Short Term Apartment Furniture Rental In Delhi

If you’re moving because of work, you will probably be wondering how to move all of your furniture and if you need to sell any of it. You may also wonder if you should just store it somewhere and buy new furniture for the move, especially if its only a temporary thing. This means postings ads, having potential buyers come by to look at your pieces and fielding phone calls or emails. Moving furniture means hiring a company to transport it for you and buying new furniture means spending more money. Living in a hotel room for a long period of time gets very uncomfortable.

Rather than sending a delegate to furnish the employee’s temporary home or hiring a costly interior designer, a company can easily order furniture these furniture rental companies, schedule the delivery date, and have everything set up before the employee arrives. When the employee contract or apartment lease is up, the furniture goes right back.

Furniture can set the mood of a room or home. Traveling executives may need furniture that welcomes clients and makes them feel at home instead of feeling like they’re in a hotel room. Traveling nurses want to relax at the end of their long days and they need comfortable furniture to rest. Anyone who finds themselves in a temporary living situation deserves great furniture.

To help ensure you’re comfortable during your stay, short-term rental furniture for apartments, homes, and other dwellings designed to appeal to your tastes and make your new living space exactly what you need to be happy.

These companies  help to  quickly get you comfortable in your temporary living or working quarters so that you can focus on your other work priorities, and they do so by offering a wide selection of home furniture rental sets, bedroom rental furniture, and apartment furniture rental packages, which include everything from rugs, shower curtains, and bed linens to home electronics, hangers, and kitchen appliances.

They provide an assortment of different furniture styles ranging from traditional to contemporary and everything in between.

They also provide home appliances on rent. Home appliances like refrigerator are available on short as well long term rental plans. They provide branded appliances. So you can use these without any worry.

They provide doorstep delivery after you choose your piece of furniture/appliance for rent.

Resource :  https://furniturerentalnews.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/short-term-apartment-furniture-rental-in-delhi/

Oakland fire: Warehouse owner Chor Ng elusive

This photo taken from video provided by @Oaklandfirelive shows the scene of the fire on Dec. 3.

It was the deadliest structure fire in the United States in 13 years.

On Dec. 2, up to 100 people were at a dance party at an Oakland, Calif. warehouse — known as the “Ghost Ship” — when the fire broke out, killing 36 people.

The warehouse had been turned into artists’ studios and illegal living spaces.

Investigators haven’t identified the cause of the fire, but they said it started around 11:30 p.m. in the rear of the building. They ruled out a refrigerator as the cause, but were still looking at electrical systems as possible sources.

There were no fire alarms, no sprinklers, and the two stairways from the second-floor party did not lead to the building’s only two exits.

The building, owned by Chor N. Ng, was permitted only as a warehouse and the city had opened an investigation last month after neighbors complained about trash piling up and people living inside of it. An investigation into the fire could lead to criminal charges as serious as murder, prosecutors said.

Property records show Ng owns several properties in Oakland’s Chinatown. She bought the building that burned in 1988, as well as an adjacent lot to the south and an adjacent building to the north.

The city has spent years fining Ng for what it calls “nuisance or substandard or hazardous or injurious” conditions at the lot south of the warehouse and at the building to the north.

Between 2005 and 2014, Ng paid $26,570.20 in “code enforcement” fees for the lot next to the Ghost Ship.

A beauty salon owner, Griselda Ceja, rented space from the Ng family for 20 years and had numerous problems relating to electricity in the building, which is adjacent to the Ghost Ship. “She never took care of the building,” Ms. Ceja told the New York Times. “We were scared. We were all scared.” She also says the salon had a blocked emergency exit that was never addressed, and she has since moved her business.

Other tenants, including an owner at Sum Yee Pastry in Chinatown, said he had no troubles with his building or the Ngs.

Neither Ng, nor her daughter Eva, who is known to help her mother manage these properties, have spoken publicly since Eva Ng gave a statement the day after the fire saying that as far as they were concerned, no one was living in the Ghost Ship space.

Questions have arisen, however, regarding how much the Ngs were aware of the construction that occurred inside the warehouse between 2013 and 2016, and whether they had set foot inside to see the substandard wiring and staircase made of wooden pallets.

The San Francisco Chronicle visited several other properties around Chinatown that are owned by the Ngs.
Those tenants describe Chor Ng as an unobtrusive landlady, who came to collect rent in a white Mercedes-Benz, and was generally “hands-off” otherwise.

One tenant who runs a clothing store in a warehouse next door to the Ghost Ship said the Ng family got in touch right after the fire to say they would help them deal with water damage to their property and help them reopen.

That tenant, Lorena Dominguez, told the Chronicle, “We’ve been here 25 years, and if they were bad landlords, we would have known.”

Resource :  http://nwasianweekly.com/2016/12/oakland-fire-warehouse-owner-chor-ng-elusive/

Castle Furniture Rental Announces Programs for Snowbirds Visiting Arizona

The team at Castle Furniture Rental is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new program exclusively for snowbirds.

Arizona has long been a popular destination for snowbirds escaping cold winter weather for warm getaways. Castle Furniture Rental is leveraging decades of short term furniture rental expertise to seamlessly cater to the needs of snowbirds.

Now, when snowbirds are looking for furniture in Phoenix and the surrounding areas, they’ll have an exciting opportunity to rent furniture.

Castle Furniture Rental is one of Arizona’s leading furniture rental companies. Launched in 1992, the company has grown extensively, yet still operates as a small business working fervently to provide high quality, customized options for clients. By providing options for snowbirds, the Castle Furniture Rental team has again demonstrated their ability to offer tailor-fit options for clients.

The team at Castle Furniture Rental offers an array of corporate and vacation furniture rental options, as well as student furniture rentals. The company’s services include professional, delivery, and set-up. Snowbirds are always happy to know that their vacation rental will be completely ready for occupancy. Not only does the company provide the essentials, but Castle Furniture Rental will provide and put away kitchen items, provide linens, and make the beds, provide and hang towels, provide televisions set the channels, supply artwork and hang pictures. If customers need a recliner or two, Castle has them ready and waiting. With the “Snowbird Getaway Package” all travelers need to do is bring their toothbrush.

Castle Furniture Rental serves all of Arizona with its short term furniture rental options.

Through the new program, snowbirds visiting Arizona as a winter getaway will have access to custom furniture lines created in partnership with American furniture makers. Each piece has been created with quality, comfort, and durability in mind.

According to Castle Furniture Rental, their long-standing relationships with various furniture makers has made it possible for the company to create various combinations of furniture at low prices.

