Seaside Breakaway Cottages 

Seaside break away cottages are a wonderful vacation location. Many people today are investing in a vacation home or a second home for retirement down the line. Seaside cottages are an option for more creative types like writers or painters who need a place away from the city where they can focus on their craft or for families who wants a larger vacation home for the holidays, even for older individuals who want someplace warm and beautiful to which to travel when the weather turns in their primary place of residence. 

Whatever the reason for your investment in a seaside breakaway cottage, it's still up to you to make sure that you maintain your cottage so that dilapidation doesn't set in and ruin your investment. A big part of this is not only ensuring that there's no damage or leaks, and that all the plumbing is up to snuff but that you focus on curb appeal, proper lighting and atmosphere in any gardens, patios, or decks that wrap around your cottage, and that you protect it. 

Curb Appeal

One quick and inexpensive way in which you can create curb appeal is to utilize outdoor light fixtures to accent the better parts of your landscaping. Keep all of the landscaping clean and pruned, and use the lighting from outdoor light fixtures to complement manicured portions of your landscape such as a fountain or bench or garden. Make sure that any existing outdoor light fixtures are cleaned and any cobwebs removed. Visitors will notice these small items first and foremost and they can quickly become an unappealing aspect of the home, indicative of an overall uncleanliness and disorganization.

Lights

Make sure you have enough lights to add that perfect touch of relaxation. Garden lights, moveable outdoor lamps, and even string lights for patios and decks can illuminate the entertaining space around your fire pit so that you can still see one another as the embers begin to fade.  In planning outdoor lantern lighting, one should first take into consideration how to produce the right amount of light to an outdoor room without having to take up too much electricity power. Specifically with outdoor lantern lighting, it is a must to make sure the perfect possible angles from where the outdoor lantern lightings for stamped concrete overlay can be mounted. With such information in mind, it will be a lot easier to know the quantity of lights that will be needed, where they can be mounted, as well as which outdoor lantern lighting system will work best for the house.

Outdoor Seating

Your cottage can be made the perfect location for relaxation and guests with the right garden/outdoor ambiance and that starts with seating. Seating is important. You want to make sure you have seating for every guest. Try to combine comfort with the outdoors by including extra chairs, sofas, or ottomans. Think about the average number of guests you entertain at any given time. Think of how many guests you might have in your outdoor getaway if you are cooking a summer barbeque. Have seating appropriate for all guests. If there are typically guests of every shape and size, a long bench or bench style seating might be most flexible so that you don’t have to worry about having specific chairs. But having extra chairs on the side is always helpful. That said, make sure you have furniture which can last outdoors and won’t catch fire. Look for colors and styles which enhance your outdoor living space well.   

Maintaining Your Seaside Cottage

A professional locksmith service can help you secure your cottage as part of your long term maintenance. Seaside cottages can often have security problems with drifters or tourists or even visitors who believe the location to be abandoned or mistakenly think it is their seaside rental when their rental is actually up the street. Regardless, it is better for you to maintain your seaside cottage by installing proper residential locks and security systems. Security systems can help you circumvent these common security issues even when you are not at your cottage. Linking your security system and cameras to your smartphone can give you access to what's happening around your cottage at all times. This is not only a good way to keep informed as to any potential break in but to make sure that a heavy storm hasn't damaged the roof or caused a massive leak.