Love this product! Folex is a great spot carpet cleaner to help “tie you over” between professional carpet cleaning. Learned about this product years ago from Tad Artall from Brightway Carpet Cleaners. It works! I ran out of this product YEARS ago, but found it at Home Depot last month. Of course my Sweetheart “tested it” on our fabric dining room chairs…EEEK! That could have ended REALLY BADLY considering I never used Folex as an upholstery cleaner. Thank goodness the spots came right out. Use it for spot cleaning, but when you need a great professional carpet or upholstery cleaner, please consider giving Brightway a call – (281) 391-2224. They do an AMAZING job!

Stolen AC condenser - 2011

One of my listings’ exterior AC condensers was stolen last week. Unfortunately, this is becoming more common in the Houston area as theives are stealing AC units to sell them for the copper inside.  After looking at the scene, I thought I would share a couple of things with you that perhaps may make your home ”less attractive” to these AC theives.  With this particular home, the theives climbed the fence and cut off the main power to the house at the main breaker box.  (I assume they did this so that they would not electricute themselves when cutting and removing the AC unit).  This home had the main panel box located on the outside of the house but the panel was not locked or secured in any fashion.  The sellers had padlocked the gate entering into the backyard, but the panel box itself was not locked.  Also, the AC condenser was located on the outside of fence-line so that it could be seen from the street, thereby making it easier to remove.  The thieves had fewer obstactles than if the AC had been located behind a fence.  If you have an AC condenser that can be seen from the street, you might consider relocating your fence so that the unit sits behind the fence instead of in front.  This would make the unit much more difficult to remove.  Lastly, please don’t allow your property to appear “unoccupied.”  My seller had moved out of the property the weekend before and there were furniture items left on the driveway that had not been picked up by charity.  I think these may have been what attracted the thieves to stop at this home because it looked empty and unoccupied.  There are also companies now that make metal “cages” that lock over your AC units making them quite difficult to remove as well.  I have noticed that many schools have “caged” their AC units and emergency generators on the outsides of the schools.  I imagine the cages are a  wise investment as  I’m sure commercial ACs and generators would be very costly to replace.  I hope you find some of these suggestions helpful.