Manager Diane Steigert said, “We are very excited about furniture acquisitions this year. We bring in truckloads of new furniture every year, but this year looks to be our best year ever. Each season we have more and more snowbirds coming to our beautiful state and giving us the opportunity to show them what real quality and customer service is all about.”

More information can be found at http://castlerents.com/.

About Castle Furniture Rental

Since 1992, Castle Furniture Rental has served customers in Arizona with premier, custom, and flexible short term furniture rental options.

Resource :  http://www.prunderground.com/castle-furniture-rental-announces-programs-for-snowbirds-visiting-arizona/0083461/

Owning assets no longer sign of prosperity and businesses are making most of the rental economy, writes Kunal Doley

Online rental start-ups like FunStation and Eves24 are giving a renewed push to a market that was, till about a few years ago, confined only to products such as cars and electronic items.

MUMBAI-BASED Kashyap Shah, a self-confessed Lego enthusiast, was once wandering in a toy store in the city to buy a set of the cult interlocking plastic construction kits when he realised that despite their global appeal and acceptability, Lego sets have become more and more expensive over time—today, a Lego set can sell for anywhere between R7,000 and R40,000 in India. After considerable research, the 31-year-old entrepreneur found out that there wasn’t one online toy library in the country that exclusively stocks Lego kits.

That was in 2014. A year later, Shah launched FunStation, a unique Lego-renting website that allows one to rent small and large Lego sets for a monthly membership fee and a fixed refundable deposit. “FunStation was born out of an idea to do something different related to children’s education and toys, and Lego is the best learning tool for kids,” says Shah, an engineer by education.

Currently, FunStation has close to 500 registered users. “It’s a new concept and people need time to understand it. But it’s slowly and gradually picking up. Till date, we have shipped over 400 Lego sets,” Shah adds.

Similar is the story of Eves24, a start-up offering unique jewellery solutions that enable women, among others, to rent out authentic gold and diamond jewellery against a security deposit. Sometime back, when Rahul Banka, its founder, was getting ready for a cousin’s wedding reception, he heard his aunt lamenting the fact that she would have to wear her emerald and pearl set once again, having worn it three weeks earlier for another wedding. “The desire of women to look their best is nothing but natural, especially at social events, festive occasions, weddings and parties,” says the Mumbai-based Banka, a chartered accountant by qualification. Thus was born the idea of providing a one-stop jewellery solution to Indian women—one that doesn’t cost much. Banka founded the website in July last year after quitting his job with Centrum Capital in 2013, where he was vice-president, investment banking. He also bootstrapped the venture.

Not just cars, electronics

Online rental start-ups like FunStation and Eves24 are giving a renewed push to a market that was, till about a few years ago, confined only to products such as cars and electronic items. Digitisation and the e-commerce boom have fuelled rental e-commerce and turned it into a mature market. The affordable availability of short-term utility, as well as luxury items, has helped in creating more acceptance for rented goods among Netizens.

In March this year, auto major Mahindra & Mahindra launched an online platform called Trringo, aiming to do for the tractor market what Ola and Uber have done in the car rental segment. The company has set up this venture as a start-up for farmers to rent tractors and equipment and in which it will invest upwards of R10 crore. “The drive to do this came from the fact that 80% of farmers in India are small and marginal, and for many, owning a tractor is a dream. So the question was how to reach out to these small farmers. That’s when we started uncovering the realities of informal renting practices in India,” says Arvind Kumar, CEO, Trringo.

Trringo works on a physical-digital model. Through the physical model, it has set up franchisee-owned rental centres, where tractors and a range of equipment are available. There is also the facility of training drivers on the correct usage of tractors and equipment. “As for the digital model, we have a call centre and an app-based order generation mechanism, making it convenient for the farmer to order from anywhere. A back-end system tracks orders, collects data, gives reporting and analytics on usage, and optimises utilisation of machinery,” explains Kumar.

Trringo’s current reach extends to Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where it has around 13 operational centres. “In Karnataka, we also have an MoU with the state government that allows franchisees 75% subsidy on purchase of equipment worth R50 lakh. We are in talks with the governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh too. We have served around 3,000 farmers so far and plan to reach 20,000 farmers by the end of the year with 165 hubs,” adds Kumar.

Why own when you can rent?

The idea is more about accessibility as opposed to ownership. “The majority of Gen-Y is not sure about where they are going to be in the next one year or so. When the future is not certain, it makes sense to rent rather than buy, as there is no commitment involved and you can return the products when you no longer need them,” says Harshwardhan Raikwar, co-founder and CEO of Guarented, an online marketplace for renting consumer durables based in Bengaluru.

“Today’s generation of consumers do not want to invest in assets, but like to invest in experiences. They are frequently shifting jobs and moving cities. So it becomes increasingly difficult for them to own and transfer assets. We are essentially trying to solve this problem by giving them a reliable and affordable option of renting the best-quality home appliances,” says Raikwar, who, along with former IIT-Kharagpur batchmates Abhimanyu Dikshit and Prateek Agarwal, launched Guarented in November last year after they found themselves in a soup when one of their flatmates had to leave the house, which they had furnished themselves. “This gave us the idea to build an ‘AirBnB’ for the stuff that makes a house a home,” he adds.

Ajith Mohan Karimpana, founder-CEO of Furlenco, an online furniture rental start-up based in Bengaluru, had a similar predicament. “I was working as the VP for Goldman Sachs in the US and while moving back to Bengaluru, I had to sell my furniture worth $5,000 for little over $300 on sale. That’s when I first experienced the perils of relocation—having to sell furniture,” says the former employee of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

“And to my dismay, I had to once again go through the harrowing experience of buying furniture from local vendors in Bengaluru. This is when it became clear to me that there is an opportunity to introduce a ‘rental furniture’ concept in India,” adds Karimpana. As a result, Rent Ur Duniya was born (later rebranded to Furlenco) in 2012.

As part of its services, Furlenco rents out premium furniture with matching furnishings and decor on a monthly subscription fee. The service also includes free doorstep delivery and installation, making it extremely convenient and hassle-free to furnish your home. It promises delivery within 72 hours of an order being placed with the flexibility to swap/return furniture annually based on need. The start-up has shipped $20 million worth of furniture till date to over 15,000 homes. Furlenco recently closed a large fund raise consisting of $15 million of equity led by Lightbox Ventures and Axis Capital, and $15 million of debt from banks, NBFCs, individuals and family offices for a total haul of $30 million.

As in e-commerce, fashion is a much sought after category in rentals as well. Sahyujyah Shrinivas, founder and CEO of online fashion rental platform LibeRent, says her start-up has been growing at 20% month-on-month since it launched in August 2014. “Our business model is simple: we source outfits, both western and ethnic, with accessories from designers and boutiques, among others, and rent them at just 10% of the retail price,” says Shrinivas, who is a metallurgical engineer by qualification.

