3 Tips for New Home Owners with a Fireplace

Over 50% of all homes in the USA have fireplaces. Chances are, when you buy a home, the fireplace plays a part in the decision of which home you buy. Statistics say that 58% of hearth owners consider their fireplace, wood or pellet stove or insert to be a major design feature in their home. Now that you have a fireplace of your own, learn 3 tips for new home owners with a fireplace, and get a start on the chimney inspection process! 3 Tips for New Home owners with a fireplace

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Why Real Estate Agents Need to Know about Fireplaces

Fireplaces sell homes. Or dramatically help buyers decide on one home over another. Just look at almost any real estate photo shoot- the advertisement that wants the home to feel cozy and safe will feature the fireplace. Or any company that wants to tell the consumer that their products are safe and enduring will use a picture of a fireplace. Or at least feature it in the background. And yet, many real estate agents are still nervous about talking about the very fireplaces that help them increase the home's sale price. This may be due to the high number of Millenials entering the real estate profession and may be exposing a need for more education. Midtown Chimney Sweeps has put together a list of reasons why real estate agents need to know about fireplaces. Midtown offers free one hour courses to real estate broker's office in California, Colorado, and Iowa.

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5 Things that Make a Good Home-Based Business

Dirty Jobs Can Yield High Returns Sometimes the most unlikely business models are the most successful. Take trash collection, carpet cleaning, or chimney sweeping for example. Nobody wants to do them, but they actually pay very well. Some of these home-service business opportunities may have tremendous growth opportunities in the "dirty jobs" section of America because customers want quality and professionalism in these areas of home service, and cannot find it. Figure that one out and you are already an entrepreneuerial-minded business person on your way to the top. Here is a list of 5 things you can do to make a good home-based business in America today.

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How to Know if Your Pellet Stove has a Bird Nest

How to Know if Your Pellet Stove has a Bird Nest is not easy at first, but we will show you how to figure it out! The picture above is of my hand removing a handful of twigs and nesting debris from a sparrow's long two weeks of labor to build a nest in our Midtown Chimney Sweeps' client's home in Evergreen, Colorado. Our technicians regularly remove nesting debris from all kinds of chimneys in the spring months. Note: It is a violation of the Endangered Species Act to remove a Chimney Swift or its nest during nesting season. Consult with local animal removal authority in your county or city before attempting to move these special little critters!

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New Franchisee Sets Records

Midtown Chimney Sweeps' youngest franchisee is making a difference in people's lives and setting records while growing his new business in South Denver, Colorado, and is setting some records This exceptional young man has an extensive background in home services and the restaurant industry prior to joining up with Midtown Chimney Sweeps. His passion to do his job well, and his love for hands-on work has yielded a fruitful new career with Midtown Chimney Sweeps Franchising.

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Midtown Chimney Sweeps Customer Promise

Our Midtown Chimney Sweeps Customer Promise: Love your chimney & Dryer Vent Promise or let us Know. We'll Always Sweep it Right! The Midtown Chimney Sweeps Customer Promise is rather simple. In fact it is refreshingly basic. It is poetically and vibrantly new in the midst of a chaotic age of overly technical software glitches and cold coffee on the way to dead-end desk job while you look for fourteen passwords.

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