Looking around your house and wondering if it’s the legacy you want leave for your family? Or maybe you’re looking to adopt and you’re wondering if it’s safe for the new addition to your home? What will the social worker have to say? In this article we explore the different ways that you can increase the value of your home.
Plan It To The Last Detail
Firstly, before you do anything make sure you have done your research. Identify what sort of improvements can be made in your home to increase the value. Are they cosmetic or are they internal? Ask yourself, “Why do I want to renovate?”. Find out which contractors are best for the job that you identify. There is probably nothing more upsetting than spending money to increase the value of your home only to do the polar opposite because of a bad finish to a project. Try to get a full inspection done on the home so that you know exactly what needs to be done. Home improvement is not an easy task and should be done carefully and precisely.
Having said that, make sure to have inspiration, a blueprint for how you want your home to be once all the work is done. Think about the comfortability of your family in that home. If you are looking to adopt or acquire an adoption service think about the fact that the social worker will come and do an inspection to ensure the safety of the child if they are released to you as the adoptive parents. Think about what sort of home you would be leaving for your family once you pass on? Planning everything to the last detail with your objective in mind will make it easier in the long run if ever you need to refer back to the plan.
Get Your Home Inspected
There are some problems in a home that are not easily visible to someone with no experience in the structuring of a house. Inspectors can come in to check the safety and functionality of the home. There are some issues that can then later turn into bigger and more expensive issues if they are not spotted. Some of these issues can even turn into huge health hazards for you and your family; such as molding due to small leaks in the walls. Avoid spending more money at a later stage in your stay. Also, fixing the smaller hidden issues increases the value of the house. You can boast having a house that’s basically new on the market.
Landscaping
One way you could increase the value of your home is to take on some landscaping projects. Hire a lawn service company to assist you in improving the look of your home. Another thing that you can do is to opt for cheaper plants that can last through the season and require very little maintenance. Improving the landscape increases value by virtue of making your home look more attractive. You should opt for the cheapest ideas to get the best value out of your property. A well maintained garden increases the life span of a house on the market. Remember that the first impression that anyone will have of your house starts outside. The outside is what a person looking to rent will see first. We will even go as far as to say that if you are looking to adopt, that the outside is the first impression that your social worker will get. You better make that first impression a good one!
Another very important and central part of landscaping includes the pool. It is where you and your family hang out on those long summer holidays, and often the center of entertainment for the house. Keep the pool area clean, change out the water, make it look unique by hiring landscaping artists to design a unique pool area for you. You can find numbers of people who offer pool water delivery services to make sure that the main attraction looks good and feels good. Also, hygienic pool water helps to improve healthy and safety of the people in the house. People are generally more attracted to cleaner and safer homes.
Increase The Security
We all require our homes to be a safe haven and a secure place to be. We want to feel like nothing could happen to us in our space. Making sure to buy in gated communities while inserting a good security system that is technological and has a high response is very recommended. People tend to also be attracted to gated communities as they offer the safety and comfort of community. Insert cameras and purchase locks for every door that are burglar proof. Having a visibly secure home can increase home value and make people more inclined to rent or buy from you. After all home is where you want to feel the safest and most comfortable.
Make It Prettier
Research shows that the two rooms that people are most interested in when looking to buy a new place are the bathroom and the kitchen. Get a professional bathtub refinishing done. Change the counters. Anything that you can do to make the two rooms more aesthetically pleasing. The bathroom is also definitely used everyday, so make sure that the plumbing is up to standard. Swap out the old for the new. Take a look at the whole house to see in what way you can make it look more aesthetically pleasing. Get the rooms in the house painted a different color. Neutral colors are usually the best for this as they are timeless and easier to market especially if you want to sell. Hire an interior designer to make the house more functional but pretty as well. Make sure that the furniture in the house flows effortlessly and doesn’t make your life any harder than it needs to be. Uncleanliness, depending on how bad it is can make your home a health and safety hazard that could even endanger the lives of your family and those around it, so keep it clean.
