Four Home Maintenance Apps for the New Homeowner
Empower Your Clients to Be Their Own Landlord
More than 1.5 million apps are available for download on Apple’s App Store while Android users can browse more than 1.6 million apps — and the variety of apps are plentiful. Smartphone users can download apps that will entertain a cat, measure paranormal activity in a home and turn a phone into a voodoo doll. However, for homeowners seeking a little assistance or insight, there are much more useful apps that can help homeowners with maintenance, home improvement and consolidating information they need to keep their home running smoothly. As your clients venture into the sometimes challenging journey of homeownership, turn them toward these apps to make homeownership more rewarding and a tad less stressful.
The Handyman Calculator
This Android App takes the head-scratching conversions and calculations out of home improvement that sometimes make you want to throw your tool kit into a trashcan. This nearly 5-star, free Handyman Calculator app provides dozens of different calculators to figure stud spacing, square footage, asphalt volume, arc length, grass seed quantity and angle conversions, just to name a few. Based on measurements, a shopping list can be generated that will calculate types of materials needed, quantity and cost.
Ongoing
When was the last time you pumped your septic tank? What about the last time you inspected your fire extinguishers? As a homeowner, there are virtually dozens of areas in a home that requires regular maintenance. However, these important, oftentimes time consuming, tasks too often fall by the wayside and are forgotten during a busy year. As your clients move from landlord-dependent to homeowner, they may need some assistance in remembering vital home maintenance. Ongoing, a $2 app for Androids, reminds homeowners about regular maintenance duties they need to perform. The calendar-type application creates a monthly schedule of upkeep, which includes the not-so-glamorous tasks of cleaning gutters, sweeping chimneys and tuning up a HVAC system.
Paint Swatch Apps
There are a number of color-matching apps for smartphones that can help you find the perfect paint color. Which app you prefer will most likely to depend on which brand of paint you prefer. The Colorsnap app by Sherwin-Williams “takes color inspiration from a photo in your library or one you just snapped.” Based on the color, a user receives the Sherwin-Williams paint color that it most closely matches or a recommendation of complementary colors. The app also contains a store locater. Benjamin Moore’s Color Capture also analyzes a swatch to find a similar paint color from their library of 3,500 colors and provides a store locater. Both apps are free and available for download on Androids and iPhones.
BrightNest
BrightNest, a web-based and iPhone app, is a home improvement metropolis and project-organizing hub. Apartment Therapy dubbed the website as the “Mint.com for home maintenance.” A user can record information on home inventory, keep track of specific home details such as air filters’ sizes and paint colors, schedule maintenance through Angie’s List and much more. Another useful feature is the app downloads information on a user’s appliances such as manuals, model and warranty information. The app also includes a vast library of blog posts on every aspect of homeownership.
You and your clients can find hundreds of other home-centric apps in the iTunes App Store and Google Play, including a yard sale mapper and digital construction level, to assure your clients homeownership is easier than ever. Empower your clients to be their own landlord with help available right at their fingertips.
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