Reasons to maintain your home.

Your home is the symbol of your success but that dream home can turn into a nightmare if regular maintenance is not part of your standard routine. You should maintain your home for the same reason that you maintain your car. Without regular maintenance you are headed for trouble and costly repairs down the road. Often these costly repairs can be prevented altogether with routine maintenance.
Sometimes the difference between life and death of you or your loved ones is regular home maintenance. If maintained properly, your smoke detectors work to alert you and your family to get out of the house alive.
Here are a few sobering home safety statistics:

15,600 dryer fires occur each year resulting in property damage. *

20,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries related to garage doors.*

15,260 injuries and 2660 deaths annually due to failure or problems with smoke alarms, sprinklers and fire extinguishers.*

14,000 deaths occur from radon each year, as estimated by the EPA.

* - Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

A home in disrepair increases safety and health risks and runs inefficiently increasing utility costs.  Not to speak of the negative impression it gives to friends, neighbors, and relatives.

Some of the reasons you should maintain your home include:

Pride in ownership and to have a beautiful, well maintained home.

Protect the value of one of your largest, most important, lifetime investments/assets.

Reduce family safety and health risks.

Improve your home’s appearance and appeal.

Peace of mind knowing all systems, equipment, and components are in good working order.

Everything works as designed.