Signs Your Home Needs Exterior Renovations ASAP
Home improvements are a very touchy subject. There are people who absolutely love doing home improvements and never feel like they’re done with their home. But there are others who just keep postponing even the smallest improvement indefinitely until they end up living in a place they’d rather sell than invest in. Well, if you fall somewhere in between those two and you do repairs when necessary, here are some signs that will definitely nudge you to bring out the power tools.
Your bills are higher
We are all looking for ways to save a few bucks. And when you own a house and pay your bills, they can rack up so fast that you’ll spend your savings in the blink of an eye. Well, if you notice that your bills are getting higher and higher in comparison to previous seasons but you’re doing nothing differently, chances are that your house is working against you. Bad insulation and more than anything else – drafty doors and windows are driving up your bills by letting heat escape during winter and letting the warmth in during summer, making your heating and cooling appliances work overtime and spend more power. This is an investment that will pay itself off, so don’t be afraid to invest.
Your driveway is a mess
Sure, we don’t pay that much attention to the plant life around the front, and maybe the garage door is a bit chipped and there are all these little things that individually aren’t that important but altogether give an image of a driveway from a horror movie. Start with the base and work your way up. If your ground is busted up and the bricks placed there five decades ago keep messing up your tires, it’s time to bring in some quick-set concrete.
Whether you do it colored or plain, all over or just up to the garage, a smooth concrete surface will always look polished and it will be the easiest thing to clean in your entire life. Then, make sure that the nature around it is tamed and consider putting some large potted plants along the sides for a
natural flare. Finally, repaint your garage door and make sure everything is in working order. Now you have a home you can proudly stand in front of for family barbecues.
Your house looks like your grandparents live there
The cheapest way to renovate any room or the outside of your entire home is to give it a fresh coat of paint. Just stripping the dated, chipped, worn-out paint and giving it a fresh pair of clothes will make your house look like a whole new place. It will lift it and make it shine, which then might inspire you to do some other work as well, like repainting the woodwork or tidying up the garden around the home.
It’s been too long
Some things just need to be done regularly, and if you have that nagging feeling in your stomach that you need to do something that hasn’t been done yet, just get up and do it. Like if you haven’t cleaned your gutters since three Christmases ago, next winter you won’t just be cleaning out extra leaves, you’ll be replacing them altogether because they broke, or maybe the accumulated water will leak into your home or who knows what else. The point is that the longer you let things sit without fixing them, the more you will eventually pay.
Home renovations are sometimes purely functional and sometimes aesthetic, but the best way to go is to combine the two. If you want to change something for functional reasons, you might be more motivated to do it if it will also make your home look better.
