Home maintenance in down market

LendingTree has posted an article about the importance of maintaining your home in today’s real estate situation. Falling home prices and equity are of great concerns to any homeowner. Many people are putting off repair and maintenance work as they are not sure they want to spend money in this market situation. However, as pointed out in our Home Maintenance section, it is important to maintain the house in order to keep the the home value up. Your family will also enjoy the stay in a well kept house and of course there are added health benefits.

While many of the items listed in this article are common maintenance and caring tips such as heating and cooling system annual inspection, there are couple of things we all forget - hire a chimney sweep to inspect and clean your fireplace, empty your hot water heater annually etc.

To better plan your home maintenance needs, check out out home maintenance tips article, which also has links to maintenance checklists available online

Here is the complete article:
Maintenance that makes $ense

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