Home maintenance - key to selling your home faster for more money!
Here is an example of a home built around 1994. We see that the home did not have gutters installed around the roof eaves at the time the home was built. This was a common building practice when this home was built. Now, fifteen years later, the seller of the property would like to sell the home. The sellers think that a little paint here and a few repairs there and the home should be just like new. The problem with that philosophy is that the water falling from the roof for fifteen years has been splashing against the siding and window trims causing extensive wood deterioration. Most if not all of the window and door trims will have to be replaced. The bottom first story sections of the siding will have to be removed and replaced after the interior wall cavities are inspected for possible hidden deterioration of the framing members.
The lesson to be learned here is this. If this home had received regular maintenance check-ups, the home owner would have known that spending a few hundred dollars on gutters to control moisture around the home would have saved many thousands of dollars over time. The buyers who had planned on purchasing this home will not be spending the money to take care of these issues. Why you ask? They decided that the home needed too many repairs and have moved on to another home purchase. It is important to learn about and keep up on your home maintenance. If you don't have the time, hire someone to do it for you. In the long run it will be money well spent.