May Silja is keeping warm in her vacation home with Wishco
5. august 2022
“The vacation home has helped prolong our summers well into other seasons, and we are spending far more time outdoors now. We have often found ourselves using our Wishco patio, like the new Wishco FLEX heaters during both spring and fall” says May Silja.
May and her family have found FLEX’s, well, flexibility to be a huge asset. It allows them to easily take it back home with them or hide it in the closet- when they don’t use it. The infrared patio heater comes with its own stand and doesn’t need any mounting or installation.
“The Wishco FLEX is movable and can easily be put in the trunk of the car. In that way, it’s brilliant, because you can use it on the balcony or terrace at home, in our vacation house or at a camping area.” She explains.
Use FLEX both inside and out.
Not all vacation homes have modern insulation, and here is where Wishco’s patio heaters excel yet again – they can be used both inside and outside.
“You can use them inside, which with a non-insolated vacation home like ours, means we can actually use it all year”, says May Silja - she continues explaining that you can’t do the same with gas-based patio heaters, as they aren’t designed for indoor usage.
When you power on your FLEX, you feel the heat almost instantly, which makes the heater very user-friendly. There is no grace period or anything – just plug it in and feel the heat.
May Siljas guide to the perfected vacation house purchase.
There are quite a few things to consider when buying a vacation house. May Silja went through the process herself a few years ago, and she has collected her thoughts in a handy little guide, right here:
The condition of the house Are you a natural-born “handyman” or do you prefer a house that requires minimal maintenance? An old charming wooden cottage often requires a lot of care from someone with correctly screwed-on thumps. If that’s not you, you might find more success looking for a more modern or newly renovated house instead.
Size (of the place) How many rooms are you looking for? Do you want a guestroom or an office? An atelier or something completely different? Are you looking for a place where you and the family can hide out by yourself, or do you wanna be able to invite over friends and extended family?
Location Near water, forest, or city? Are you looking for a house that is all by itself or do you prefer easy access to the local town/city? Does it need to be close to a friend’s vacation house? Is the house near a mosquito-infested lake? How much sunshine reaches the garden etc. It can be a particularly good idea to visit the potential vacation multiple times, during different times of the day, to get a good feeling for the vibe.
Travel time
If you wanna be able to go to the vacation house at the weekend, it’s probably a good idea to not buy a house on the other side of the country. How well-developed is the public transportation in the area? Do you have a car, or do you need the house to be close to a bus stop and/or train station?
Do you need to cross a toll bridge or take a ferry which increases the cost of transportation?
What kind of residence do you want? Construction year, material, foundation etc. Do you want a small garden house, a Norwegian mountain cabin or a year-round house that is insulated? Should the garden be easy and manageable? Think about what is important to you. We do not all have the same needs and desires when we dream of our private sanctuaries.