Clear out any clutter in the house, and keep it clean. Keeping your space clean will increase the longevity and make it easier to see anything that might be off. A cluttered and dirty home are not a good place to start when it comes to marketing a home. Increase the space of your home. If you have the budget for it, you can expand the space in the house. Making your place bigger increases the market value. Be sure to look into any restrictions that your neighborhood might have on these type of modifications so that you don’t find yourself in a situation where you can’t proceed with the renovation.
Become Energy Efficient
Instead of depending fully on the city lights, go green and get solar panels installed. An energy efficient home is easier to maintain but it also has great market value in the event that you want to sell. You could even go completely solar powered and just make sure to have emergency generators to avoid finding yourself in the dark. Insert water purifying systems in your home, that way you won’t be buying bottled water anymore and you just get straight from the tap. Invest in a metal roofing service provider. Metal roofing is known to be more energy efficient in that your cooling costs during the summer can be cut significantly by 10-25%. Anything that you can do to make the safe pocket efficient and environmentally friendly will increase the value of your home. Going green is the new thing and it is also more suitable in the long run for the future of your family. You don’t end up leaving them with a house that they can’t sustainably manage on their own without matching your salary.
Make It a Smart Home
Invest in customizing your home to suit your needs technologically. Smart homes are a scarce commodity and people are looking to connect everything to their smart phones, their cars, their pets, their children you name it. The cellphone has allowed our phones to really be a part an extension of ourselves. Digitize your house, make it fun. Connect your home theater audio to your phone so you can switch up the volume and change the settings at any time. This is just one example of how you can make your home into a smart haven and essentially increase its market value. You will find that people who are tech frenzied would be willing to pay copious amounts of money just to purchase your house based on any technological and smart improvements that you make to the house. Things such as smart lights, or being able to give instruction to the house to be a certain way before you arrive.
Sort Out The Legalities
Making sure of your family’s safety in the home is a very notable and admirable thing to do. Improving the appearance of the home isn’t the only thing to do to ensure that your family is well taken care of. We’ll start with this as it is often overlooked when people want to fix their space for the benefit of the family. The rest is obvious after this.
Hire a Trust And Estate Planning Lawyer
Hiring an estate lawyer avoids court for your family when you are gone. It keeps your beneficiaries protected under law and makes sure that nothing goes to anyone who isn’t the intended for your possessions. Hiring a professional will also help you to identify any loose ends that you have in your estate plan for your legacy.
If you’re looking to sell after getting all improvements done, hire a real estate lawyer
A real estate lawyer acts as someone who will be a mediator between you and your buyer, They sort out all the legal stuff and make sure that your contract is binding. Hiring a real estate lawyer protects the investment that you have made in your property especially if you intend in doing rentals. Be sure to do your research on the credibility of your chosen legal representative.If any property is damaged, they make sure that you are awarded remittance or otherwise. They are essentially your middle man between the buyer and the seller.
Funding For Your Projects
There a number of ways to be cost effective once you have decided what you want to do with your home. Starting with what you have helps. Creating a budget and sticking to that budget is a great way to save money and not to get carried away when malingerer renovations. Bank loans are a good way to go if you are looking to rent the house as you are able to get a return in your investment once you get an occupant for the house. Otherwise, we recommend using cash to fund your projects. That way you know how much money is being put into the work and you don’t go past the amount that intended on using for your project. And even if you do, you will be aware of all the money that you take out of funds. Avoid getting into unnecessary debt as in the event of your untimely passing your family members may end up with that debt on their hands or in some cases without the home that you so lovingly built for them.
Renovations can be a fun and very rewarding experience for you as a homeowner. It is also a lot of money. Keep your property investments protected and well looked after. Do not leave any room for mistakes. If you are a family orientated person ensuring that your investment remains in the family Is a very important step to take. There are often very extensive legal battles that happen if a person passes on without writing their last will and testament and making it clear as to who gets who. So whatever you do, when it comes to the long term security of your family, don’t leave it to chance.
