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The easiest way to take care of your house is to keep water and moisture away from the exterior, particularly the foundation, and out of the interior, particularly the attic, closets, and cabinets. This typically means little or no watering next to your foundation, which translates into no high-water-use plants next to your foundation. This means regular monitoring and maintenance of the exterior walls, foundation, and roof, and the structural and mechanical components attached to them. This means regular monitoring and maintenance of the interior, including walls and floors under upper stories. What is regular monitoring and maintenance? Home ownership!
It is not easy being a homeowner, and there will be many things that will become problems while you own your home—you will need to spend money on them to resolve them. We recommend proactive preventive maintenance rather that after-the-fact reactive repair. |
To that end, throughout your report you will read the phrase “Recommend regular homeowner monitoring and maintenance.” This phrase means that things will fall apart or become problems, particularly if you don’t take care of them.
Some items will need to be monitored and maintained daily (e.g., sink cabinets—click here for helpful information concerning sink cabinets, chemical storage in the sink cabinets, and caulking and grouting.), weekly (e.g., Smoke Alarms—click here for helpful information concerning Smoke Alarms; GFCI outlets—click here for helpful information concerning GFCI outlets), or annually (roof, water heater, fireplace, gas/oil-using appliances, etc.). You’re investing a substantial amount of money in a home. Please take care of it or hire professional service people to take care of it for you. Click here for helpful information concerning when things go wrong. Click here for helpful information for those times that you want to blame the home inspector. Click here for helpful information concerning just about everything in your home. |
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