Elaborating on her business model, Shrinivas says there is no deposit. The start-up delivers in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru. “In Bengaluru, we have same-day deliveries. We also custom-fit every outfit that goes to the customer to fit their measurements,” she says, adding, “Our USP is that we don’t have sizes like ‘small’, ‘medium’ or ‘large’. We have bust, waist and hip measurements. You just filter the options, using your bust measurement, and while booking, tell us your other two measurements. When we deliver, it will fit you perfectly. We also have an option of back-up dress, where you book two outfits, pay for the higher-priced one, try both at home, and wear the one you like.”

Another fashion rental platform, Stage3, is letting young millennials experience the glamour and style of superstars and celebrities. “Our customers can play dress-up with curated, authentic outfits from top designers that have been paired with accessories by our in-house styling team. Our mission is to make higher-end outfits accessible to our members and leverage technology to help them choose what would look best on them for different occasions,” says co-founder and CEO Sabena Puri, who started the platform with fashion designer Rina Dhaka and Sanchit Baweja in January this year.

As per Puri, Stage3 has grown 8x over the past 10 months and has raised a seed round from a core group of investors that include Nisha Kumar, the ex-CFO of Rent the Runway and AOL; Puneet Dalmia of the Dalmia Bharat Group (in his personal capacity); and Balaji Prabhakar, professor of computer science at Stanford University and chief scientist at Urban Engines.

Resource :  http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/owning-assets-no-longer-sign-of-prosperity-and-businesses-are-making-most-of-the-rental-economy-writes-kunal-doley/477710/

Brisbane apartments: renters’ in ‘flight to quality’ amid unit slump

Brisbane’s apartment construction boom has spurred a “flight to quality” as renters move from old suburban flats into new apartments, in a phenomenon set to be watched by the Reserve Bank.

Brisbane renters are exploiting the more than 5200 new apartments built in the first nine months of the year to vacate suburbs between 5km and 15km from the central business district.

Vacancies in the middle suburbs jumped to 4.5 per cent, from 2.3 per cent in the last quarter, while unoccupied units within 5km of the city centre rose marginally from 3.4 per cent to 3.7 per cent, according to Real Estate Institute of Queensland figures.

REIQ spokeswoman Felicity Moore said it was a surprise to see the vacancy jump in the suburbs.

“We were expecting the inner ring to be where we saw that (higher) result,” Ms Moore said.

“We are expecting go see the inner rise in the next year.”

She said there were some large developments that added to the rental pool across the suburbs, and tipped a stabilisation in coming months.

The rollout of an expected 13,000 more apartments over the next 18 months in inner-city Brisbane, along with 16,000 more in Melbourne’s inner suburbs in two years, is being monitored by the Reserve Bank as the key areas for potential future oversupply.

In the apartment and construction hotspot of South ­Brisbane, the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment has remained $500 for three years. Another suburb in focus is Newstead, where the average rent fell $5 in the past year. Existing apartments are also offering deals including weeks of free rent to entice ­tenants.

Jenna and Derek Munkley moved into a two-bedroom unit with a 65sq m deck at the newly built Hopscotch Apartment building in Newstead in August, negotiating the advertised rent down from $650 to $570 a week.

For them, it was as much for a lifestyle change, with Ms Munkley, 31, now walking to work instead of commuting to her job at a bank in Newstead from the northern Brisbane suburb of Strathpine. “We looked at a lot of different units, and it’s definitely the renters’ market at the moment in this area,” she said.

In order to keep up sales and rents, developers are offering a range of incentives to get people into their apartments.

Increasingly, short-term rental guarantees of up to 5 per cent gross are being advertised, while others will throw in furniture packages, pay body corporate rates or shell out for furnishings.

A completed four-townhouse development in Morningside offered a Kia Picanto car to the first buyer to go unconditional. Ray White Bulimba agent Jared Candlin said the bonus car promotion was “a way to get people’s attention” in the crowded marketplace.

“They are a really good product, a very nice townhouse,” he said. “But with what is going on with the amount (of units) available, people might just miss them because they are looking at so many.”

Brisbane has come onto the Reserve Bank radar because of the concentrated geographical spread of the new apartments and the sheer number.

CoreLogic notes in a report to the bank that if the 49,000 apartments approved for development actually go ahead it will boost stock in the city by 25 per cent.

In Melbourne and Sydney, about 96,000 apartments have been approved but this is a relative increase of 16 per cent and 13 per cent respectively.

Property firm JLL reported 5169 units completed from January to September this year in Brisbane, with another 13,022 being built. Another 6422 are on the market.

It reported the median apartment price had fallen 1.2 per cent, counter to the five-year average of 1.1 per cent growth.

“Sales rates have reverted to normalised levels following a spike during 2025,” the Residential Commentary Brisbane Apartment Market report says.

Analysts and developers have pointed to the sharp decline in development and building approvals as a sign any oversupply will be short-lived.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded a 28 per cent drop in monthly unit approvals to September and the yesterday the Housing Industry Association said apartment building was expected to fall 40 per cent by 2018-2019. Place Advisory estimates about 8000 apartments ­approved for development in Brisbane will not go ahead.
Resource :  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/brisbane-apartments-renters-in-flight-to-quality-amid-unit-slump/news-story/3d9de0463a5a4b33578e35c797667607

The hell of finding a home to rent in the Netherlands

Attempting to rent a home in the Netherlands turned Julia Corbett into a paranoid spammer with stalker tendencies thrown in. She explains how the rot set in. After not one, two or three, but four properties slipped from my fingers I can safely say I have experienced the housing hell in the Netherlands. Our adventure began when my Dutch partner returned home after some years in England and I became a student in the Netherlands. It has been a more bumpy start than expected after experiencing a lack of suitable housing options. From Hilversum to Leerdam and Den Bosch to Busson, I have learnt that luck and timing has more to do with finding a place to rent than most people will feel comfortable with. My Dutch boyfriend of nearly five years took eagerly to the rental sections of housing websites and arranged a day crammed full of viewings of apartments, houses and loft conversions. Having donned a smart outfit and brushed my hair for the encounter with our future landlords, I found myself being scolded for turning up five minutes late to an appointment that lasted no longer than 30 seconds. We dashed in and out of the four rooms in a supermarket sweep-style daze, wondering where our furniture would fit, before we were ushered out and abandoned in the street as our suited agent sped off on his company moped. ‘Where is the carpet?!’ we cried at our next viewing only to be informed that carpets, paint and exposed piping were a luxury we must solve on our own. Dream evaporates Things seemed to be looking up when we met a new potential landlord, a 94-year-old retired businessman who rowed for 30 minutes every day and had a garden that was more perfectly manicured than the lawns of royalty. Would I like to live in the grounds of a mansion boasting nine deer, six chickens three dogs, a cat and six small caged birds? Yes, absolutely, sign me up! After my partner negotiated an agreement and I chatted to his wife in broken Dutch while being fed home-grown tomatoes, we skipped away from the viewing giddy with excitement.


