Checklist Revise for your home

Keep your documents safeAccording to Mr Stephen Siminyu, a home owner in Ntinda and Busia, one should endeavour to safely keep all the papers associated with their new home. This includes all contracts, cancelled checks, sales receipts, owner’s manuals, and home warranty documents. Make sure that you read your entire product and home warranty documents to ensure that you know what to do in case something goes wrong. “Today, there is a high tendency of deception where some people sell houses that belong to another party. Therefore, ensuring that you have the right documentation proving that you are the legal owner of that house or apartment is one of the most important details to observe before settling into your new home,” Mr Siminyu explains. Change the addressMs Grace Namakula, a home owner in Nateete, a Kampala suburb, says that moving into your new home doesn’t mean that you cut off yourself from the rest of the world that you have been interacting with. It is advisable to endeavor changing the house address to make it easy for friends and family to easily find you and reconnect. Consider securityToday, most people are opting to buy already constructed houses rather than building. So how is your new neighbourhood? How safe and accessible is? Will it be a safe environment for your family? Probably, you have bought a house where another family used to live and this makes the issue of home security a prime factor to consider. The previous homeowner’s friends and family could have copies of your home’s keys, so call a locksmith and have all the exterior door locks and codes changed. Check the security feature and make sure everything is right. Does the fire extinguisher in your new house function well? Find the home’s main circuit breaker and make sure it’s clearly labeled so you know which breaker turns off which area.