If you want to keep your home in good condition, a diligent house maintenance routine is essential. Investing time, money and effort in regular maintenance and odd jobs is a much better option than having to deal with costly, unexpected repairs. To help you stay on track, we’ve put together a guide to house maintenance.
Regular house maintenance
Keeping up with regular cleaning and house maintenance will put you a step ahead.
Every week or fortnight:
- Vacuum, sweep and mop floors
- Clean and dust all surfaces
- Scrub kitchen sink
- Clean insinkerator
- Clean microwave
- Wipe down rangehood
- Scrub bathrooms and toilets
- Whipper snip and mow (you can do this less often in winter)
- Clear dead leaves and branches
- Remove debris from the pool and check the filter
At least once a month:
- Clean dishwasher
- Test smoke detectors
- Clean oven
- Scrub cooktop
- Clean rangehood filter
- Clean wheelie bins
- Weed garden beds
The rangehood filter can get very greasy if left unattended. Use some baking soda and dish soap to clean it yourself, or hire an Airtasker house cleaner to help you out.
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Every few months
In addition to your regular house maintenance tasks, every few months you should:
- Wash windows and screens
- Clean drains (use a drain cleaner and be careful to follow the safety instructions)
- Gerni driveways and patios
- Trim hedges
- Check and clear roof gutters
- Check hot water system and drain any sediment
- Test electricity box safety switch
- Check and clean garage door (including the rolling mechanism)
- Check water meter is working and clear it of roots and debris
- Clean fireplace and chimney
- Clean air conditioner filter
- Clean washing machine and dryer
- Completely clean out refrigerator and cupboards
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The big spring clean
Every six months is the perfect time to round the whole family up and do a big spring clean. As winter is coming in to spring, or summer is moving in to autumn, scrub the house top to bottom, rotate your wardrobe, and do a big clean out of things you don’t use or need anymore. If you have clothes, cooking utensils, and other household items in good, working condition, post them on gumtree, or donate them to your local charity.
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Odd jobs
On top of all of the above-mentioned house maintenance tasks, there are a number of odd jobs you’ll need to take care of:
- Clean blinds and curtains
- Clean window and door runners
- Fix leaking taps and shower heads
- Re-grout shower and bathroom tiles
- Replace fly screen
- Fix blown light bulbs
- Fix dodgy door knobs
- Clean mailbox
- Check and repair roof tiles
If you’re in to home improvement and making things more efficient, you could also add these tasks to your ‘to do’ list:
- Install power saving LED bulbs
- Set up water efficient irrigation system
- Fit water saving taps and shower heads
- Install mesh gutter guards
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