Home owner problems

Owning Real Estate can be challenging!

smart investment --------------------- money pit

weekends off -------------------------- never ending second job

quality craftsmanship ---------------- home owner repairs

healthy environment ----------------- lead paint, mold, stale air...

Buying Selling Maintenance Many home owners have no idea how healthy their investment really is. Is your home leaking heat or cool air out around doors and windows? Ever notice how problems like furnaces stop working at night on a weekend.

Is this one of the biggest investments of your life? You already know you did not forsee the problem coming but now because of weather you have to get the problem fixed quickly and will now probably pay more than you should and probably not get the quality of craftsmanship you hoped for.

Number ONE biggest home owner problem is lack of or no maintenance! Your home is a living breathing unit that interacts with the climate/weather on the outside and all the conditions we subject it to on the inside.

The Checklist

A SMART homeowner will have a checklist of things to look at once every week, every season and when ever there has been bad weather. The checklist will let you know when items installed on your home are in need of maintenance(evestoughes, chimneys), repair(siding, handrails) or monitoring(brick mortar, branches over power lines). Many items installed on/in a home have a limited life expectancy such as roofing and hot water tanks. Damage can happen at any time(bad weather, kids playing). Bugs and rodents get active in the spring and fall possibly finding your crawlspace a perfect nesting place. When I inspect crawlspaces rats and all kinds of bugs seem to be the most common critters found but one fall at my brother inlaws a cougar had decided to move into his crawlspace. I advised him to close the access door after the cougar left. When you have and use a checklist regularly you will know when something needs to be maintained, repaired or replaced. The checklist will make you aware of the up coming problem/concern and give you time to shop around for the best price, quality of product and craftsmanship.

If you have a concern with your home contact me for a detailed answer with a estimated time frame and cost to deal with the concern using a qualified tradesman.