Opening Up Your Southwest Florida Home for the Season
A closed-up Florida home needs more than a quick dusting before you settle in. Here's the order to work through on arrival week, and what's worth handling before you land.
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Southwest Florida Living & Cleaning Guide
Southwest Florida Living & Cleaning Guide
Practical guides for homeowners, seasonal residents and snowbirds in Bonita Springs, Estero and Naples — how to care for a Florida home, and how to enjoy the place you're caring for it in.
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Keeping a Home Clean in Southwest Florida Humidity
Humidity, salt air and screened lanais make Gulf-coast housekeeping different from anywhere up north. Here's the routine that holds up in Bonita Springs, Estero and Naples.
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Closing Up a Southwest Florida Home for the Summer
Leaving for the summer is mostly about moisture and time. A careful departure week means the home you come back to smells and looks the way you left it.
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Living in Bonita Springs: A Local Guide to the Town Between the Rivers and the Gulf
Bonita Springs sits between the Imperial River and the Gulf, and it lives at two very different speeds depending on the month. Here's how the town is laid out and how it actually feels.
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Things to Do in Estero, Florida — A Local's Guide
Estero is easy to drive past on I-75 and much better than that suggests. Here's what's worth your time, from the river and the preserves to the shopping and the beaches nearby.
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Moving to Naples and North Naples: A New Resident's Guide
Naples rewards people who learn its geography and its calendar. Here's what new residents and seasonal owners figure out in the first year — condensed into one read.
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