The summer brings with it sunny blue skies and a whole lot of heat. While keeping your body fit and hydrated is a necessary mandate, so it taking steps to ensure that your home is ready to bear the summer.
While a lot can be done, there are few things that can help you wade the waters of a summer renovation with minimal effort and maximum result. These things come in handy, especially if you’re selling your house during the summer.
Decide what needs renovation
Indecision can lead to excessive costs and leaving out the most necessary elements of a home renovation. So, one of the most important steps for a home renovation is jotting down what needs the most attention.
Prepare a list of things that need maintenance or refurbishment and then consult your nearby experts to ensure that you have a smooth renovation process
Take care to ask them for quotes so that you can compare the different vendors and hire the best expert
Prepare the house for a renovation
While the experts coming in for the renovation will bring with them necessities to keep your home least affected by a renovation, but there’s always the risk of dust flying in to the other rooms of the house.
Get transparent plastic and painters tape on all the air-vents in the house to stop the dust from flying into the air-vents and causing all sorts of trouble.
Prepare the adjacent rooms by covering up the furniture and utensils with clean sheets of cloth.
Make plans for a makeshift kitchen area, if you have any plans for a kitchen remodelling. Ensure that the dust and the dirt does not impact your electronics in the kitchen and have them covered with plastic and blue painter’s tape.
Get your AC serviced
Ideally, one of the first things on your to-do list for a home renovation, especially if you’re selling your house, is taking care of the air conditioner.
There should be routine maintenance of your AC to ensure that the condenser is working in optimum condition.
Always ask the expert to check the gas levels, since that helps to cool your home. If it’s below the permitted level, get it refilled.
Replace the air filter, since that controls the air quality of your home and will affect your family members, especially if they are prone to air-borne allergies.
Put on Blinders
One of the most cost-effective ways to keep your house cool during the summer is by putting on blinds
Try to keep heavy cotton blinds on your windows, since synthetic blinds can cause to heat up the room, instead of absorbing the temperature.
Keep the blinds lowered and curtains closed on the side of the house that gets hit by the sun.
Final touch
Remember to get your house vacuumed and cleaned once the renovation experts are finished with their job, to ensure that it remains clean and does not affect the health of your family members. Once that’s done, now you can prepare for selling your house and getting in touch with a realtor.