4 Way that Gutters Affect Your Home’s Value

Straight winds, heavy rains and huge thunderstorms can wreak havoc on your home. Your gutter system’s function is to protect your landscaping, foundation, and home from the rough weather that your area goes through. Below are four huge ways that gutters give your home value and protect it.

1. Exterior Protection

A lot of rain can damage your home’s outside if you don’t maintain your gutters and they are leaking. Run-off that is misdirected can ruin the paint job of your home’s exterior, go into your siding door seams, and it can also start eroding at your home’s foundation. Exterior problems can be very costly to repair.  So you want to make sure that you have maintained your gutters well.

2. Interior Protection

A second expensive effect that malfunctioning gutters will be water damage to your interior. Water is able to seep into the basement of your home, and this can cause problems with mold growth, insect infestations and flooding. Both insect infestations and mold can lead to you to fail your home inspection along with leading to problems with your health.

3. Curb Appeal

When potential buyers see your home for the first time, they are going to see the home’s exterior. Cracked, mangled, and falling down gutters are not nice to look at; and they can impact your home’s curb appeal. In addition, gutters that are misdirected can lead to canals and puddles which can upset your root systems, drown plants, and ruin landscaping.

4. Insurance

Based on the company who insures your house, having gutter systems that are updated might decrease your property insurance cost.

To help with keeping your home’s value, you want to make sure that you have the right kind of gutter as well as the correct size for your house. You also want to make sure it’s maintained properly. This will help you to get the best price possible if you plan to sell your home and also help you save money in the long run.

About Gulf Coast Exteriors

GCE Gutters is a residential and commercial gutter service committed to providing professional quality service at a competitively low prices in Fort Myers and Cape Coral Florida. Let GCE Gutters show you how we are becoming the area’s finest gutter cleaning, repair and installation company in Lee County.