Seasonal Home Maintenance Checklists

Houses run on a seasonal rhythm: winterize before the first freeze, protect against cold and ice, inspect and repair after winter, and keep the heat manageable all summer. These four checklists cover the full year — and they pair with our month-by-month maintenance calendar so nothing slips through the cracks.

• Fall Home Maintenance Checklist: Winterize Before the First Freeze

  Furnace service, gutters, hose bibs, chimney inspection, and air sealing — timed to the first hard freeze, not a calendar date.

• Winter Home Maintenance: Protect Against Cold, Ice, and Burst Pipes

  Freeze protection, ice dams, space heater and generator safety, CO alarms, and thermostat settings for when you're away.

• Spring Home Maintenance Checklist: Inspect, Clean, Repair

  Post-winter roof and gutter inspection, AC prep, exterior wash, deck and fence checks, irrigation startup, and sump pump testing.

• Summer Home Maintenance: Beat the Heat Without Breaking the Budget

  HVAC efficiency with DOE thermostat settings, attic ventilation, irrigation, deck care, pest prevention, and dryer vent cleaning.

Why seasons, not dates

A hard freeze arrives in October in Minnesota and barely at all in Southern California, so the checklists are organized around conditions — "before the first hard freeze", "after the last frost" — rather than fixed calendar dates. Your climate decides your schedule.