Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff: Why You Should Invest In A Home Warranty

With all the excitement and activity that comes with moving into and owning a new home, it is important to not get sidetracked from investing in protecting your new asset. Investing in a home warranty for a new home protects a buyer who has potentially purchased a ‘money pit.’ What will you get out of a home warranty?

Time For Self Investment

You’ve invested a lot in yourself to get to the point of purchasing a new home. Education, networking, internships, and your career path were all self-investments. So why sweat the small stuff like maintaining home appliances? Your self-investment means your time is valuable, and better spent continuing to invest in your future. Having ‘purchase a new dishwasher’ or ‘fix the air conditioning’ eternally sitting on your ‘To Do List’ is just not worth the time or headaches. (Especially not on a hot summer day!) You need your Saturday recharge time to hit the gym and play with your kids. You need your Monday mornings to invest in your career at work. You don’t need a weekend filled with maintenance headaches on unforeseen issues with your new home.

Long Run Cost Saver

The cost of a home warranty typically ranges from $250 to $400 – and with a new air conditioning unit alone costing from $3000 up to $10,000, just one appliance replacement alone would make your investment worth it. Purchasing new appliances is not in the new homebuyers’ budget – those are supposed to be included! Yet since they are included ‘as is’ there is some significant risk involved. Add up the cost of purchasing a couple new appliances that were not in the original budget for your new home and you’ll find the savings over time worth the warranty.

Securing Your New Investment

You wouldn’t purchase and use a new phone or computer without wiping the former owner’s data – information hacking has become too common and not worth any risk. So don’t allow any previous homeowners to ‘hack’ into your new home either! Too many people do not realize it is essential to change their locks immediately upon purchasing a new home according to Affordable Lock Services Inc., a Vaughan locksmith. Previous owners or their friends likely have spare keys that can access your new home if you do not re-key the locks. Many home warranties offer re-key services included. That’s one mandatory task for your new home covered straight away by your home warranty purchase!

Protecting Our Environment

Investing in a home warranty helps reduce environmental waste, and your home will become a bit greener as a result. Think about it: how many electronics has your family lost from dead batteries or due to a style ‘going out of fashion?’ Did you know that most home printers have a ‘kill switch’ timer in them to look like they stop working when there is nothing wrong with them? The trend in ‘planning obsolescence’ (when companies plan for a perfectly good machine to break down to force new consumer purchases) is not just sneaky and dishonest, but horrible for the environment. A home warranty for your new home ensures that when something in the house breaks it isn’t just chucked away to the overflowing global dumpster but, if possible, is repaired instead. Your warranty provider will be able to figure out what is going on and translate the problem into an environmentally responsible solution.

Protect your time, your costs, your personal security, and the environment around your new home with a home warranty.