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          Y
        
        
          our home is composed of three parts:
        
        
          The actual structure of the home, the
        
        
          landscape or outdoor portion of your property;
        
        
          and the mechanical systems that provide heat,
        
        
          electricity and water services to your living
        
        
          space.
        
        
          While the structure and the landscape are
        
        
          important items, consider living in your
        
        
          home without heat, without electricity, and
        
        
          without being able to flush the toilet or take a
        
        
          shower and you realize just how important the
        
        
          “Mechanical” portion of your abode really is.
        
        
          When you are planning on how to “keep your
        
        
          home ready to sell,” keeping your mechanicals
        
        
          well maintained and adequately updated is a
        
        
          very important part of the plan.
        
        
          Showing a house with leaky plumbing and
        
        
          dripping faucets is a definite turn-off.  People
        
        
          who come to see your home will test every
        
        
          Keep your home’s value by
        
        
          maintaining your mechanicals
        
        
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