New Homes for a Stress Free Life
For all of you prospective house hunters, in particular those interested in buying a new home: once you do, you may just have so much free time on your hands that you’ll have to pick up a new hobby or two. Especially if you’re used to living in an older home, where racing from one repair job to another is common practice.
A Paint-Free Life
Buying a new home immediately lets you off the hook for a number of household upgrades, but one of the most valuable (time wise, energy wise, and money wise) is the fact that you won’t have to worry about updating the paint job on the exterior of your home for at least a decade. Many new home builders use top of the line paints to round off the completion of your home, and you have the opportunity when having a home built to specify the type of paint you want to use as well as the desired life of the paint—from 25-year paint to lifetime guaranteed.
Running Through the Sprinklers
Even those who enjoy spending time in the backyard, tending to the health of the greenery in their immediate surroundings, can grow tired of it after awhile. And there’s probably nothing that borders on the brink of unendurable tedium more than watering a lawn if all you have is a hose. Having an in-ground sprinkler system installed in an existing home is a costly endeavor—even costlier if you’re unable to take the DIY approach and have to hire a third party company. When you buy a new house, though, you can be certain your days of hand-watering are through. In-ground sprinkler systems may have been a luxury years ago, but they’re a standard amenity in new home designs.
Up On the Roof
With the possible exception of a solid foundation, there’s nothing more crucial to the well being and longevity of your home than the roof over your head. And there’s nothing more costly to repair or replace. Not everyone can brood over the potential construction failures that an aging home can present, but those who do usually fear a faulty roof more than anything else. For this reason, buying a new home simply for the projected life of the roof overhead makes a lot of sense.
And It’s All Under Warranty
Without a doubt, one of the most compelling reasons to buy a new house is the fact that everything discussed above—including the structural integrity of the home, the plumbing, and the electrical—is under warranty from the home builder. A typical builders warranty lasts ten years, however the specifics as to what’s covered and for how long vary by builder, as well as by state. It’s important to note that not every state requires the builder to offer a warranty. Use this information to your benefit when seeking out which building company to do business with in your quest for your dream home.