Exterior of a Lennar homeWith spring just around the corner, you may be starting to think about your annual spring home cleaning routine. For many, this is an annual ritual that consists of cleaning the interior of their home from top to bottom. Besides cleaning the interior of your Lennar home, this is a great time to focus on inspecting your home’s exterior, as well. [continue...]

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Exterior of a Lennar homeJust like the interior walls, the exterior walls of your Lennar home may form hairline cracks on the surface or in the mortar joints. These cracks should be addressed quickly to help prevent any possible water intrusion. To ensure that cracks are handled quickly, you should inspect the exterior surface as part of your regular home maintenance plan. While inspecting the exterior of your home, be sure not to confuse cracks with weep holes, which are intentionally included as a means of ensuring proper ventilation and drainage.

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Clean and bright living room in a Lennar homeIt’s that time of year again: spring cleaning time. Time to clean, freshen up and declutter your house. This year though, as you get ready to bring out the chemicals and toss out old unused items, think Green! Lennar has some great tips to help you tackle your chores in a way that’ll be great for your home and for the environment. [continue...]

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Architectural details in a Lennar homeAs you settle in to your new Lennar home, you will probably start paying even more attention to the details that surround you on a daily basis. As you settle in, so does your home and certain things may happen, such as minor settlement cracks and nail pops. These are normal and are due to the expansion and contraction of the materials in your home.

This section of the Lennar Home Care Video focuses on your interior walls, what to expect, and how to care for them. Click here to view this 6-1/2 minute video to learn more about caring for the interior walls of your Lennar home.

As always, if you need help or have a question about your home, please contact our Lennar Customer Care Team for assistance.

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Caring for Your Appliances

February 16, 2010

Something that is one of the luxuries of modern day living is the appliances that you will find in your Lennar home. Whether your home came with a stove, dishwasher and refrigerator, or various other appliances, many of us have come to rely on these “necessities” of life. Like the other components in [...]

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How to Handle Ice Dams

February 11, 2010

With the recent extreme wintery weather conditions in various parts of the country, we have been asked how to handle some of the symptoms, such as roof leaks.
Your local building codes are based upon the average weather patterns for your particular area. For instance, insulation R-values and roof flashing requirements are described in the code [...]

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Caring for Your Floors

February 10, 2010

Floors come in many different colors and styles – and each one requires its own special type of care. Our Lennar team put together some great tips on taking care of the floors in your Lennar home, as well as some general information about the different flooring components we use.
The Lennar Home Care Video [...]

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Organizing Your Garage

February 5, 2010

A great feature in many Lennar homes is the garage. While this space is designed with automobiles in mind, it has come to be used for many other things. Unfortunately, this mindset that the garage is so multi-purpose can sometimes lead to an accumulation of “stuff”.
Our Lennar team decided to search out some ideas [...]

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