Getting Your House in Order for Retirement

Everyone has a different idea of what it means when we say getting your house in order for retirement. You may or may not know what your housing needs will be in retirement. Many plan to age in place in the family home they have known for decades and others are ready to downsize, right size or head further south immediately!

You plan and save all your life to get to a point where you can stop working full time and enjoy the fruits of your labor. But have you put any thought into your biggest investment, your home? I’m talking about something more than keeping your home clean, maintained, and updated.

Do you truly know what kind of condition your home is in? Well of course you do, you’ve done all the maintenance and repairs over the years, so you know everything about your home. That’s a great feeling… until a buyer’s home inspector goes through your home with a 2500-point checklist. There is no greater stressor for a home seller in a real estate transaction than waiting for the results from a home inspection the buyer ordered. That’s why we want to help you get your house in order for retirement.

This is one of the reasons why we pre-inspect every home. Every year we meet sellers with Federal Pacific electrical panels that need to be replaced because they can burn your home down. Sellers with old wells that haven’t been capped, fuel oil tanks that were disconnected and left to worry about another day, and septic systems that are no longer in compliance. We’ve seen stucco issues that were ignored, structural issues, and various other problems. These issues can add up to tens of thousands of unexpected dollars when you go to sell and even cost you a home sale. So, what can you do? Start planning NOW for a successful home sale down the road!

If you are in retirement (even if you are years out from ever considering a home sale) do yourself a huge favor and call The Homes Sold for More™ Team today. We are always happy to sit down with anyone willing to create a plan for their future home sale even if it is 10 years down the road. Get help, not hype!

“When you fail to plan, you plan to fail” – Benjamin Franklin

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