May Home Maintenance Checklist To Keep Your Home In Tip-Top Shape

Grant Schneider hi Grant, our painter is coming over on Tuesday to look at my porch floor which needs a paint job. Fortunately no walkways to paint... just to pressure wash.

Carol Williams happy May Day to you, Carol. I need to have windows washed, my front porch painted, and my screened porch hosed down to get rid of pollen.

Carol Williams our pollen arrived early this year. I cleaned off my front porch a couple of weeks ago, but still haven't gotten to the screened porch... hate that "job" so much.

Endre Barath, Jr. same here in my household, Endre. I had to teach my husband many years ago how to change a light bult (seriously). We have learned to have wonderful handymen/contractors in our lives who take very good care of us.

James Dray good morning to you, James... I get that feeling myself more often than I like to think!

George Souto hi George... when I prepare these lists, I'm always reminded of something I need to have taken care of in my house, as well.

Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD hi Debb... our front porch needs a paint this spring. When it's time to replace I'm going over to trex material to minimize the maintenance.

Will Hamm hi Will... thanks for stopping by... I hope this list was helpful to you. Wishing you a good rest of the weekend.

Beth Atalay hi Beth... same here... but first people need to know what should be done whether they do it themselves or not. And I find an awful lot of deferred maintenance when speaking with prospective sellers.

Endre Barath, Jr. at least you can do that. I once sent my husband around the corner in Paris to pick something up from the grocer... he got lost for 45 minutes and came home with nothing. That should have been a 10 minute trip.

Then there was the time when I was in NYC visiting family when we lived in Abu Dhabi. In the middle of the night in NY he called me to ask how to heat something up. I told him to turn the oven on to 350 degrees and then put the dish in for 30 minutes. 15 minutes later, just as I was falling asleep again the phone rang again... it was Chris asking me which appliance was the oven! 

You couldn't make up this stuff! :)