Why You Should Get a Home Warranty for Your New Condo
Not everyone’s dream home is a big, single-family house, and that’s okay. A new condo or townhouse might be perfectly suited to your needs, especially if you want to live in an urban or downtown setting, or don’t want the headache of caring for a lawn and garden. A condo combines all the convenience of urban apartment living with the independence and freedom of home ownership.
But just because you live in a condo doesn’t mean things can’t go wrong with your appliances and home systems. Your HOA fees might cover common areas and external building maintenance, but you’d be hard-pressed to get the HOA to pay for your new refrigerator. That’s where a home warranty from American Home Shield® comes in.
Home warranties aren’t just for single-family homes. Condo and townhouse owners can also benefit from them, too. A home warranty offers you some financial protection from unexpected breakdowns and failures of many components of your home’s systems and appliances. It also takes some of the hassle out of scheduling repairs because you just have to place one call to get a contractor out to diagnose and fix your issue.
You Never Know What Can Go Wrong in Your Home
Your home is a machine. It’s made up of dozens of complex systems and appliances, each of which is itself made up of many moving parts. Your heating and cooling, electrical wiring, plumbing and home appliances all work together to help make your house safe and comfortable.
When everything’s working smoothly, you barely even notice these systems and appliances at work. But when something breaks, you definitely notice. Suddenly, your house is freezing or too hot, or there’s water everywhere, or your refrigerator has stopped running and there’s nothing to eat. You can’t predict when something like this will happen. All you can know for sure is that it will happen.
