A home is among a person’s biggest investments. It signals that not only has a person ‘arrived,’ but also that the person has reached a level of maturity enough to know how important having a home is.
If you have finally achieved this milestone in your life, you should find ways to ensure that your home will stay attractive from the outside and within. Fortunately, there are several easy ways on how you can keep your home looking new even after decades. These techniques are pretty straightforward and rather inexpensive when considering the benefits that you’ll get, such as enhancing curb appeal and taking your home’s market value to the higher end of the price spectrum.
Follow these five simple tricks to safeguard your home’s aesthetics both indoors and outdoors:
Give your flooring tough armor.
Your home’s floors are among the areas in your property that bear the heaviest brunt. If you like to rearrange your furniture pieces, frequently have lots of guests, and have heavy items such as bookshelves and closets, your floors will most likely have ugly scrapes all over their surface. And one thing about nasty-looking floors is that they instantly turn people off with their unpleasant look.
You can, luckily, address this by coating your floors with the same tough materials used on aircraft hangars and data center flooring solutions. These flooring solutions include urethane, epoxy, and polyaspartic materials that can easily protect the floor from damages. They may cost you a considerable amount but the tough protection they can offer your flooring will be worth your money.
Maintain your roofing system.
Among the parts of homes that onlookers first notice is the roofing, which is why you should keep it periodically and professionally-maintained. If you have shingles, for example, check if they are still complete and not worn out. You should likewise see if the gutters, which are among the most commonly-damaged home components, are still in tip-top shape.
As these are considered hard to reach areas that require some technical knowledge and special maintenance equipment and materials, you could spare yourself the hard work by just hiring a licensed roof maintenance company. With a skilled maintenance crew at your disposal, you can expect proper care for your roof and many years’ worth of added lifespan to your roofing.
However, if budget is the main consideration, you can just buy basic equipment such as a ladder, fall protection kit, and some basic hand tools such as a hammer or roofing nailer and a crowbar. You should also buy essential supplies including nails, roofing screws, and sealant.
Regularly clean your driveway and maintain your lawn.
Through periodic cleaning of your driveway and regular maintenance of your lawn, you’ll keep your property’s excellent appeal longer.
If your lawn is made of concrete or asphalt, you can simply use a power washer to give it a thorough wash at least once every month. Additionally, you can invest in some lawn maintenance tools and equipment such as a lawnmower, shears, trowels, rakes, trimmers, edgers, and lawn spreaders. Lawn mowing is typically done up to one-third height, while weeding is done as frequently as needed.
Repaint if needed.
Although a home’s interior or exterior paint typically lasts at least a decade before needing to be repainted, it could be just after a few years before the paint peels of or get muddied and vandalized (especially if there are playful kids around).
If your home’s interior and exterior paint are already causing an eyesore, then you have to give them a fresh coat of non-toxic house paint. Specifically, you need to use zero- or low-VOC paint to ensure that your family won’t inhale the harmful vapor from typical wall paint with high volatile organic compound (VOC) levels.
You only need the right paint, some old newspapers to lay over the floor, and some basic painting materials such as paint rollers, a ladder, paintbrushes, and scrapers. Repainting your home DIY-style could help you save on labor costs and give you a sense of achievement. You can even turn it into a bonding experience with your family to make things easier.
Do regular vacuuming and dehumidifying.
A dusty or mold-infected home isn’t just hard to look at, it’s also unsafe to live in. As such, be sure to regularly vacuum your carpets and area rugs and to dehumidify your home to keep the carpets and rugs looking like new and prevent unsightly mold growth. These are easy maintenance tasks that you can perform without spending a fortune, so there should be no reason why you won’t do them.
Just heed these simple maintenance tips and you’ll surely keep your home attractive for many years to come.
