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Utilize Existing Space With a Basement RenovationWhen most homeowners are considering a home improvement project, many times it is to add additional living space to the home. Many homeowners also have financial constraints when planning a remodeling project. A good solution is to consider a basement renovation. Utilize Existing Space By utilizing a well-planned basement home improvement, space that is already available can be optimized without the enormous expense of constructing a new addition to the home. Every successful basement remodeling project begins with a detailed plan. It is advisable to enlist the services of either an architect or remodeling design specialist. It is important to measure the basement and come up with a set of drawings for the project; both designer and homeowner should have input to the design. Special Considerations Basements come with special considerations for incorporating them into the available living space offered by the home. Basements are prone to water and humidity problems. If there is a history of such problems they must be addressed in the renovation design. 1. Energy bills 10% higher in Wales data: 10.04.08 Energy customers in Wales are paying up to 10% more than in England, a watchdog group finds. 2. Yahoo is said to rebuff Microsoft threat over bid data: 07.04.08 Yahoo is expected to reject merger negotiations with Microsoft and explain why its board believes the current offer price is too low. 3. 5,000 children a month added to DNA database data: 07.04.08 One in four people being added to the DNA database is a child, it emerged yesterday. 4. This season's must-have: Dog-hair jumpers data: 19.03.08 A couple who doted on their two dogs have found an unusual way to keep the pets as close companions forever - by knitting his-and-hers pullovers from their fur. 5. 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Gazprom and Eni prepare to join forces to pipe natural gas from Libya to Europe data: 10.04.08 Some analysts describe Gazprom's moves in North Africa as a "pincer" attack on Europe, which already gets a quarter of its natural gas from Russia. 15. Irish town takes lead on renewable energy data: 10.04.08 Dundalk's Sustainable Energy Zone is part of a European Union program encouraging small projects that can be expanded to the regional or national level. 16. Investigations: Home shark loses his bite data: 07.04.08 Here is property parasite Philip Hope outside his lovely detached house in leafy Berkshire. 17. Female British spy's exploits during World War II are revealed data: 07.04.08 A British spy who helped lead the French Resistance during World War II outfoxed the Nazis by concealing secret messages in the hem of her skirt, according to records unsealed Monday. 18. Croatia and Hungary recognize Kosovo data: 27.03.08 In another development Wednesday Bulgaria said it would establish diplomatic ties with Pristina on Thursday. The moves were immediately denounced by Serbia. 19. G-7 finance chiefs will hold talks with private-sector bankers data: 10.04.08 They will meet in Washington on Friday to discuss a common response to the financial crisis. 20. 'Some progress' in Russia-US ties data: 07.04.08 George Bush and Vladimir Putin sign a basic agreement on bilateral ties, without a breakthrough on differences. 21. Cypriots are offered a chance to grieve for victims of conflict data: 27.03.08 In Nicosia's buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, families can view at last the remains of relatives who vanished in fighting in the 1960s and 1970s. 22. 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Oh yes you will data: 19.03.08 This is the day we're most likely to give up on New Year's resolutions, and just knowing that makes it worse. 27. Cricket: India's Zim tour on hold data: 10.04.08 India's proposed one-day series Zimbabwe is postponed indefinitely because of their busy schedule. 28. Charge over Jamaica murder data: 07.04.08 A handyman is charged with the murder of a 61-year-old British woman on an extended holiday in Jamaica. 29. Prague's greatest hero is really a blank Czech data: 27.03.08 Satirists' invention, Jara da Cimrman, has amused audiences for 40 years. 30. Sue Carroll: Not a Lott wrong with wanting to work hard data: 07.04.08 As millions of us trudged back to work after the most dismal Easter break in living memory it's fair to say we might just have allowed ourselves the indulgence of a daydream. |