Here’s How Professional Pressure Washing Your House Can Increase Your Home Value by 5%
Would you like to increase your home’s value by 5-10% by only spending a couple of hundred dollars in Sacramento? Of course you would. That’s why at Pinnacle Pressure Washing we are here to help!
If you look through just about any home remodeling, real estate, or home valuation guide, you’ll see that “curb appeal” is a major factor in estimating the value of a home. Just look at the difference with this house washing service. Increasing the curb appeal is one area that almost always returns more than you invested. With that being said pressure washing/soft washing is at the top of that list!
For a modest price, your home’s value can increase as much as 5% by having it professionally power washed. If you’re selling a $250K home in the Sacramento area, or anywhere for that matter. The difference between selling it after a professional pressure washing and selling it with a dirty roof, dingy siding, windows, and unkept driveways can be monumental. A local realtor in Sacramento says he has seen as much as a $25,000 difference on a $250,000 home…about double our 5% estimate. What would you do, or pay for another $25k to be in your pocket? Aside from simply de-cluttering the front of a house, pressure washing is about the least expensive renovation you could ever undertake to get the largest gain in price.
it’s plain to see that the curb appeal transformation is dramatic.
before after of a house wash
So what needs to be power washed and how should it be done?
Below are the different areas you’ll want to consider and some recommendations of what to look for and what to be careful with. My strongest recommendation is to hire a professional power washing service, and that’s where Pinnacle Pressure Washing of Sacramento can come in and help! Doing this yourself is extremely time consuming, and there are a lot of areas where expensive mistakes could be made. We are trying to increase the value of your home not decrease it!
- Roof: Roof washing services are very important in restoring your homes value.There are many different types and styles of roofs but there is one thing in common, and thats damage. On a roof, low pressure formally called soft washing is almost always used. If high pressure is used, tiles can be lifted and they can also be stripped of their coating…generally causing a lot of damage.
- Composition Tiles have a thing called “roof sand”. This Roof Sand has heat deflecting properties so if they are blown off by high pressure, your roof is less efficient. On the other hand low pressure, and correct chemicals should be used to clean whatever is up there. Many roofs end up even with mold on them. Our pressure washing professional’s will be using the correct chemicals for this or other stains that could be up there.
- Cedar Shake roofs should be cleaned very carefully! If you have a cedar shake roof, be sure to talk to your pressure washer to see if they can either oil them afterwards or if they can recommend somebody who can.
- Sidewalks: Concrete cleaning services include sidewalks and driveways which can handle higher pressures and often respond well to moderately high pressure and some cleaning agent. If a sidewalk is very old or badly stained, more pressure along with stronger agents may be used. You should talk to our Pressure Washer specialists, and ask them how they intend to clean your sidewalk.
- A good power washing professional will be able to detect cracks or other loose areas of a sidewalk and not use high pressure near them. A novice will happily spray everything with high pressure and end up chipping off parts of your sidewalk or driveway. This alone can decrease the value of your home. Which is the opposite of doing this renovation! Imagine going to a home to potentially purchase, and the first thing you see in the driveway is chunks of cement that will be a fix down the road. No one wants that and neither do I!
- Siding: The siding on your home may be damaged by high pressure. Again, you should talk this over with your pressure washer to ensure you understand the process they intend to use. Dented or peeled siding on a home is not good for your home’s value which is self explanatory.
- Windows: Everyone likes clean windows! With a proper window cleaning service it can make your windows streak free. For obvious reasons, high pressure cleaning for windows is typically a bad idea. When higher pressure should be used on a window is when they are on higher floors and the extra pressure is needed to actually reach the window. Low pressure and correct use of cleaners is the best result for cleaning windows.
- Foundation: If the foundation of your home is visible. It can collect a lot of grime and dirt. Every time you mow the lawn, dirt and grass is thrown in the air.Then some of the dirt and grime will accumulate on the siding and the foundation. Over long periods of time, this results in a foundation that can look unkempt and dingy. Many people focus on cleaning the siding of their homes but neglect the exposed foundation. When pressure washing you should be careful. The foundation is normally cement or other type of hard material so the pressure used to clean your foundation can harm your siding or windows.
- Fence: A power washed wooden fence can make a huge difference in a home’s curb appeal. We’ve all seen the grayed out, or maybe faded wooden fences. this makes the rest of the property look old and faded out. With a good pressure washing, that faded out fence will rejuvenate and bring new life back to the property. It’s important that when pressure washing a wood fence, the stroke of the pressure washer follows the grain of the wood. Usually this means long slow up and down strokes along the grain from top to bottom. This way you don’t damage the wood from the pressure.
In conclusion
As you can tell by this list, there are several ways to increase your home’s value with pressure washing. Along with even making a decent return on the original costs. Some projects can be done yourself. If you aren’t confident in doing it yourself, we recommend talking to a professional. Be sure to contact Pinnacle Pressure Washing to figure out which improvements will work best for you and your property.
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