With the weather calm and favorable for exterior work and yard cleanup, fall is the ideal season to update your home’s exterior surfaces.
The calm weather, combined with reduced humidity levels, allows for seamless cleanup and accelerated drying rates.
Pressure washing presents homeowners with the perfect opportunity of getting rid of the accumulated mold, debris, and mildew off your exterior surfaces.
From enhanced curb appeal, cost-effectiveness, prolonging paints and materials, highlighted outdoor spaces, preservation of exterior surfaces, and readiness for winter weather, pressure washing your home’s exterior surfaces goes a long way in bolstering its property value.
Adds Perceived Value
Pressure Washing With High-Pressure Water Jet
Pressure washing lays the ground for spruced outdoor surfaces and features, giving your home that updated look that it initially had when new. Even with an unchanged home’s core, well-crafted and power-washed exteriors can give potential buyers an impression of a properly maintained property, hence attracting a higher ROI during reselling.
Highlighted Outdoor Spaces
Exterior features and fixtures covered in dust and debris do not display their actual look. It therefore means that they may not be visible to oncoming visitors and even family members. At the same time, they may even limit the family from using them, going by the old cliché; out of sight, out of mind. A power wash eliminates dust and grime, revealing the beautiful charm of outdoor spaces. Most prospecting homebuyers look for updated outdoor spaces as one of their key areas of interest. With highlighted outdoor spaces, the odds of potential homebuyers agreeing to your desired asking price are high. As a bonus, highlighted outdoor spaces speak volumes about the visual appeal of the rest of the property.
Enhanced Curb Appeal
Besides fetching a lower ROI, dirty and dull outdoor spaces are not appealing to the eye of both the homeowner and an oncoming visitor. Dirty and dusty outdoor spaces do no easily catch the eye of a prospecting homebuyer and go on to discourage them from viewing the rest of the areas. Revealing the true charm of your outdoor spaces through a power wash makes them easily catch the attention of the oncoming homebuyers, setting the tone for a properly handled property, which justifies your desired asking price. This is because homebuyers are unlikely to forget beautiful well-kept exteriors. This is especially true for the roof and sidings since they are among the first things buyers see when coming for property viewing.
Preservation of Exterior Surfaces
Reduced visual appeal and low ROI are not the only limitations of dusty and dirty exterior surfaces; they also age prematurely, costing you lots of money with periodic repairs. Mildew, water, debris, and water cause massive damage to structures like deck wood, sidings, and roof among other wooden features. Power washing can eliminate these pollutants entirely, thereby extending the lifespan of your exterior surfaces. This way, you do not have to spend a lot of money on repairs and upgrades during property resale.
Cost-Effectiveness
While you may be considering replacing your exterior features like the roof or sidings, you may be surprised to find out that is not necessary as of now. A power wash, could sometimes be all your outdoor surfaces need. Power washing reveals your exterior surfaces’ charm, saving you money for renovations and replacements. At the same time, power-washed surfaces enjoy a longer lifespan than dirty ones, saving you significant money on periodic repairs and replacement. Furthermore, pristine outdoor surfaces do not require many repairs and will fetch you a higher ROI during a property resale.
Longevity of Paints and Materials
Dirt and grime cause accelerated damage to materials for instance, concrete and vinyl. Through cracking and chipping while making paints warp. Power washing rids your exteriors of the pollutants that accelerate the damage to materials and paints, extending their expected lifespan, ultimately saving you costly periodic repairs and replacements.
Prepares for Winter Weather
With the winter presenting more issues including snow, water, and strong winds, how well handled your exteriors are, can greatly determine how well they will withstand the wrath of Mother Nature. Power washing eliminates pollutants, which cause wood rot after mixing with snowmelt water. The removal of the pollutants also reduces the chances of increased snow buildup on surfaces protecting them from damage of increased overlying weight.
Whether doing it for personal comfort and functionality or property resale, power washing the home can significantly reveal the true charm of the exterior features, extend their lifespan, and fetch you an increased ROI.