A home, within our budget, complete with lovely landlord. Success! However, our property bubble was swiftly deflated when we tried to initiate the contract process, only for the estate agent to claim our new landlords no longer wanted us as tenants. Our upset turned to anger and paranoia: what was wrong with us? Why were we unworthy of their out-house? Deciding to carry out the somewhat stalkerish task of returning to the owners for answers, we learned that they had been told by the estate agents we were not interested and rented the property to someone else. Saturated market Though I try not to sound bitter about my experience, I have learned that our tale is not at all unusual for those who cannot yet afford to buy but must live independently. The average rental property in Amsterdam now costs €2,000 a month and businesses have claimed the city is unable to accept more growth because there is not enough suitable rented housing.


 For the first time the University of Amsterdam has been unable to match the demand for student accommodation and in other cities students are having similar experiences. ‘Just buy a house!’ has been a solution put forward by family, friends and colleagues, both who are expats themselves and those who were born and raised in the Netherlands. But that’s not the easiest thing to do either. The Dutch phrase Van ‘t kastje naar de muur – being sent from the closet to the wall – best sums up the experience of being forced to hunt down estate agents and demand answers and information, to discover only bad news. Meanwhile,

 our search for a home to rent and make our own, like many others in the same situation, continues.
Resource :  http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/12/renting-in-the-netherlands-the-dutch-housing-hell/

Questions to Ask When Selecting Rental Furniture

Renting furniture is a great way to go when decorating and filling a new home. For students in particular, renting furniture is a great choice because they are often moving between homes between school years and do not have the budget to purchase all new furniture. It can also help students to afford the kind of furniture that they want so they are not forced to settle and only get the furniture they can afford, not furniture they like.

But there are questions that every student should ask in order to have the best rental experience possible. Read on to learn some important questions to ask when selecting rental furniture!

Environment

When you are choosing furniture to rent, you need to contemplate the environment you are bringing the furniture into. Is your home a quiet place? Are you barely home? Is your house the party house where everyone brings their own beers? Do you have pets like cats and dogs that run loose around your apartment?

These are all questions that will help you to determine the environment of your home and thus the environment that you will be bringing your rental furniture into. You have to remember that this is rental furniture and thus you will need to be able to return it in the same condition that you rented it in or you might have to pay some extra fees.

If you know you eat a lot on your couch, it might be best to get one from a material that does not stain easily. If your roommate never remembers to use a coaster, it might be best to get a dining table that will not get water stains. You know your own life best so remember the effects your life will have on the furniture that you rent.

Number of People in Home

Another question to address when choosing furniture to rent is how many people you have living in your home. You want to get furniture that can accommodate everyone that has to live there. Or perhaps you have a lot of guests that come over and you want to accommodate them as well. There is nothing less welcoming than not having enough seating for everyone you have invited over.

Perhaps that little yellow couch is adorable and would look great with the coffee table you already have. But if it is really only a loveseat that holds two or three people and you have guests over all of the time, you might need a bigger couch that can seat a lot more people.

Maybe you think that the 12-person dining room table is fabulous but if it is only you and your roommate living in your house, you might want to focus your attentions on a smaller table that will be more suited for your actual needs. Renting gives you the ability to get the kind of furniture to suit your own lifestyle that also fits within your budget. a

Length of Rental

Renting furniture can be great for students because your ownership of the furniture is only temporary. Once you graduate and leave your college town, you do not have to worry about what to do with the furniture in your apartment because it already has a place to go back to!

In order to make renting furniture really worth your while, you want to make sure that the length of renting meets your needs. If you are going to stay in one place the entire time you are in college without moving around or subletting, then you can rent the furniture for all four years. If you are going to be leaving to study abroad in the middle of your time in college or leaving during summers or staying in a home for only one semester at a time before hopping, you need to plan your rental lengths accordingly.

You need the furniture available for the whole time you will be in town and not to pay extra for the furniture when you will not be able to keep it for as long as you are paying to do so. Be sure to get a rental length that fits your college experience.

Payment Plans

As college students, one of the best benefits of renting furniture is the affordability factor. However, money is tight for most college students all around so you need to check and see what the payment plans are like when you are renting furniture to make sure that you can afford it.

You might not be able to afford paying the whole amount upfront so check to see if the company offers monthly or bi-monthly payment plans and that the payment amount is something you can afford.


Resource : http://www.uloop.com/news/view.php/220865/Questions-to-Ask-When-Selecting-Rental-Furniture

7 Reasons Why You Should Start Renting Furniture Of Your Choice Rather Than Buying It

Great. You bought an expensive, exquisite furniture for your newly rented apartment. But just after few months, you had to shift your place because your job demands it. Then, you look at the same furniture with the feeling of guilt and ask yourself,  Why did I buy this? Will it fit well in my new apartment? Should I just sell it now?

And eventually, because of not being able to rearrange it in your new apartment, you had to sell it at a price less than its market price. Within a moment, both your dream furniture and money swept away. Bad luck!

Well, to escape such a defeated situation, you can rely on ‘Cityfurnish‘ which offers a wide range of stylish, elegant and modern furniture on rent online. Yes, you can rent the furniture and major appliances for the required time period and then return it when your tenure is over.

Sounds cool, right? Well, there are many more reasons why renting a furniture is useful:
 1. As millennials are constantly switching their places and jobs, so, why buy a furniture for a place where we ourselves are not sure about the duration of the stay?

2. Renting a furniture is cost-effective.

When we buy a fully-furnished furniture, we have to pay the entire purchase at once. In renting, we can pay in affordable installments as per our financial situation. 

3. With the wide variety of snazzy furniture designs, renting gives us the opportunity to experiment with all the choices that suit us.

In case you feel bored with your current interiors, you can experiment a new look for a month’s time or more.

You can select suitable designs from here.

4. Gracing your home with different suave furniture packages will make your home look more vibrant.

5. On special gatherings and festive occasions, who doesn’t want to light up the dining room with 

exclusive furnishing at a low price?

Then, why buy a brand-new furniture when renting can give us the same comfort? 

 6. Renting a furniture is so hassle-free because you need not find a buyer to sell it.

 7.  If the piece of furniture you’ve rented does not work for your lifestyle anymore, you can rent another design.

 

These good reasons would have motivated you to opt for renting a furniture online. If you are thinking where to do it, then, ‘City Furnish’ is your reliable stop. You can explore their packages and products right here. To order the furniture online, click here and follow the procedure.  

