Maintain Beauty and Support Value
Your home is a creation of many components. No two homes are ever created exactly alike. Your home is as individual as you are yourself. Similar to others perhaps, but certainly not alike
Enjoy your home for all that it is, unique in its own character. Recognize the traits that make it so special, so individual.
Many areas of your home will need periodic maintenance to insure long years of use and continued beauty. Your home will be one of the greatest investments of your life. Protect value, maintain your home by studying and utilizing this checklist.
EXTERIOR
• Clean gutters, downspouts, extensions, & bubblers
• Clean leaves from window wells
• Clean garage floor drains/remove debris
• Check exterior caulking for cracking
• Check paint/stain on all exterior woods, varnish or urethane wood & fiberglass entry doors
• Check & adjust exterior door threshholds
• Check stucco joints - around doors, windows, etc., clean stucco
• Visual inspection of roof & siding (wind damage, missing pieces)
• Install/clean screens
• Spring feeding - lawns and plants
• Review asphalt driveway sealer
• Review concrete driveways and walks for sealer and caulking
• Review septic for pumping (recommended every three years)
INTERIOR
• Turn on hose bib valves in basement
FURNACE/AIR CONDITIONING
• Change filter - furnace
• Inspection - a service contract recommended
GARAGE SINKS
• Turn on water lines
HUMIDIFIERS
• Turn controls to "off"
• Set winter/summer damper in basement to "summer"
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