Owning a dream home is like a dream come true. We also as a real Estate broker feel joy in fulfilling your dream. But while enjoying the dream very few of us reckon that a beautiful home is not just about living lavishly but this dream brings a lot more responsibilities than a rental home.On some breakage or repairing work, it’s the owner’s responsibilities to fix all the issues. You don’t have the privilege of landlord taking care of all the problems and you enjoying the freedom of hassle free life. But with time and age wear and tear occurs and thus generates new repairing works. So instead of piling up the work, it’s always good to keep on doing small maintenance work in order to avoid mess. So here are some tips to regularly inspect in your home.
• Check whether the door bell is working or not:- Door bell is the smallest but a very impactful thing in the house.What if in your luxurious house sudden guests arrive, standing out smashing the bell switch and no one coming out to receive them? Such a small thing can spoil your image in front of them. So always track your door bell and other switches to keep them in function.
• Cleaning of the exhaust fans prevents rust and mold:- Fans are the great source of removing the dust and moisture. But generally mold takes placein your home if the appliance doesn’t work properly. That’s why it’s necessary to spare some time once a year to properly clean the kitchen and bathroom fans. Cleaning of the hardware improves its life and functioning and also keeps the mold and dust out of your house.
• Clean your drains:- At certain intervals of time you should keep your eye on all the drains of your house asit’s necessary to clean the clog at the initial level because once your drain pipes becomes completely blocked, it becomes very difficult to clean it up. So, as your drains gets slow, try to fix it with using wire hanger or drain cleaner to prevent further clogging.
• Flushing out the water heater:-Draining out the water from the water heater flushes out the debris from the system. Doing this ensures your water heater functions more efficiently.Or you can also hire some professional plumber to help you for the same.
• Tracking the water consumption by checking the water bill:- Water leakage is hard to detect until a water stain is found on the wall or the ceiling. The easiest way to explore the water leaks is by checking the water bill. Regularly check and compare the monthly bills. If the average number comes higher, then you should become alert regarding the issue of the water leakage.
• Cleaning the gutters:-Gutters should be maintained on every season change because unclean gutter is a major source of accumulation of debris which can lead to choking and much more water damage. Clear and clean all the waste and muck stuck in the sewage pipes. Also replace the damaged or leaked gutters if needed.
• Touching up the exterior paint:-Ok, now no one can deny the fact that when the matter comes of houses, many people judge the book by its cover. Giving a touch up to your exterior walls gives a flare to your house. Old white wash on your walls makes your house looks very dull no matter how much you put efforts to make your house a perfect one from inside. But we all know that the very first look is very impactful and is always judged by the others. So, try to maintain the newness of your house by giving a new finished exterior paint.
Even if you find 2-3 bhk duplex house for sale in a very good condition, you ought to follow these tips to maintain your home which are very necessary because an old house needs much more maintenance and also a house cannot be seen beautiful only by the decoration. A well-managed house with all the proper functioning of the hardware’s creates the beauty of the house in the real sense.