How to make your home feel brand new
Once you've found your dream home, it is important to do all you can to ensure that it continues to be your dream home. Homeownership can easily come with disillusionment once a property starts showing the wear of time. Fortunately, with the right home care regimen, your home can continue to mesmerise long after you've settled in.
A good spring cleaning goes far
The best way to ensure that a property avoids the effects of aging may be the simplest: regular cleaning. A good cleaning session can leave your home feeling fresh and looking like new.
When it comes to areas such as windows and bathrooms, using cleaning products made specifically for glossy surfaces is worth the extra effort and cost. There's nothing quite like the crisp sunlight of a spring day streaming through a just-cleaned window or stepping into a bathroom that looks like it has just been installed. And you can ensure those moments with the appropriate cleaning products.
Over time, though, the caulk in and around a bathtub, in a shower, and surrounding fixtures can wear out. Recaulking is not only important to have your property looking in tip top shape, though. Caulk is there to prevent water leaking in areas where dampness can cause damage.
One area of a property where the constant wear of time cannot be so easily washed away are its floors. Different flooring material require different efforts to keep them looking new. Carpets require constant cleaning and can easily be stained by day-to-day foot traffic. Due to this, hardwood flooring, which is both aesthetically pleasing and hardy against daily damage, has become the most popular flooring solution. Wooden floors do, however, require constant care to remain durable. With flooring material such as linoleum and vinyl, which are becoming much more popular due to their cost efficiency, it is important to pay attention to small tears and damage that can easily get out of hand due to the material's elastic nature.
The area most prone to grime build-up is the kitchen. A quick wipe of countertops and surfaces is part of most homeowners' daily routines, but due to the moisture that comes with the heat and steam of cooking and baking, out-of-sight nooks and crannies in kitchens should be cleaned out regularly to avoid the build-up of grime. While general cleaning agents can be used to prevent the build-up of grime, it does take a bit of extra effort to pay attention to areas such as the tops of kitchen cabinets.
The walls of a home are often the first victims of daily routine. From stains to cracks and scratches, freshening up the paint of your home's walls can hide the unavoidable wear. Adding a new coat of paint to your walls can allow you to revitalise the aesthetic quality of your home entirely. Playing with the colours of your walls can also allow you to make a room feel brand new on a reasonably small budget.
Constant care is the best bet
There is nothing quite like a well-tended garden to make a property truly feel like a cared for home. But maintaining a garden takes constant care. Planting shrubs is the first step to creating a full and constantly thriving backdrop to whatever landscaping endeavours you head into next.
Constant nourishment, sunlight and choosing the most appropriate plants for each area according to sun exposure and so forth is only the start. From helping plants grow anew as spring arrives to ensuring plants are prepared to endure the cold of winter as autumn draws to a close, each season comes with its own set of tasks. As your garden takes root (pun fully intended), though, it will take care of itself, needing only minimal care.
While cleaning the exterior of your home may improve its presentability, especially when partnered with a well-tended garden, the benefits stretch further. Cleaning the gutters, unclogging drainpipes, filling in concrete cracks, and freshening up cracked paint all serve to protect the property against greater damage born out of neglect. These tasks ensure that your property not only looks newer for longer, but also that it retains its durability for longer.
With a little extra effort, you can ensure that your home retains that brand new quality no matter how long you reside in it. To get more advice on how to make the most of your property and get the best advice on all your property-related concerns, get in touch with one of our iAgents today.
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This article is a general information sheet and should not be used or relied on as legal or other professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact your adviser for specific and detailed advice. Errors and omissions excepted (E&OE)
27 Aug 2021
Author Meridian Realty