House & Garden

Home Maintenance That You Must Keep Up To Date With

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If you’ve previously been renting, the maintenance pressure of owning a home can come as quite a shock. We know that some owners think that the home essentially looks after itself. They don’t need to do much at all except for keeping it tidy and try not to break anything. Well, we’re sorry to tell you this isn’t the case. Buying a home comes packaged with quite a few different maintenance jobs. Unless you have a cleaner, gardener and a repairman, these jobs will fall on your shoulders. Let’s look at a few so you can make sure you’re prepared.

 

Cleaning

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We know that there are homeowners who clean their houses as little as possible. We can’t say we blame them. If you have a full sized home and no cleaning service, it could take a few hours to clean the entire home from top to bottom. That includes the bathrooms and the kitchen. But cleaning the home is important, and you need to do a thorough job. Otherwise, you’re going to encounter a few problems. First, you’ll most likely see more bugs and beasties inside your home. As well as that, your home might develop quite an unpleasant odour. We know some readers are thinking as long as you adopt good hygiene measures this won’t be the case. It doesn’t matter how apt you are at cleaning up after yourself. Eventually, those crumbs on the carpet will attract some rather unpleasant visitors.

 

Exterior Maintenance

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Most likely, you won’t be spending a lot of time or effort on the interior of your home. Instead, you’ll find that a lot of your resources go towards fixing the exterior. That’s just common sense because it’s what’s going to be hit by bad weather. If you have a bad storm, you probably won’t worry too much about the state of the roof. After all, as long as it doesn’t start leaking, what’s the problem. Well, if you repair the roof early, you’ll cut out most of the expense, so that’s a positive. Similarly, you need to be careful of the garage door. If you live on a slope, you’ll find water builds up at the garage door. It won’t slip inside, but it could cause the door to rust. Make sure you are using some protective covering on your garage. Or, get it checked out and repaired using a site such as www.GarageDoorservice.com.

 

Gardening

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Lastly, you do need to make sure you’re looking after your garden. Most people completely neglect their gardens in the winter month for an obvious reason. It’s too wet and cold to go out in them anyway, so what’s the point. We understand this line of thinking. But it’s still not advisable because a lot of problems could develop. For instance, the area might have high soil density. If that’s the case rainwater can build up damage the foundations of your home. It could seep into your basement and then you’ve got a serious problem. Mould could develop at which point, you’ll need to call in an expert. You can learn more about this on www.cleanipedia.com. To avoid this, speak to a landscaper and gardener to keep your yard in good condition.

 

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