Taking Care Of Your Home
It is not easy being a homeowner, and there will be many things that will become problems while you own your home—you will need to spend money on them to resolve them. I recommend proactive preventive maintenance rather than after-the-fact reactive repair. To that end, throughout your property inspection report you will read the phrase “Recommend regular homeowner monitoring and maintenance.” This phrase means that things will fall apart or become problems, particularly if you don’t take care of them.
The easiest way to take care of your house is to keep water and moisture away from the exterior, particularly the foundation, and out of the interior, particularly the attic, closets, and cabinets. This means regular monitoring and maintenance. What is regular monitoring and maintenance? Home ownership!
Home ownership means little or no watering next to your foundation, which translates into no high-water-use vegetation next to your foundation. What’s a high water-use plant? Typically big plants, tropical plants, and plants that have large foliage, lots of roots, or lots of flowers. Keeping moisture away from the house also means regular monitoring and maintenance of the exterior walls, foundation, and roof, and the structural and mechanical components attached to them.
Some items in your home need to be monitored and maintained daily (e.g., sink cabinets), monthly (e.g., GFCI outlets), or annually (roof, water heater, fireplace, furnace, etc.). You’re investing a substantial amount of money in a home. Please take care of it or hire professional service personnel to take care of it for you.
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