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Water sensor alarms.
If you have any doubts about the pipes in your house or have a feeling that water might enter your basement, sensors will help you sleep at night.
Water damage to your home is no joke. I know two separate homeowners who have had leaks from their refrigerator's plumbing (water and ice dispenser). The damage for each homeowner was quite extensive given how small the leak was.
Home owners insurance or renters insurance should cover that, right?
In one case, it was under warranty but heavily disputed and it took a lot of posturing to get the work done.
In the other case, insurance took care of it, but flooring that would have been covered by insurance would not match the rest of the area, so the owners decided to renovate a lot more than they wanted to.
To me, the pain of having to live through the repairs/renovations is enough to make me vigilant of water leak issues.
That's fair. I rent and I kind of enjoy renting to avoid those pains. The water tank floods the place? Well, that sucks but legally the landlord has to put me in a livable place with running hot water, an oven, and enough beds for everyone on the lease. It's the one sole benefit of renting that makes me cautious about buying a house. Any house older than 1980 is probably going to have something that is a pain with it. I'm renting a house now that was built in the 50s and the electricity is outdated, the plumbing has a slow leak into the basement, and the foundation has some major cracks in it that let water flood the basement in the winter. We've clearly documented all these things and are just going to move out next lease end. So glad I'm not buying this place. I'd probably have to spend 100k just to get it to a stable house.