Many factors can hurt a home appraisal!

Many factors can hurt a home appraisal, but deferred maintenance and repairs are the most common items. These include: • Visible mold growth in the home. • Paint is peeling or chipping. • Window screens are ripped. • The foundation is cracking. • Wood siding has visible rotting.

- repair any broken windows and ripped Windsor screens - get rid of any visible mould growth in the home - touch up any peeling or chipped paint and repair any cracked foundation - finally, don’t forget to replace any wood siding that has visible rotting.