Short Guide To Maintain Your Home

Home is one of the most important parts of life. People spend their time on maintenance of motor cars; same as your home also need maintenance to keep it up to date. Your home is your long term asset. With the passage of time it depreciates. A minor repair is easy and cheap until it becomes worst one.

• You can save money and can prolong life of your home by proper planning of home maintenance. If homeowner plans which parts of home need maintenance then he can save money. Maintenance requires investment. But if you planned then it will be cost effective and very less as compared to maintenance for emergency situation which require more money.

• One of the most important things is to understand your property. After that you can make a plan according to your property’s nature. Your home is traditional or modern. If your home is traditional then probably there will be less protection for moist control. Although it has good ventilation system but insulation level is low. While in modern homes although ventilation system is not as good as in traditional homes but it has good insulation system. Moreover there are many methods which are used to control moist transfer. One thing is worth noticing that using modern materials you can minimize your maintenance cost. For example you can control moisture transfer if you cover walls with hard cement material.

• There are many parts of home which require maintenance but you should identify some principle areas which can cause major problems if not maintained properly and on time. In most of the case roof can cause serious problems because it has many hidden parts which are normally not very visible. But through proper inspection you can minimize this risk.

• Identify defects and their cause. There are many features which can add maintenance like basement, balconies, tall chimneys, skews, windows etc. If you properly understand features of all of them then it would be easy for you to make plan of home maintenance.

• After knowing your property and its features now you are in a position to make proper plan. Structured approach is a good way. Checklist of every item is good that which parts need inspection. Decide about frequency of each part. It will help you to analyze which parts needs inspection and after how much time. It is also a part of plan that you will do inspection yourself or will consult with professionals. You can take help from property management companies. Draw up plan and keep as a record to check for future.