If you possess an informed glance, you can easily find out the difference between a renovation-worthy house and a ‘black hole’ that keeps sucking your money. Brad Porteus in an article for realestate.com.au provides a few useful home renovation tips.
7 points you must not overlook
- A vacant home which looks nearly perfect from outside must have a strong disorder within. Nobody likes leaving a home and a home owner won’t leave it vacant for long unless there is a sense of repugnance within. Thus, it is advisable to keep away from the “too good to be true” deals, says Porteus.
- If a home which seems worthy of renovation is vacant, it must be suffering from issues of plumbing and electricity.
- Many homes, especially those that have bore the brunt of a storm, are likely to be infested with moulds. Moulds can be one difficult enemy to tackle. In many cases, they do not leave home owners with any option other than a complete retreat, feels Porteus.
- You look at a flawless home, start revamping the windows or panels and out comes stale wooden fragments; well! quite a nightmare. Yet, this can be a stark reality with your renovation. Thus, it is ideal to poke into the walls with a piercing object while you are doing your initial home inspection.
- Bugs can make a home uninhabitable. They come in many shapes and in each one of them they are as close to devils as there can be. Homes are vulnerable to these creatures because they infest holes and crevices that form with time.
- Even if a house looks picture perfect from outside, you must take pain to find out if it has fissures and crevices. Such issues can start from the foundation itself, says Porteus.
- It is always more than worthwhile to check on your neighbours. Good neighbours provide the feeling of community existence. It is no good to go for home renovation if there are gang wars in the neighbourhood.
In the final analysis
Porteus makes a few very relevant points. Also, in my opinion, a sound house structure depends on its foundation more than anything else. Crevices, bugs, and molds begin to rule a house largely because its foundation starts wearing out. Of course, this may also affect a house’s tenacity against flooding. Nothing makes the task of home renovation more difficult than a flooded foundation.
What do you give most importance to while inspecting a home? I invite your views.
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