We do have a termite protection policy through Florida Pest Control. Bought it our first month here, along with a comprehensive weed and bug prevention plan from them. So far I’m happy. Whether or not the termite policy was necessary was open to debate: some said yes, some said no. But it is not that expensive and as it is transferable to the next owners, should they so elect, I think it would be a pretty good selling point should we ever decide to move elsewhere.
Thinking back though, termites were only one of the various nasties we were told about just before and for about two months after moving here. Allligators—heat—snakes—floods—poor medical care—you name it. One biggie was hurricanes. We had scarcely been here a week when a sales guy from some home-protection company called. His pitch was all about the danger that hurricanes posed to homeowners who did NOT protect their windows. His company peddled an every-window-in-the-house product that in the event of a hurricane, automatically rolled down exterior blinds that were apparently hurricane-proof. Price: $2,500.00. I said that that didn’t sound bad for the house. He clarified “no—that is per window”. I politely declined. He was not happy.
How much of that kind of stuff do we buy that we don’t really need? People coming from way north don’t really know much other than what they hear, and it seems as if TV has more than it’s share of people who try to cash in on that.
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