Resource : http://topyaps.com/renting-furniture-of-your-choice

How to Keep Your Rental Furniture Clean

When deciding to rent furniture, there are a few things we should be aware of, such as the actual pricing of the items, how comfortable they realistically are, and whether or not they require an easy cleanup. You know, the basics.

A major concern for many of us college students is keeping things semi-nice. Not just our GPA and bedroom when mom decides to FaceTime, but our belongings too. Keep in mind that renting entails returning something at some point. Which also means being in pretty good condition, hopefully.

To discover how to keep your rental furniture clean, continue reading below.

Develop a fast response time.

We tend to take things slow and easy. In other words, we try not to freak out about the small things and instead focus on how great life currently is and not the three research papers sitting on our desk due in less than 48 hours. No worries, I know you will get around to it.

As soon as we create a spill, stain, or utter mess, we should probably clean it up stat. If forgetful, just reminisce on growing up and accidentally spilling salsa on your couch when you know good and well that you should not even be eating in the living room. Then your mom grounds you for a month. Not the best memories.

You need to have a quick response time to not leave messes any room to destroy your rented furnishings. Run to your cleaning supplies cabinet, or that random drawer in the kitchen that houses weird necessities, and grab that stain removing spray.

Then apply as necessary and make it look as brand new as you can. And if you can’t, then at least you tried, and attempt to not spill any more vodka cranberry on the couch that your friends sleep on. They will surely thank you later. And if you do not own any type of cleaning spray, I would maybe get around to that sooner rather than later.

Test it out first.

Before you apply a specific cleaning spray, you should 100 percent test it out on a smaller area. Just in case there is a bad reaction of some sorts. Just like if you buy a new face cream, you should only apply a little at first. See, these methods work for all sorts of things. You are welcome.

If you are unsure about what to specifically use for your fabric, then I would definitely do some research and maybe even make a few calls to grandma. They always know these answers, plus I’m sure she would love to hear your voice. Google should also offer you some answers, as well as the furniture’s website if all else fails.

Since this is rental furniture we are talking about here, you should make sure to take before pictures when you first receive the items. This way, you can compare the appearance whenever you feel like it. And you will have an up-to-date idea of the damage currently done.

Random effects can possibly take place, including tearing, an odd feel to it, and especially discoloration. These are obviously changes that you did not intentionally sign up for, so just make sure to test as you go. And if worse comes to worst, use a pillow or throw to cover up the stain.

Designate cleaning days.

Everyone loves to clean, right? Okay well no, but it is sort of necessary if attempting to keep things sort of decent. At least we can say you tried and that has got to be worth something. If living with roommates, then this will probably not be too hard on you, but then again, sometimes roomies aren’t the best/nicest people.

Assign a certain day to clean your furniture or house in general. When you decide to do a load of laundry, maybe just vacuum some and wash your sheets. Of course you can turn up the jams and have a concert in your living room as well. No judgement.

The point of cleaning days is to not force you to do something just because, but to help you stay on top of doing the things that you normally would not go out of your way to do. Like cleaning the fans. So boring, I get it. Yet, completely necessary in order to not breathe in grossness.

Since you are renting your furniture pieces, you are sort of paying for them on a monthly basis. So every time rent is due, maybe that is when you can all collectively clean. And if not that day, then somewhere around it. Once again, the point is to keep on top of it so that it does not get away from you and you end up having to pay way more money at the end because of a few minor stains that were easy fixes in the moment. Got it?

There are various ways to try and keep your rental furniture clean. However, only a few methods actually work. This means cleaning up spills ASAP, testing out the cleaning products first and foremost, and of course actually cleaning.

This will not only save you time and money in the long run, but also a lecture from your parents. See, cleaning doesn’t have to be that bad.

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Resource :http://www.uloop.com/news/view.php/220506/How-to-Keep-Your-Rental-Furniture-Clean

Editorial: ‘Moral’ Shopping in New Canaan

One lesson I learned in seven years of studying Latin in the New Canaan Public Schools involves the word ‘mos.’ It’s a noun and in the singular it means habit or custom. In the plural, ‘mores,’ it translates as character because, taken together, a person’s habits and customs form his or her character. It’s where we get our word ‘morals.’

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At the time I launched NewCanaanite.com, nearly three years ago, convenience and cost alone guided my own spending habits. I only asked ‘Can I find it here in New Canaan?’ if I were downtown already and needed something straightaway.

Yet today, before purchasing or signing up for anything, I consciously seek out a local retailer or service provider—a habit so ingrained that it’s become second nature, part of my character.

The change took hold over time. Here’s how.

First, the New Canaanite exists and endures because local people, representing a couple dozen businesses here, pay to advertise on it. You can see their banners up above this editorial and down the right-hand rail of the website. They had chosen to spend advertising dollars with me, so I started buying from them. As I frequented these advertising businesses, I found that they had singularly high levels of expertise, quality and customer service. As a result, my roster of favorite local merchants expanded to include others, whether we were doing business together or not.

Here’s an example of customer service: In the middle of a bad day recently, I popped into Walter Stewart’s for a few items—milk, sugar and a lunch of homemade soup (one of New Canaan’s best-kept secrets) and a chicken salad wrap. Approaching the registers with arms full, I saw a cashier quite literally run from bagging in one aisle in order to open another one. For me.

A thing like that can make your day. (Not to mention that the ring-up came to $19 and I got $5 off with my loyalty card.)

The owners-on-site—the people who pay rent or taxes on their commercial spaces, greet you inside the door and man the register—know their own products in ways that hired hands rarely do. If you’re not getting Rick Franco’s reviews of newly acquired and featured wines and liquors from the Franco’s Wine Merchants newsletter already, sign up. Geoff and Kelly Sigg of Pennyweights attend gem shows throughout the nation to pick out stones, then design jewelry and travel twice a year to Thailand and Bali to work with the artisans who create it. Eugene Chun studied at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, then worked at a sandwich shop in Washington D.C. with a rapidly changing menu of fresh ingredients before deciding to open his own version here, Connecticut Sandwich Co. on Pine Street.

I also found that New Canaan features fabulous and nimble shops, a grab bag of new retailers and service providers among more familiar storefronts that are constantly changing their offerings and layouts inside. In her cozy space at the “50-yard-line” of Elm Street, opposite the Playhouse, New Canaan Olive Oil owner Heidi Burrows rearranges her shelves and tables incessantly, spotlighting newly acquired products. Many of them are featured in a wide-ranging collection of recipes printed on index cards that customers are invited to take. Phil Williams, owner of New Canaan Music, regularly acquires new instruments for purchase or rent—responding to customers’ needs as they arise, including for the kids in school bands and orchestras—and hires instructors to teach students of all ages how to play them.

