Summer is a great time to move house. It’s often drier, and the weather is much more predictable. This means that you aren’t moving your furniture and other things in the rain or freezing cold. Many people sell their houses and move in summer for this exact reason.
Buying a house in summer can be great, too. If it has a garden, you really get the chance to enjoy it before the weather gets colder. There are certain things about your house that you should check if you’ve bought it in summer, though. Here are just a few examples.
- Your boiler works
Your boiler will probably have a major workout during the winter but is used much less in the summer. For this reason, if you move into your new house in the summer, you will probably not really think about testing your boiler.
While this is fine, it means that you won’t be really testing it out until you actually need it. The problem with doing this is if you experience an issue, it’s much more difficult for you to solve in the colder months.
During summer, a day or two without hot water while your boiler is getting fixed isn’t much of an issue. It can be a real struggle in winter, though, so testing your boiler as soon as you move in is vital. - Your roof is in good shape
During the summer months it rains much less in most places, and the rain is much lighter if it does decide to come. For this reason, if you have any issues with your roof, you might not notice it straight away.
Once winter is upon you, though, and the rain is really coming down, you will certainly notice if you have a crack in your roof. This is also much harder to resolve during the wetter months, so getting it sorted once you’ve moved in and not putting it off is vital.
Somewhere like JS&R Roofing can have a new roof installed for you in no time. - Your heaters work
In the same vein as checking that your boiler is working properly, making sure that your radiators or heaters work is a great idea while it’s still warm. Though you won’t want to have these on for long when you check, making sure that they can do their job will really save you a lot of hassle in the winter months.
If it’s cold and you’ve only just tried to heat your house, finding out that it doesn’t work like it should can be a real pain. Having these issues fixed in the summer means that you can take your time and won’t have to worry about being in a freezing cold house while it’s getting fixed.
Buying a house is so exciting, especially in the summer months. With these issues, it’s easy to put them off, but you may regret it come winter.
