Owning a home comes with many responsibilities – and a long list of repairs and continuous, required maintenance! You will avoid a tremendous amount of stress by staying on top of issues as they arise, and preventing any potential problems from turning into larger, costly headaches.
To do this, we recommend every homeowner conducts a DIY home inspection on a regular basis in order to catch any potential problems before they get out of control. While not as thorough as the professional home inspection you likely had conducted before purchasing your home, it is good to keep a general eye out for any issues that could become problems if left untouched.
Here are some important things to remember when inspecting your home for damage:
The odds are that you aren’t going to have the energy or time to go through every single nook and cranny of your home in a single day (over even a single weekend) – and even if you are able to power through a DIY home inspection in record time like that the odds are pretty good that you’ll have lost over at least a handful of serious issues that you wouldn’t have missed if you slowed things down.
This is why you will want to be sure to break down your DIY home inspection into different sections, with the easiest way being breaking your home into different “common spaces”. Inspect the attic, inspect the living areas, inspect the roof and exterior spaces, etc. all in groups and you won’t have anything to worry about!
If at any point in time you come across something that you aren’t completely sure of, something that has you a little bit nervous, or something that you don’t fully understand you are going to want to be sure to contact the professionals immediately and have them come in to perform a professional home inspection – specifically addressing in targeting any issues that you have already highlighted.
These services are almost always relatively inexpensive, but they may be the kind of professional service that ends up saving you hundreds of thousands of dollars in the long run – especially if you’re able to get out in front of catastrophic issues that could cripple your property’s value in time to fix them inexpensively.
If you are looking for a second opinion, call in the experts! Book a consultation with City Residential Foundation Repair today.
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