Regardless of whether you plan to sell your house, it’s good to keep it in tip-top shape. Here are seven ways to stay ahead of the curve.
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Whether you’re selling your house or not, it’s important to keep it in tip-top shape. Here are seven of the best ways to do that:
- Turn off the lights: This helps keep your energy bill as low as you can because you never know when that $5, $10, or $15 might come in handy for other things around your property.
- Don’t let the water run: I know it’s easy when you brush your teeth in the morning but it’s just money going down the drain, literally.
- Fix any drafts you feel around the house: There are a ton of great products at your local hardware store that can make a dramatic difference in your utility bills. You’ll be more comfortable, too.
- Remove your shoes: The cleaner and neater your property is, the livelier you are if you’re like me. It’s also a lot less maintenance.
- Wash your windows regularly: Cleaner windows won’t just contribute to your home’s overall cleanliness, they’ll make it brighter by being constantly clean.
- Conduct mini-inspections: Walk through your property and check out the rooms you’re not always in or the closets you don’t always use, as well as things like the hot water heater. After all, when’s the last time you looked at your hot water heater? When’s the last time you looked at your furnace? There are a lot of safety mechanisms that could have an issue you don’t even know about.
- Change your A/C filter every month: You might have a 10-year-old unit that looks like it’s more than 30 years old just because the filters weren’t changed and it has to work that much harder. If you have a grimy filter, that’s the same air you breathe every day.
Conduct mini-inspections of the things you don’t see all the time.