Here’s something I had known, though not to the degree it exists: Local businesses sponsor or otherwise support many of the community’s most cherished events and traditions—wreaths on the lampposts downtown, for example, exhibitions at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, outdoor summer concerts at Waveny, youth sports and New Canaan Dog Days. True to the New Canaan Chamber’s mission of “connecting community with commerce,” they host special sales whose proceeds benefit nonprofit agencies, cut deals with those same groups to help them raise funds, partner with service organizations and employ local people. Press releases for these efforts often include a list of sponsors at the bottom and those lists often do not survive to a published version.

The face of ‘Shop Local’ in New Canaan is not a business owner, storefront or product. It’s your son fielding a ground ball at Mead Park, your daughter accepting the Award for Achievements in Arts at the annual New Canaan High School assembly. It’s huddling around a lyric sheet on God’s Acre during Christmas Eve caroling.

And it is something far more nuanced.

Realtors say the two things that sell prospective homeowners on New Canaan are its public schools and the downtown.

As New Englanders, we sense that downtown New Canaan is as it should be: Small shops line brick sidewalks with granite curbing, occupying short old buildings that form interesting rooflines.

The effect of downtown New Canaan is to lift visitors’ spirits in ways that may not register, much the same as the efforts of the Department of Public Works, Garden Club and Beautification League—the wildflower meadow that blooms along Route 123, for example, the flower pots outside of Town Hall or plantings at traffic triangles.

Those who own businesses in New Canaan are deeply invested in it, and their contributions often are more subtle than, say, the way Baskin Robbins owner Anna Valente each morning hand-washes the pedestrian plaza out front of her store, scraping gum from the sidewalk.

Two summers ago, news broke on a Thursday afternoon that New Canaan High School graduate Curt Casali had been called up to the major leagues. A Tampa Bay Rays catcher, he became New Canaan’s first big leaguer. It was two days before the Sidewalk Sales downtown, and Casali’s ascent came up during a meeting with Steve Karl of Karl Chevrolet, the 1927-established dealership that sponsors countless community activities, including New Canaan Baseball.

I told Karl that I had an idea of shooting a video at my Sidewalk Sales tent of locals congratulating Casali. A busy guy who also serves as vice chairman of the Town Council, Karl gave me the idea of having people give a Derek Jeter-style tip of the cap to Casali in the video, then drove with me to Mead Park to help remove a New Canaan Baseball outfield fence banner to use as a backdrop for the video. On the day itself, he took time away from Karl Chevy’s own busy Sidewalk Sales area to bring town resident and sports personality Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo to my tent to participate in the video, and also dropped off a handful of NC Baseball caps for interviewees to use.

Everything Karl did elevated the experience of visitors to our tent during the Sidewalk Sales, as well as the Casali story and video itself, which subsequently was viewed by thousands.

A call for locals to ask ‘Can I find it here in New Canaan?’ is not a push for charity, and this editorial is not written wearing rose-colored glasses. Supporting New Canaan is not exclusive to locally owned small businesses, and merchants here do not elevate the town in equal measure.

It also is true that items purchased locally may cost a bit more, and for good reason—at design solutions, for example, 95 percent of the furniture sold is made in the United States, rather than overseas. At a meeting this month of the Park & Recreation Commission, members of the Garden Club asked for permission to install a wood bench and plaque in honor and memory of deceased New Canaanite George B. Moore, a past president of the New Canaan Community Foundation involved in a number of local causes. Planned to face the main house from the Weed Street side of the park, overlooking the thousands of daffodils in front of the main house that Moore himself enjoyed, the bench will be identical to the one located outside design solutions. It is to be purchased by the Friends of George Moore and the local shop gave the group a good price to facilitate the transaction.

If residents of New Canaan, who rightly enjoy this town so much, do not at least give local businesses the chance to compete for their patronage by trying to find what they need here, then all that business owners do to benefit the town is in jeopardy.

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The Oxford English Dictionary notes that one prominent early use of the word ‘moral’ appeared in the English poet Edward Young’s “Night-Thoughts.” Published in the 1740s and divided into nine sections that correspond to nights during which the writer muses on life and loss, the blank verse poem regained fame in the 1920s following one critic’s observation that it comforted soldiers in the trenches during World War I. The final section includes this passage: “No fancy’d god … descends To solve all knots; to strike the moral home.”
Resource :http://newcanaanite.com/editorial-moral-shopping-in-new-canaan-45280

Light, water and heat become a luxury for millions in Spain

Pedro and Mohamed await every utility bill with much angst.

    Outrage in Spain over 'energy poverty' death of grandmother (16 Nov 16)
    Man rescued from bin after climbing in to find old clothes (24 Oct 16)
    Spain ranks among worst for kids at risk of poverty (15 Apr 16)

To reduce the money they have to pay, they live in the dark, without heating, or shower just once a week -- victims like millions in Spain of energy poverty.

Welfare associations have for years warned against this situation, but the death earlier this month of 81-year-old Rosa in a fire caused by a candle she used for light has brought the issue firmly to the fore.

Socialist lawmaker Pilar Lucio asked the ruling conservative government to immediately implement a "winter truce" on companies cutting power to those who cannot pay - a measure with majority support in parliament and encouraged in a 2009 EU directive.

Last year, according to Spain's National Statistics Institute, 10.6 percent of Spaniards were unable to properly heat their homes - or more than four million people - compared to just 5.9 percent in 2008, when an economic crisis kicked off.

At fault are the economic crisis and widespread loss of jobs it caused, as well as a 30- to 50-percent rise in utility prices since 2006.

'Luxury items'

 Pedro Martinez, 48, has been in this situation for several years.

Unemployed since 2013, when the furniture company he was working for closed, he survives on a pension of 426 euros ($450) a month, and what remains of the compensation he received for being fired.

Divorced, he lives with his 20-year-old son and 23-year-old mentally impaired daughter in a working-class district of Barcelona, without heating and using electric light only when absolutely necessary.

"It's tough in winter. We just have an electric heater, which we rarely switch on for fear of the bill," he says.

"The cold chills you to the bone. We wear coats and at night we use all the blankets we have."  

Tere Bermudez, spokeswoman for the Roman Catholic charity Caritas, says that "for many families, water, light and gas are luxury items."   

She says that from 2007 to 2015, the organisation multiplied by 30 the number of utility bills it helped pay. One of its beneficiaries is Mohamed Chairi, a 37-year-old Moroccan.   

