MarketWatch recently named 2014 “The Year to Sell Your Home”. Now that the economy is recovering and unemployment rates continue to drop, reports are showing an increase in housing prices of more than 10% from 2013.
According to appraisal expert Leslie Sellers, President of the Appraisal Institute, “One of the worst things you could do is a poor job on gutter installation.” Whether you’re in the business of selling your home or thinking about investing in property, Ned Stevens will help protect the value of your home.
Although gutters may not be as exciting as granite countertops, a brand new gutter system will protect your home from its biggest enemy: water. With nearly 60 years of experience in the gutter industry, we have seen firsthand how gutters are a home’s best line of defense when it comes to keeping water away from its foundation and out of the basement.
Here are four vital ways gutters can affect the overall value of your home:
1. Interior Protection – Gutter systems are designed to prevent water from entering your home – it’s that simple. Some common results of malfunctioning gutters include basement flooding and mold growing behind your basement walls. Don’t let your home inspection fail or cause your family health problems, when simple gutter maintenance can prevent both.
2. Exterior Protection – A properly functioning gutter system can protect critical components of your home that are very expensive to repair. A faulty gutter system combined with excessive rain creates wear on the exterior siding of a home, ruining paint jobs and causing rain water to seep into cracks in your siding. Rain water not properly channeled through a gutter system can also cause foundation erosion and create canals of water in the landscaping you worked so hard on!
3. Visual Appeal –Broken, hanging gutters are an unsightly mess. An updated gutter system can increase the value of your home even if your current gutter system is intact. A fresh gutter installation shows prospective buyers that your home is well-maintained and beautiful.
4. Property Insurance: Depending on your insurance policy, an updated gutter system can decrease the cost of property insurance!
Leave it to the experts. Give Ned Stevens a call at (800) 542-0267 for all your gutter inspection and installation needs.
We’ll make sure your home is protected!
