When house hunting, there are a few important tips you need to make sure you recognize before purchasing a house. Use these pointers to help you find your perfect house.
Have high expectations
Every house that is on the market has been groomed to look it’s best. It won’t take long after you move in for the house to get cluttered and appear much worse than when you first saw it. Make sure the rooms are big enough to allow for some extra items to be added to them so that when you develop some clutter you will still have enough room to function.
Sniff it out
If a house has an extremely strong scent, indicating too much potpourri or candles were used, this may indicate that the house has an unpleasant odor deep down. Take a deep breath in each room to see if there is a pleasant, natural smell. Keep an eye out for mold, pet stains, and mildew in cracks and crevices of the home.
Seek parking options
Some questions about parking options need to come into consideration when choosing a house. Does this new house have a garage to fit as many cars as you need? If it is in an area that receives a lot of snow, will the driveway and walkways be easy to plow? Is there free street parking in front of your house for when you have guests over?
Inspect for signs of neglect
Keep an eye out to see if the previous home owner really did take care of their home. When forgotten about, routine maintenance work can detrimentally ruin the value and structure of the house.
Keep Location in Mind
If the potential home you are looking at is near any type of body of water, even as little as a creek, take that into consideration that your backyard, or even worse, your home, may flood at some point. Also make sure the home is not located on a busy street or intersection where you will get a lot of excess noise from nearby traffic.
Check out the flow
When touring the home, can you picture yourself enjoying your time here? Make sure the flow of the home matches your lifestyle; for example, having easy access in and out the back door if you enjoy going outside to grill or hang out on the patio.
The Piedmont Triad area has many beautiful homes that would be lucky to have you. Once you have found your new home in the Piedmont Triad area, have Zippy Shell move your items for you! We can ease your move by safely delivering and unloading all of your belongings into your new dream home.