 Unemployed, his family lives off the monthly 250 euros from his wife's cleaning work as well as help from charities.

"We shower once a week, on Fridays, so that the kids are clean at the weekend," the father-of-three says.

In the corner of the living room of his small flat in Badalona near Barcelona, his youngest son plays with a broken electric radiator. 

Chairi has just received his electricity bill - €24 for the month, a small sum for Spain but huge for him.

"The rent alone is €440," he says.    "If I have to suffer from hunger or go without light or water, I don't care, but the kids...".

 Burning canvas shoes

According to the European Commission, Spain's gas and electricity prices were the third and fourth highest respectively in the European Union last year.   

"We are above the European average (in terms of fuel poverty) despite having much better weather," says Jose Luis Lopez, spokesman for the Association of Environmental Science.
 There is no nationwide law on the issue, but several regions have implemented measures to try and address it. 

In the northeastern region of Catalonia, for instance, a law stipulates that utility companies must notify social services before cutting electricity or gas, and if the family or person struggling to pay is classified as vulnerable, they are banned from doing so.

But the law is not always respected, as was the case for Rosa, with utility firm Gas Natural acknowledging it had not contacted social services. 

Lopez estimates that some 7,100 people die every year due to fuel poverty.   

Firefighters in Catalonia have also warned of the security risks involved. 

"We have come across people heating themselves with small fires made from newspapers or even canvas shoes," said union spokesman Antonio del Rio. Spain may be emerging from the crisis, but at least 600,000 households saw their electricity supply cut off last year, according to the Facua consumers association.

"There's a lot of talk about recovery, but on the street you don't see it anywhere," said Pedro Martinez.

By Daniel Bosque / AFP
Resource :http://www.thelocal.es/20161128/light-water-and-heat-a-luxury-for-millions-in-spain

To protect your home, choose the right policy

A home is often an once-in-a-lifetime investment, emotionally and financially. Creating an abode, however, does not end with the purchase. An insurance to protect this asset is just as important.

But as per ICICI Lombard 2016 survey, only 7 per cent Indians have home insurance.

India has a risk rating index of 6.64 as per the World Risk Report 2016, which measures the susceptibility of nations to natural disasters and consequently, economic stability. The rating is higher than China and other emerging nations such as Brazil, Russia, and South Africa, under the BRICS cluster. These alarming numbers in light of the recent natural disasters emphasise the need for a comprehensive home insurance cover.

Factors such as geographic location, climate, built-up area, market value, among others, determine the type of home insurance coverage to be chosen. Broadly, there are two basic types of home insurance plans available – content and structural.

Homeowners can add extensions to their base policy and enhance the coverage of these plans. One such extension is against earthquake perils and it is recommended for residential properties in locations with high seismic activity.

Burglary and theft are the alternatives if not already included in the base policy, and are particularly useful for city dwellers who want to protect their valuables and devices from a break-in. It is to be kept in mind that burglary will be covered only under circumstances where the insured has taken reasonable care to keep their valuables safe.

Under the base policy, structural or building insurance complements the content and provides a cover for losses against structural damages. It only protects the structure and not the contents. Hence, when purchased with a content cover, the structural policy lends a comprehensive coverage to your home. Losses due to natural calamities such as fire, lightning, aircraft damage, storm, cyclone, flood and inundation are covered under the policy. Wilful destruction and losses due to wear and tear etc. are excluded.

Content insurance, as the name suggests, protects the contents inside your home. It includes furniture, durables, clothes, utensils, devices, etc. In case any of these items are destroyed due to an untoward natural or manmade disaster, as defined under the policy, the insured can make a claim to get a reimbursement up to the amount specified. The amount received by the insured is the market value of

those items on the present day minus depreciation.

The sum insured on the structural insurance is calculated by multiplying the built-up area with the construction area of per square foot.

While homeowners should opt for structure insurance, tenants should buy content insurance. Tenants should, in addition, research relevant insurance options for their rented property. However, it is advisable to opt only for content insurance to protect belongings. It is also a common practice today for landlords to request their tenants to opt for content insurance when choosing a rental living arrangement.

The other side of renters’ insurance is landlords’ Insurance. In addition to structural coverage, it offers loss of rent and public liability coverage. This cover is offered only to non-manufacturing premises and is often tailor-made. Apart from these basic home policies, the market is ripe with specialised policies for valuables and special perils.

A collector of valuables should invest in a policy that offers coverage for art collectables, antiques, paintings, jewellery and other high-value items. Loss, theft or damage of such valuable items would create a huge dent in personal investment, which makes insurance indispensable. It is recommended that the insured study the policy wordings carefully to know the definitions of valuables, as not all high-value items are insurable.

Another aspect of home insurance to look into is the liability coverage that safeguards the insured in case any visitor or trespasser meets with an accident within the property of the insured. In such an event, the homeowner is liable for any such damage and medical expenses arriving due to the incident. Liability coverage prevents the insured paying out of pocket at a short notice. It, however, doesn’t cover intentionally inflicted injury. Every coverage comes with its own specific exclusions and scope. Policy wordings are the best guide to know the exact scope and quantity of coverage. Read it carefully before purchasing your home insurance.

In sum, there are various types of insurance policies that cover your home. They range from a basic policy, which simply covers the cost of the structure of your home, to those that will provide a much broader range of protection, including contents as specified above. Some products will also provide coverage for additional living expenses, if you are temporarily unable to live in your home because of a disaster. In fact, your home insurance policy can also cover your home against burglary or theft even when you are travelling outstation for a brief

period of time. There are many more covers depending on the plan one

opts for.
As far as the premium is concerned, it will be approximately Rs 4,000 for a basic quote of the home insurance policy. This premium will cover the reinstatement cost (for dwelling/structure) up to Rs 20 lakh and a content cover of Rs 7 lakh. Jewellery will also be covered up to Rs 2 lakh, but within the sum insured of contents. This premium is for one year however discount is available for higher

tenure policies.
The author is Chief - underwriting, claims & reinsurance, ICICI Lombard. The views expressed in this article are his own.
Resource :http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/business/to-protect-your-home-choose-the-right-policy/329175.html

Why Nigeria’s legislature should be part-time

Against the emerging consensus that lawmakers and their executive counterparts take so much from public coffers, with no such corresponding policy outcomes as could justify the squander, which to say the least, borders on criminality, President Buhari and his APC party cannot continue to be oblivious of the wishes and aspirations of Nigerians who elected them into office. They should know by now that one change that will begin a revolution that transforms every structure, arm and organ of government, nay every aspect of Nigeria’s life is to make the Federal law-making process a part-time venture. A part-time legislature will usher in a new order that will detoxicate the system; and institutionalize a culture of service and discipline now lacking in Nigerian politics. This may well rattle some, but the truth is that the business of law making has always been done part-time by legislators. Therefore lawmakers will not find it difficult to adjust to such an arrangement. By this singular act of political courage, the President will be sending a strong signal that he feels the pulse of the nation. This is the kind of change Nigerians have been waiting for!

