Low-Maintenance Living Makes Cold Weather More Manageable
As the seasons shift into fall and then winter, the weather will be getting progressively colder. While this is good for when you want to wear your favorite sweater or cuddle by the fire, it can also mean putting in extra effort to keep your home well maintained. From raking up leaves to winterizing your home, it can be a heavy lift and an increasingly larger burden. One way to lighten the load is to consider owning a new construction home where low-maintenance living makes cold weather more manageable.
Keep the Cold Out
Depending on where your home is located, temperatures can range from slightly chillier to well below freezing. If your home is no longer retaining heat or keeping the cold at bay, this can have a negative impact on your day-to-day life in several ways.
Many older homes have drafts that could let the weather come inside your home. This can negatively impact you both physically as well as financially. According to an article on bobvila.com, a Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) conducted by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) found that heating a newer home is 21 percent cheaper, even if it’s a larger size than an older home in the same area. The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey states that electricity costs 17 percent more in older homes (50 to 100 years old), while gas costs 38 percent more.
Get a Helping Hand
The colder seasons aren’t just going to affect the inside of your home, the weather will be bringing lots of changes outdoors as well. For these winter months, many places across the country will see leaves falling first, followed by freezing rain or snow.
Oftentimes, this precipitation can be the biggest hurdle to overcome. Not only will it disrupt your plans, but it may also create a mess on sidewalks and driveways that need to either melt or get cleaned up. When bad weather happens regularly over many months, tending to your exterior landscape becomes an even bigger hassle than usual.
Raking up leaves and shoveling snow is an especially tedious chore in the fall and winter. Not only is it physically draining to walk around and pick up all the debris, it’s also a very time-consuming task. Many homeowners will have to rake and shovel on multiple occasions each season, often at inconvenient times like early in the morning.
Some lucky homeowners get to avoid this extra work though. Many of our Epcon communities offer a low-maintenance lifestyle. This means that you won’t have to waste time dealing with all of the side effects of winter weather, since raking and shoveling is often included in the HOA coverage.
This will leave you with more time to enjoy classic fall and winter activities — like taking in all of the natural beauty that surrounds you as you walk through your new Epcon community. But low-maintenance living doesn’t stop there, you’ll also be able to enjoy the benefits throughout the spring and summer months.
Epcon Communities
If outdoor maintenance, cold drafts and high energy bills are something you'd like to let pass you by like the seasons, explore Epcon Communities to learn how low-maintenance living makes cold weather more manageable.
With low-maintenance living in a new Epcon home, you can be sure that the modern homebuilding materials and our cutting-edge construction techniques are protecting your home against the cold, windy weather. It will be quality that you can see and feel for years to come in your Epcon community.
You won’t need extra sweatshirts and blankets on chilly winter nights. Instead, you can count on your new home to stay warm and stop any heat from escaping (or cold from entering). This is especially helpful because you’ll have greater energy efficiency, allowing you to waste less and save more money on your monthly utility bills.
Find an Epcon Community near you and contact us to learn how you can live well every day in a new luxury, single-level home.