Some Steps for Getting Your Home Ready for Fall
By Mike Hall, Broker/Agent/Owner
Use this month to get your house ready for fall!
Your home has probably taken a lot of abuse this summer! Between hot days, thunderstorms, and the regular wear and tear from a summer full of kids at home, there are probably some jobs you need to tackle this August around your house. Here are six tips from the professionals over at Realtor.com.
- Check your washing machine connections. All those kids, all those summer days, and all those messy memories mean a lot of extra laundry for your machines. Check to make sure your connections didn’t get loosened or damaged through all of that summer use.
- Clean up and clear out the lawn and garden. Now’s the best time to clean out dead branches, weeds, and old perennials from your garden and flowerbeds. Prune out the dried and damaged parts, and get a clean slate for what you’ll want to do next.
- Get those gutters cleaned out! Louisville has had a summer full of thunderstorms and wind. It’s time to clean out the muck, debris, mud, and leaves from your gutters. It’s better to clean them out now than to experience water damage...