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The Tax Credit for this year is only available for the next few months.  The home that you are purchasing has to be under agreement by April 30th and the closing must be done by June 30th.  If you are interested in purchasing a home and taking advantage of this great credit.  Don’t wait until the last minute to find a home.  You should start looking now.  We are still finding many homes that are bank owned or short sales on the market.  If you are interested in purchasing a home that is owned by a bank or going through a short sale.  You have to be patient with the banks.  They are dealing with hundreds if not thousands of deals.  That’s why it is so important for you to start looking know.  Give yourself extra time to find the right home and if it does need to have

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I had a smoke detector inspection today for one of my listings in Springfield, MA.  I was surprised by how complicated figuring out just where to put the smoke detectors is getting.  To make maters worse you need to have specific types of smoke detectors for specific locations in the home.  I decided that I would create a guide for Springfield home owners to make sure they have the correct detectors installed.

According to the Springfield Fire Dept handout, which you can download here,  you can not have ionizing detectors within 20 feet of a bathroom or kitchen.  You need to use photoelectric detectors if they are going to be placed within the above distance of the kitchen or bathroom.  The problem that I ran into was I purchased a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector combination.  The unit had a ionizing smoke detector inside it so I could not use this combination unit as a smoke detector or a carbon monoxide detector within the above distances from bathrooms and kitchens.

You can be sure this will not be a problem for you by purchasing photoelectric detectors which, at least for now, can be used anywhere. Watch out for the detectors that are ionizing and photoelectric as any smoke detector that is ionizing will not be allowed near kitchens and baths in Springfield.

Finally a note about carbon monoxide detectors.  If you buy the combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector be sure that the unit speaks a warning for carbon monoxide.  Also if this combination unit is going to be installed near kitchens and bathrooms be sure that it is using only the photoelectric smoke detector and not a ionizing smoke detector (as this would make the whole unit unusable near kitchens and bathrooms).

You can check out what the NFPA(National Fire Protection Association) has to say about the different types of detectors here

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