In the home, it’s not uncommon for a small problem to ignored long enough to become a big problem. Once you have a big problem, you’ll have a big price tag added to help solve it.

If you’re looking to avoid a big price tag, take a look at our guide to avoiding massive damage to your home.

Have your roof cleaned

How often are you moseying around your rooftop? My guess is not often. The problem there is that issues with your roof are usually so small that they go unnoticed until they make an appearance inside your home, and by then they’ve become a lot bigger and a lot more expensive.

You can afford a big price tag by occasionally getting your roof power washed. Not only will your roof look brand new, washing away stubborn stains and moss to have your roof’s original colour shine through, but it will expose a lot of smaller problems that might need treated.

Clean your gutters

It’s an important part of home maintenance to keep your gutters clean, and yet it’s a part that a lot of us forget. We know to install our smoke alarms, don’t leave the oven on when you go out, all that stuff, but the unsuspecting gutter can fill up and cause a lot of preventable issues in your home.

It’s a cosy space for grass, moss, and plants to grow, blocking it up quickly, and convenient place for falling autumn leaves to get stuck, especially when combined with wet weather.

Initially, this can mean the gutter will rot, fall apart or overflow, causing flooding in the home. If you live in a dry climate, all those fallen leaves can be a good spark for a fire. If there’s a spark nearby from a forest fire, a barbeque, or a fire pit, you’re in danger of setting your home aflame.

If you go for a gutter cleaning service, you can avoid a lot of safety concerns in the house and a hefty bill to have them all repaired.

Check your foundation

The most expensive home repairs come from the foundation. As the name implies, if there are problems in the foundation, everything above it will fall. And consequently, you will have to take everything back to the foundation to fix it.

Problems in the foundation can lead to sloping floors, slanted doors, and cracks in walls. If you want to avoid that, regularly look at your foundation. You’re looking for cracks and fissures that could allow water and pests into your home.

You might also want to look at the drainage systems around your home, like the gutters and drains at the bottom. Make sure nothing is blocked so any water on your way to your foundations has a path elsewhere.

Get rid of pests

Do we even need to explain why pests in the home are an issue? Sure, they can chew through wires and burrow into foundations, but don’t they just make you feel icky when you spot them more than anything?

Minor problems like bad smells and damaged furniture and upholstery can come from an infestation of bugs, but rodents can also nibble on cords, causing electrical fires, and chew through the insulation in your walls, which will take a lot of expensive and time-consuming stripping back to repair.

Hiring a pest control service will make sure only humans and pets can wander your halls, exterminating anything that might chewing away at your home’s value.