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Take a Good Look
Chances are good you don’t look closely at your entire home very often, especially the exterior. There may be a little-used side yard, or part of your home that is hidden by foliage. Inside, there may be a guest room that is empty most of the time or the attic that you barely notice when you put up the Christmas decorations. So, resolve to spend a couple of hours looking closely at every part of your home, and write down anything that looks like it needs repair or requires scheduled maintenance.
Start Making a Plan
If you make a year long plan, you can spread the projects throughout the year when they are most appropriate, and you can spread the costs out as well. For example, schedule to have your air conditioning system checked out in March or April before the hot weather sets in, and check heaters in the early fall. Ask yourself when the last time your water heater was serviced, your dryer vent cleaned out, your home exterminated or checked for termites, etc. If it’s been more than a few years, put it on your list.
Pretty and Functional
Take a fresh look at everything. Are you tired of the paint color in the kitchen or the wallpaper in the bathroom? Consider a DIY painting project in the spring when the weather is nice. Are your windows old? Today’s energy-efficient windows can deliver significant savings on energy usage. Is the outside of your home just dirty? Power washing is a cheap way to spruce it up. And, don’t forget that pile of family photos that you mean to frame and hang “someday.” Good framing is not cheap, but by doing one or two photos a month, by next Christmas, you’ll have a wall full of memoires to share.
Planning a few home maintenance tasks each month is a smart and economical way to keep you home running smoothly throughout the year.
