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Do you have to spend plenty of your free time maintaining your home that you currently are living in? Or you have a second property located where you fail to find time to go when it needs a little maintenance?
Property maintenance has become one of people’s headaches nowadays, and there are more and more people seeking solutions for low property maintenance so they could have more leisure time on weekends after a week of busy and stressful work. It is a trend that low-maintenance materials are drawing more and more attention. Even though it may seem to cost more to upgrade your property with low-maintenance materials, it is an investment that pays itself off on long-termed basis by saving you time and money on preservation.
Here are 5 low-maintenance upgrades that you will love.
1. Synthetic Grass
A big nice lawn could be a wonderful area where you play, relax and unwind. But as with all things, beauty and pleasure comes at a cost. We all know that some of the most effort-taking tasks to maintain a lawn is the time to mow the lawn and weeding, and the expenses for fertilizer. Artificial grass will save you not only time for mowing and weeding but also extra expense for fertilizer.
Don’t worry if artificial grass will look the same as real grass. When artificial grass is properly installed, it will look exactly like real grass.
Consider today using synthetic turf instead of real grass for your next property.
2. Metal Roofing
Metal Roofing requires no maintenance once it is installed. Besides it is the toughest and extremely fire-resistant roofing material. Today’s metal roofing products include mimic slate, clay tiles, and wood shakes.
It would also qualify you a discount when you purchase a homeowner insurance.
3. Laminate Plank Flooring
Laminate Plank Floor gets its credit here for its low cost, ease of installation and easy-peasy maintenance. It has that natural stone and hardwood look at the fraction of the cost.
There is a tough layer that resists scratches, moisture and stains on the surface. Some of them are strengthened by aluminum oxide which is one of the hardest existing compounds. Laminates is also dimensionally stable, and seams won’t open up when temperature or humidity changes.
4. Quartz Countertop
Choosing Quartz countertop for your kitchen island would be a great idea when you want a low-maintenance home. Apart from being long-lasting, its resistance to stains and the growth of bacteria are 2 of the advantages of Quartz. In addition to that, it cleans up easily and it never needs sealing.
It also comes into your customized appearance. It can be manufactured as the exact color and pattern that you like.
5. Fiberglass Windows
Fiberglass is still relatively new and costly in glass market and it only takes around 4% of the market share. However, along with the fact that more manufacturers start producing fiberglass, that should change.
Your fiberglass windows will also last for decades because seams are bonded together, which means there is no repairment existing. It is dimensionally stable so it won’t warp under extreme temperatures, speaking of which, many people think this advantage could seem useless because the possibility of occurrence of extremely high or low temperatures is not very high, but it does promise its greater durability than normal glass windows.
Fiberglass windows come pre-finished and naturally wood-colored. It is a good option if you want to apply your artistic skills and have your own custom color in mind. What’s more, it is a kind of material that holds paint well. In that case there is not much touch-up work needed.
