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5 Home Maintenance Hacks to Keep Your Space Safe

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***Thanks to One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning® for sponsoring this post so I could share these smart home maintenance hacks with you! All thoughts and opinion s are my own.***

Oh hey! Raise your hand if you feel super on-top of and organized about all of the things you need to do tocare for your home…what’s that? No one does? Or maybe a few of you rock stars out there do, and I sincerely give you all the props. I fall more in the category of “Necessary stuff mostly gets done…eventually”. Like, we’ve had the chimney swept a few times since moving in, I know we had the driveway resurfaced once, I try really hard to remember to clean out the dryer vent, and we usually get our HVAC serviced at least once/year…but the usually is the operative, key, problematic word. The thing about so many home maintenance tasks is that they are necessary for safety reasons, so usually isn’t good enough. You’ve got to be on top of it, even when the darn busyness of life gets in the way.

It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

But no fear! That’s why I’m here. I’ve got a handy-dandy free printable below to help you keep track of all of the must-do tasks along with some smart ideas for home maintenance hacks to help keep you organized and on-track with caring for your space!

It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

Home Maintenance Hacks

  • Group tasks together. To make it easier to remember, go ahead and schedule your HVAC service along with any plumbing work you need to have done. While you are changing the batteries in the smoke alarms, go ahead and check the fire extinguishers. Plan to vacuum the dryer vent and refrigerator coils at the same time. For the expenses, your budget may take a hit, but if you set aside money for home maintenance every month, it will be there when you need it. By grouping tasks, you are using your time more efficiently and making sure they get done.
  • Map out your year. Sort what must be done in your house every month, every few months, biannually or annually, and schedule it out. This printable will help!

    It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

    Grab this free printable HERE!

  • Schedule dates for each task. After organizing your year, actually go through your calendar and mark dates to complete jobs/schedule services. Doing this in January works well. Pro tip: plan this planning ahead! I keep a list at the back of my planner every year for things I must do in the following year–add “schedule home maintenance tasks” to this list and then write it when you get your new calendar (or start filling in for the next year on your phone if you’re more fancy, high-tech than me 😉 )
  • Know when to call in the pros. Many of these tasks you can do yourself, but some are simply not safe to tackle solo. HVAC servicing, electrical, plumbing, and chimney cleaning should be left to the pros, as should any structural damage or repairs that make your home unsafe (unless you have someone super-handy in your house).
    • For HVAC services, I cannot say enough good about One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning. Yes, they are sponsoring this post! But I am genuinely impressed with this company–from the care and attention they took when servicing our unit to the excellent communication both before and after their visit, the professionalism is unmatched.
It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

Dave, our technician, was super-friendly, and was here for most of the morning completing his work.

 

It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

Dave was such a friendly technician! Even my dogs wanted to hang out with him 🙂

It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

He very patiently explained the repairs he was making and his recommendations.

It's tricky to keep track of everything that needs to be done to keep your home running smoothly and safely! Grab these 5 super-smart home maintenance hacks and this handy-dandy FREE PRINTABLE to help you keep track and make light work of it! Tip #3 is my favorite!

All technicians receive ongoing HVAC training to ensure high skillfulness, and all are background checked. One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning is part of the Direct Energy family of brands, which has independently owned and operated locations around the country. To find the location near you, visit their website or call 855-One-Hour. Service is backed by an On-Time guarantee and endorsed by UWIN®, a consumer service resource that allows home services contractors to provide an extra level of protection and peace of mind to the residential consumers for which they provide services.

  • Finally, get the whole family involved! I know it can often seem like more work to have kids help you, especially when they are young, but if you start involving them early with simple tasks, like cleaning baseboards or wiping down lower cabinets during a deep cleaning, they will become more effective at these chores, and better able to take on bigger tasks and more responsibility as they age. Parenting plus: by doing this, you are also teaching them valuable life skills to carry into adulthood!

Make sure to grab this FREE PRINTABLE to organize the care of your home, and use these home maintenance hacks to make lighter, smarter work of the essential, important tasks you must do to keep your home running safely and efficiently!

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.
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