Pests can invade your home and drive you mad at any time of the year. If you are trying to sell your home, they can make the whole process a lot more difficult than it already is. In this post, we are looking at the different problems pests cause when trying to sell your home.
Preparing Your Home For Sale
There are a few things you can to do prepare your home before selling so that pests don’t affect the sale. There is no doubt that rodents and insects can reduce your home’s value. In some locations, sellers may have to disclose that there has been a recent pest problem on the property to any potential buyer, but at least you won’t have a current infestation that will put them off a lot more.
There’s also general maintenance that you can do in terms of pest prevention before selling that could also boost the value of your London home as well. Anything like fixing leaky pipes, repairing broken windows, tidying up the garden from fallen leaves and twigs, cleaning the kitchen and cleaning out the garage will all go a long way to stopping pests and helping to boost the sale of your home.
Pest Related Damage
The first thing an estate agent will look at when your house goes on the market is what it is worth. If it is damaged, this significantly decreases the value and can also put potential buyers off even wanting to make an offer. Think about if the shoe was on the other foot. Would you want to purchase a home that you looked round that had been damaged by rats chewing on the wood or carpenter ants damaging the foundations? Probably not. So having pest damage can really affect you when trying to sell your home. If you know there is a rodent or insect problem in your London property and you want to sell it, hire a pest control expert to sort it out before you put it on the market.
Pest Related Health and Safety Problems
Pests in London like rats carry a lot of diseases which are incredibly dangerous to anyone who comes into contact with them. Also, rodents will chew through electrical wiring in your home, posing a huge fire risk for anyone who lives there. Having a rodent problem in your home means you are exposing a potential buyer to these risks as well, which will severely impact how quickly the home sells as well as how much it is sold for.
