When I recently googled the phrase: How to keep your home in top condition the results I got were very interesting.  Here are the top four entries:

  1. 74 tips to keep your car in top condition
  2. Keep your pool in top condition
  3. Keep your minnows in top condition
  4. How to keep your hair in good condition

Wow!  Most people think about keeping their car, their pool, or their hair in top condition but what about their home.   Well, I’m not planning on selling my Cary NC home anytime soon.  Of course, but consider this - Your home is in many cases your largest financial asset - worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.    It certainly makes perfect sense to protect, enhance, and maintain such a valuable real estate investment at all times. 

The best standard to use for keeping your home in top condition is to keep it in selling condition. We all know how much work, improvement, maintenance, and cleaning we do right before we sell our home.  The problem is we never get to enjoy all this effort once our home sells.  

So how does one go about bringing their property up to selling condition now - when they are not planning on listing their home.  Here’s a suggestion - Have your home inspected periodically as if you were going to sell it in the next 90 days.  Hire a licensed North Carolina home inspector to gain a better understanding of the condition of your property. 

Home inspectors typically evaluate structural components (floors,walls,roofs,chimneys, foundations), mechanical systems (plumbing, electrical, heating/air conditioning), installed appliances and other major components of your property.  Home inspection reports range in cost or should I say investment from $300-$500 depending on the size of your home.  Once completed, you should review the report with the inspector and make the repairs necessary to keep your home in top condition.   By taking a proactive approach, you can keep your home in selling condition and protect one of your largest and most valuable assets.

                                                                 

Additioanlly, upgrading your kitchen, bathrooms, and making other improvements are vitally important in today’s real estate market especially with so many Cary new home neighborhoods.  Please review some of our other article on CaryAreaBlog.com which address these topics. 

In summary, investing in the maintenance, enhancement, and upkeep of your Cary NC home is money well spent.  Please share with us any tips or ideas you have used to keep your home in top selling condition.

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