The cost of governance in Nigeria is too high, with the legislative arm, being a major drain pipe on the country. While the majority of Nigerians wallow in abject poverty, their elected representatives treat themselves so sumptuously that it rankles. This waste in government and the extravagant lifestyle of state actors, especially legislators, constitute such a drain on the treasury that it is impossible for any country carrying such a burden to make progress.

Nigeria’s economy has been groaning under the weight of the cost of governance which consumes over 70% of the budget to the detriment of capital projects. Infrastructure has been neglected while other indices of development are de-emphasized in order to foot the cost of governance. To make matters worse, the legislators have continued to demonstrate insensitivity, self-centeredness and greed in the way they add to the cost of governance by insisting on sumptuous and mouth-watering perquisites for doing so little, at a time when moderation is required. The only reason these lawmakers seek elective offices is the material gain therein; the gluttony and insensitivity illustrated by the sumptuous benefits to which legislators treat themselves at the citizens’ expense is an unbelievable shame. This is not part of the attributes of statesmen; rather it is a huge disservice to the nation.

The National Conference spoke for many Nigerians with its recommendation that legislators at both national and state levels should be part-time. This is evident from the sitting of the legislative houses. Attendance at sittings is noticeably poor as most members go about their personal businesses when they are supposed to be sitting and find time to attend only when it is convenient. Besides, both houses of the National Assembly sit only between Tuesday and Thursday every week. In essence, what is currently referred to as a full-time legislature, is in reality a part-time one, where members merely struggle to beat the minimum attendance prescribed by the law. Sadly enough, the number of times they attend or do not attend does not reflect in their remuneration.

It is unacceptable that Nigerians don’t know the remuneration package of their lawmakers, but even from the little information available, there is nowhere in the world where people who do so little get so much pay. At the beginning of the current legislature, Senate President, Bukola Saraki made bold to publicly announce that the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) would begin a downward review of salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers. Over a year later, Nigerians laboring for breath under bureaucratic overweight, corruption, an economic recession and renewed militancy in the Niger Delta are still waiting for the outcome of the review promised by Saraki.

Although by virtue of Section 32(d) of the 3rd schedule to the 1999 Constitution, it is the responsibility of RMAFC to determine the remuneration appropriate for political office holders, including legislators, what obtains in reality is a situation where lawmakers decree for themselves what suits their ego and appetite, such that four per cent of the annual recurrent expenditure for the nation goes to the National Assembly alone, making its members the highest paid legislators in the whole world. They would not even follow constitutional means of determining their entitlements. In their own cause, they are always the judge, particularly where perks of office is involved, in defiance of the principle of natural justice.

In no other nation on earth, has the power of oversight – an adjunct of the principle of checks and balances been transformed into a sword of Damocles in the hands of the legislators, over ministers and heads of parastatals who are harassed to force patronage out of them. Their oversight functions – a crucial part of their legislative duties – has been transformed into avenues for rent-seeking as lawmakers “shake-down” Ministers and Heads of parastatals for bribes during budget and committee hearings. The 7th legislature took this obnoxious practice to asinine levels, and went the distance to settle scores with officials who “refused to play ball.” Nigerian lawmakers have abused their power of oversight that, it has lost integrity and become an object of ridicule and opprobrium in the eyes of Nigerians. Ministers and public officials, their own corruptive tendencies notwithstanding, hardly take the legislative oversight powers seriously or as anything more than cheap blackmail, a reason they are ever so reluctant to honor the invitation of the legislators.

A part-time legislature cannot consume a fraction of what is at present allocated to the legislature under the present arrangement. In the first instance, its members will not be entitled to full-time remuneration and other perks. What will be payable is only the sitting allowance for the hours actually spent doing the peoples’ business. All other bogus and questionable allowances like wardrobe, constituency, furniture and vehicle allowance taken home today by the legislators will become a thing of the past. In addition, the allowance is not obtainable for the mere asking in that it does not attach by virtue of office simpliciter; it must be earned. A member qualifies for allowance only when he or she attends sitting. No longer shall the legislature be seen as an instant source of wealth that it is today, with the result that only serious-minded and patriotic citizens endowed with the spirit of service will find it attractive.

And that will be the beginning of a revolution that will change the nation. Nigerian laws will have focus, depth, substance and rich in content, giving the government and the people a new lease of life. Democracy will acquire a new identity and live up to its billing as government of the people by the people and for the people. Amidst the abject poverty in the land, Nigerians can no longer tolerate a situation where a “turn-by-turn” legislative clique feeds fat on the commonwealth. The matter has today gone past the tolerance threshold. The National Assembly has itself become part of the problem of Nigeria’s democracy and needs total restructuring. And the time is now.

Resource :http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/11/28/why-nigerias-legislature-should-be-part-time/

Rent Home Furniture

If you have just moved to a new city, you may be interested in furniture rental. Ahuja Rentals offers living room and bedroom furniture package for rent and also gives you a possibility to buy a package and pay for it on a monthly basis. Ahuja Rentals will help you furnish your living room, kitchen and bedroom.
Ahuja Rentals focuses on offering high quality home furniture rental and sales. You can rent everything you may need for your new apartment, like tables, chairs, sofas, linen packs, beds and even bookshelves.
Why rent home furniture??
You save time:

• We offer complete home packages with different style.
• You have plenty of time and the privilege to choose the exact item you want from the comfort of your own home.
• You can change or update your furniture at will, whenever you want.
• Start to imagine your house furnished, without lifting a finger.

It's cheaper

• You pay reasonable monthly installments for all the furniture rather than at once.
• We offer complete rent home furniture packages.
• Your price for leasing decreases over time with a long-term plan (+ 6 months)

It's flexible

• We offer a vast choice of items to choose from, customized lease terms payment.
• You can change or update your furniture at will, whenever you want.
• You will be not worry about transporting all your newly acquired furniture back to your home country if you are here temporarily

Ahuja Rentals main strength is making the process of furniture rental as simple as possible.
We meet with our client in their apartment to understand their requirements. We discuss the furniture package according to our client’s tastes and preferences. Then we deliver a comprehensive proposal to the customer where every item has an associated rental value.
This allows our client to increase or reduce their rental expanse. Once everything is approved and the contract is signed, our team will deliver and install the furniture at any time.

Resource: https://furniturerentalnews.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/rent-home-furniture/