Pride of Ownership

It's a wonderful feeling to own the property you live in. This pride of ownership, the idea that "wow, this is MINE - I'll pick up that trash that has blown onto MY land, rather than ignore it and hope it will just blow away" creates a sense of pride that you can only get from owning your own home.

You don't want to wait for the landlord to mow the lawn, or clean the siding, or do any other menial maintenance chore. Your home is YOURS!! - it will give you great satisfaction to do little things like that to make it look better. You know how doing things that feel good is often not good for you? Not so when it comes to doing things because of pride of ownership! Your home looks better, you feel better, and your favorite team always wins (not really...) Additionally, your home will sell at a higher price when you've treated it with TLC.

A major consideration when buying your first home is maintenance - who's going to do it? Some basic tasks were done by your landlord. You never had to mow the lawn, trim the shrubs, or paint anything. Sometimes these chores were neglected for a little too long, and things didn't look so good. But - so what?!?!? After all, it wasn't YOUR house. Once you have purchased your home, you'll WANT to do all of these things and more.

Perhaps you are worried that you are not the "handyman-type." Don't be. Basic home repairs and maintenance are EASY. Get a few basic handtools, and buy a book on simple home repair - you'll be "good to go."

Certainly for big jobs you should hire a professional. However, unless you buy a much older home, you are unlikely to need to rewire or replumb the house or install a new heating system or anything major like that. Paying the high cost of licensed tradesmen is rarely necesssary to achieve that pride of ownership feeling.

It's fairly astounding how good you will feel about doing simple maintenance jobs at YOUR home.

About the Author

Paul Anderberg is the author of many interesting articles about buying your first home. Some of them can be found on this website. More of them are posted on his website: http://www.first-time-home-buying.net

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