They don't call it one of life's biggest stressors for nothing.

Moving to a new house is an all-consuming process (some would call it an ordeal) for months beforehand and weeks afterward. A thorough home inspection and a walk-through right before your closing should have set your expectations accordingly. But since it's rare for anybody to move out of one home and directly (and completely) into another home on the same day, carve out a window of time to tend to these five issues either right before you move into your new home or just as soon as you do.

These five home tips won't eliminate the stress of your move. But based on the experience of Experts In Your Home, they will instill you with some peace of mind when you need it most:

5 Home Tips to De-Stress Your Move:

If you've ever walked through a model home, or a fabulous room addition just completed by a proud neighbor, you might have thought to yourself, “That recessed lighting is terrific. Now why didn't we think of that?”

Don't kick yourself too hard; many time-pressed builders pass on installing recessed lighting because it requires time and planning to do it right. After all, it's much more expedient to mount a light fixture on a wall or ceiling than in a ceiling or wall.

But it's never too late to install recessed lighting

If you're feeling a bit “blown away” by all the choices you face as you shop for your first home ceiling fan, rest assured that you have plenty of company.

Many customers of Experts In Your Home seek our help with the selection process, and we always reassure them of two points right from the start:

It's more than “the law of averages”; it's a fact of a homeowner's life: somewhere in your home lies at least one light switch that doesn't work like it should.

If you're already nodding and wondering what you should do next, the answer is: let the Experts In Your Home help with this DIY video that will walk you through the process of conducting what we call an electrical switch check. Then you can decide whether you can make the electrical repair yourself.

Watch this DIY Electrical Video here to find out how to check your home light switches:

A family purchased a home in Chico and, for the first time since they moved in, arrived home after dark. What they saw – or rather, what they couldn't see – left them a bit rattled.

With their home cloaked in shadows, their thoughts immediately turned to how it might be a target to burglars, who, as law enforcement officials often say, prefer to operate in the darkness. The darkness also triggered the homeowners' concerns for their safety in terms of navigating a crumbling stone sidewalk and the wood steps leading to their front door.

While that stone sidewalk was on their “to do” list, the couple placed another job above it: install lighting to make their home safer – and do it quickly. This family’s experience at their home could be replicated at many other homes in the Chico area.

If there are two words that summarize how most customers of Experts In Your Home regard electricity, those words would have to be “healthy fear.”

That's as it should be, for while electricity is a scientific wonder, even a task as straightforward as replacing a plug can go dangerously awry in inexperienced or careless hands.

This sense of healthy fear helps explain why customers often nervously ask our electricians, “Do you have the right tools for the job?”

If you've ever pulled up in front of a home with a Realtor, you might have heard a comment (or made a comment) about the home's “curb appeal.”

A home with great curb appeal is visually alluring from the street, meaning that it looks well maintained, with a color scheme, window treatments and landscaping that blend together to create an attractive, panoramic picture. Perhaps no feature heightens a home's curb appeal more than outdoor lighting, which can bathe a home in a soft glow while providing a sense of safety and security.

Upgraded outdoor lighting can enhance your home's value and enable you to ratchet up your asking price if your home is up for sale, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors.

With so many tasks focused on electrical repairs and troubleshooting, it's not often that a licensed Chico electrician at Experts In Your Home gets to ask, “Is your goal safety, aesthetics or both?” It's not often that a customer gets to ponder the question, either.

The goals, choices and techniques involved in outdoor lighting spark a current of creativity unlike few others – though it's sometimes difficult to say who gets a bigger “charge” out of the process: an Experts electrician or an Experts customer. It's a fun and rewarding project for both.

Like the best teachers, the home maintenance and repair experts at Experts In Your Home believe that there is no such thing as a “bad” or “dumb” question.

Questions lead to information that breed knowledge, competency and skill among homeowners who are eager to tackle projects on their own. This is why Experts electricians in particular “light up” when a customer's home takes the form of a classroom and they explain the process by which they hang a ceiling fan, install a new outlet or fix a faulty breaker.

If you're like many homeowners in the Chico, CA area, the last time you reached out to a local electrician, it was to troubleshoot an electrical problem or install new wiring. (And yes: those outdoor hot tubs definitely look worth the time and effort.)

The licensed electricians at Experts In Your Home can handle those tasks – and so many more. They possess the technical skills that led to their licensure by the state of California. But they also have honed the critical thinking, logic, problem solving and communication skills that makes us especially proud to count them as members of our team.