How Regular Appliance Repair and Maintenance Can Help When Selling Your Home

Posted On Friday, 07 February 2020 15:47

It’s normal for many people to buy a house and then sell it after a few years. There are so many reasons why they do this. There are those who cannot stay in one city for good because of work. There are also those who like to move and have a change of environment every now and then or they just want a bigger house. Whatever the reason is, there is one thing that you need to keep in mind when you’ve bought a new house. You need to keep the house well maintained and have the appliances regularly checked for maintenance and repairs. 

Regular upkeep of the house will ensure that it will stay in good condition for many years no matter what type of weather conditions. You can surely do it on your own, ask friends to help you out, or you can hire a professional. The same thing goes for your appliances. If you’re not knowledgeable or trained in repairing these machines, you should hire a reputable appliance repair company to do it for you. It will certainly make your life easier and you won’t damage the machines further. 

The Benefits of Regular Maintenance

Ensuring that your house and appliances are well-maintained will benefit you when you decide it’s time to move and here are some reasons why:

Potential property buyers want to do fewer repairs. When people look at houses for sale, one of the first things they ask is if the appliances are working properly. Given that there are houses for sale that do not include appliances, but if they do, you could be sure that buyers would want to know and would ask to inspect it. If repairs need to be done to some appliances, many buyers would hesitate to purchase the house. 

Moving already takes a lot of work, and if they have to add repairs on their to-do list, it may discourage them. Almost everybody wants to keep things simple, so if you don’t want it to be an issue, have your appliances checked and repaired.

1. Spend less for necessary future repairs. When you are selling a fully furnished house, buyers will be interested to know how long they can use the appliances before they need to buy new ones. If your appliances still work efficiently, it will be a huge factor in the decision-making. Most buyers do not want to spend on new appliances just a year or two years after buying a house. They would want machines that are in good condition because they know it will save them money in the long run.

Regular maintenance of appliances would also save you, the seller, a lot of money. If your appliances are not maintained regularly, chances are, they would have more serious problems after a while. When you decide to sell your house, you could be spending tons of money just to have those appliances repaired. If there are more serious problems, more parts may have to be replaced and more hours will be spent repairing. This all means spending more money.

2. Utility bills are lower which makes the property more appealing. Appliances that are not well maintained and are not working properly use more energy. This is because the machine needs to work double-time in order to achieve the results needed. Take for example your dryer. If the dryer is equipped with a sensor. When the clothes are dry, its sensor will detect this and the machine will finish its work. However, if the dryer is not working as well as it should, it will need to keep on working until the desired result is achieved which is to have dry clothes.

Every time you use the dryer, it is using more energy and this will appear in your bill. If the potential buyer sees that you are paying way too much for the appliances that you’re using, he or she will suspect that the appliances may not be working properly. However, if the electricity bill is low because your appliances are working efficiently, this could make the property more appealing to potential buyers.

3. Property value increases. A furnished house costs more than an empty house. However, if the appliances are not in top condition, the buyers can take note of this and will use this to bargain with you to lower the price. They could even go as far as wanting to pay only the value of the house itself and not for the appliances that are in it.

On the other hand, if the appliances are in very good condition, you could absolutely sell the house for more than just its estimated value. Keep in mind that brand new appliances are very expensive. If the buyer has to purchase brand new appliances, it will make a large dent in their bank account. They would prefer to have second-hand appliances, but it should be working properly. They will shell out a little bit more for it than buying new ones.

Conclusion

Appliance repair and maintenance should be taken seriously. Consider it a home investment. When you invest, you need to shell out some money in order for that investment to grow. With appliances, you may not see the benefits now or even in a year, but you will definitely be thankful that you did not neglect them when it is time to sell your house. A well-maintained house and appliances will have more potential buyers and you can sell at a higher price.

The advantages of appliances that work efficiently do not only benefit you when you are selling the house but also while you are still living in it. You will be consuming less energy which means lower bills and you don’t have to be inconvenienced all the time because something is not working properly. If your dishwasher, for example, starts having issues on a weekend, you will have a hard time trying to find someone to fix it for you. You will have to manually clean your dishes. It would be worse if it were your laundry machine as washing clothes manually is no fun.

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