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Real advice from a real homeowner
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How to Inspect Your Home for Winter Damage: Week 1 Spring Home Maintenance
The first week of spring maintenance starts before you pick up a single tool. I did my first post-winter walkthrough at my 1971 home with my phone camera… Continue Reading
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Home Maintenance Budget Items: The Real Cost of Owning a Home
Most people budget for the mortgage. Almost nobody budgets for everything else — and there’s a lot of everything else! I don’t just mean the big systems –… Continue Reading
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Seasonal Home Pest Maintenance Checklist: Keep Them Out All Year
Pest can get in gaps in your foundation, open flues, and any warm space they can find. I know this because my house has given them plenty of… Continue Reading
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Home AC Unit Maintenance: What Every Homeowner Needs to Know
Home AC unit maintenance was never something I thought about as a renter. I just knew it was important and to complain to my landlord whenever something went… Continue Reading
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Basic Home Maintenance Every New Homeowner Should Know
Basic home maintenance is one of those things nobody teaches you. You sign the papers, get the keys, and suddenly you’re responsible for everything – floors, doors, fireplaces,… Continue Reading
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The Essential Spring Home Maintenance Checklist: 20 Critical Tasks
Spring home maintenance checklist season hit my 1971 Maryland hillside home like a freight train. One week it was cold and manageable. The next week the humidity was… Continue Reading
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How Much To Budget for Home Maintenance – A Simple Guide
I’ll be honest, I did not know the answer to this question “how much to budget for home maintenance” when I recently became a homeowner. Less than a… Continue Reading