluffViewArtDistrict.com or call 423-265-5033.
Holiday Apple Wassail This is an ideal drink to serve at holiday parties. Serve it warm. Those who want something alcoholic can add a splash of rum. Ingredients • 1 gallon apple cider • 6 apples, cored and cut into 1 inch chunks • 4 (2 inch) whole cinnamon sticks • 1/4 teaspoon ground mace • 1/4 teaspoon anise seed • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg • 1 teaspoon ground ginger • 3 tablespoons brown sugar • 1 orange, thinly sliced • 1 lemon, thinly sliced Instructions 1. Combine the cider, apple chunks, and cinnamon sticks in a large kettle and bring to a boil over medium heat. Turn the heat down to low and add the mace, anise seed, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and brown sugar. Stir to combine, and simmer for 20 minutes until the spices have developed their flavor. 2. Drop in the orange and lemon slices, simmer for 5 more minutes, and turn off the heat. Ladle the wassail into mugs and serve hot. Include a few pieces of cooked apple or a cooked orange or lemon slice in each mug.