Sentence examples for less upkeep from inspiring English sources

Minimal square footage means reduced maintenance costs, less upkeep and reduced energy consumption.

All of these solutions require an initial installation effort but afterward, they will require less upkeep than a grass edge demands.

More expensive cameras have better security measures to prevent tampering and require less upkeep, he said, but Manassas doesn't have the funding.

(It was also in the middle of the last century that many people began putting aluminum or vinyl siding over their wood-frame houses because it required less upkeep than wood and other earlier materials. Unfortunately, that siding can also trap moisture and damage what is underneath).

Buyers, he continued, include second-generation members of immigrant families, primarily from Russia, who want to invest in real estate, as well as empty nesters who want to sell their large houses and "reinvest in a home in the area with less upkeep".

"There is a desire to move closer to town and have a smaller house with less upkeep," she said, "not wanting to ferry kids everywhere, walk to shops and libraries, but still have three to five bedrooms, all with their own baths".

It seems to suggest a delightful state of deferred maintenance that goes with a slower pace of life and less concern for upkeep.

If those costs are minimal (taxes, upkeep), less is needed, so I am thinking I will be fine.

The buildings in question are often maintained through tenant associations, and as older tenants die, there's less money for upkeep and earthquake retrofits.

They said, 'It's like a great hotel suite.' " For Mrs. Spelling, 62, mother of the actors Tori and Randy Spelling, the draw was being able to worry less about the upkeep of a house and being ready to travel more two years after the death of her husband, who was afraid of flying, she said.

That's about $1,000 a day which is about as much as eight mediocre-performing slot machines, which requires a lot less labor and upkeep.