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Home Maintenance

Take care of your biggest investment.

Overwhelmed by everything your home needs? We made it simple. Get a free checklist built for your home, sorted by how often each job comes up, with a reminder on your phone before it's due.

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  • Free for every homeowner
  • About 2 minutes
  • Only your household sees it
A blue house with a freshly striped lawn
Maintenance Your home in Suffolk
Due today Change or clean the air filter A clogged filter makes the system work harder and blows dust around the house. I did it today
Snooze a weekSkip this time
Coming up
Flush the water heaterOct 30 · your pro: Kettleworth Plumbing Co.
Cover outdoor faucets and unhook hosesNov 15 · do it yourself
Home Maintenance Neighborhood Pros & jobs
HRHS · nowYour air filter is due today. Tap I did it today when it's in.
3 things in your log need you
Logged. Next time: due Jan 24.
Why it matters

A little upkeep now saves a lot later.

Your home may be the biggest investment you'll ever make. Taking care of it on time keeps your family safe, saves you money on repairs, helps your home last and protects its value for years to come.

  • Keep your family safe Smoke and CO alarms, the dryer vent and the water heater, checked on time.
  • Save on repairs A new filter or a clean gutter costs far less than a new AC or a wet ceiling.
  • Help it last longer Your roof, AC and water heater last longer when they get their upkeep.
  • Keep its value Regular care protects what your home is worth, and the record helps when you sell.
Sorted by how oftenEvery job comes up when it's due, never all at once.
  1. Every monthTest the smoke and CO alarms
  2. Every 3 monthsChange the air filter
  3. Twice a yearClean the gutters
  4. Once a yearHeating and cooling tune-ups
  5. Every few yearsCheck the water heater, pump the septic
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Which one are you?

A young family playing with their dog in the yard of their new home New to your home?You got the keys. Not the manual.Tell us about your home, and we'll show you what it needs and when. An established garden with full beds and a long lawn Been here a while?You know your house. Now write it down.Tell us when things were last done, and we'll keep track from here.
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Tap what fits your home. You can change it later.
How is your home heated and cooled?
Heat pumpGas or oil furnaceCentral airMini-splitsA dehumidifier
Your water heater
A tankTankless
Under the house
Crawl spaceSlabBasement
Your lawn
Green in winter (fescue)Brown in winterNo lawn
Your home has
GuttersA garage door openerA fireplaceA deckA fenceSprinklersA poolPets
Show my list
Your starting list Change the air filter, monthly Flush the water heater Clean gutters and downspouts and the rest, all ticked
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How it works

Your log, in about 2 minutes.

Tap through a few questions on your phone. No forms, no typing.

  1. 1Answer about 10 quick questionsHow it's heated and cooled, the water heater, a crawl space, slab or basement, city water or a well, your lawn, and yes or no on things like gutters, a deck or pets.
  2. 2Get your starting listAbout 30 items for a typical home, all ticked. Untick what doesn't fit, or add your own, like the pond pump.
  3. 3Tell us when each was last doneA date, "about a year ago", or not sure. A new log is spread out, so it's never thirty things due at once.
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What's in your log

Everything your home needs, in eight parts.

Do it yourselfYou or a proA pro
Heating and coolingThe air filter · the cooling tune-up · the heating tune-up
Water and plumbingFlush the water heater · the outdoor faucets · the main shut-off
Kitchen and laundryThe dryer vent · the range hood filter · the fridge coils
SafetySmoke and CO alarms · the hurricane kit · GFCI outlets
Roof, gutters and the outsideGutters and downspouts · the roof check · the deck
Yard and outdoorsFeed the lawn · leaves · sprinkler start-up
Under and over the houseThe crawl space · the attic · the termite inspection
Inside the houseCaulk and grout · the carpets · a deep clean

Do-it-yourself items come with short, safe steps, right in the app.

A landscaper planting a flower bed in the fall
Why it mattersTermites swarm here from March through May. A yearly inspection catches them before they do damage.
Built for Hampton Roads

Our weather, our schedule.

Not a national checklist. Every item is timed for the way our seasons actually run.

Every 3 moThe air filter; monthly with pets
Mar · AprThe cooling tune-up
May · DecGutters, after pollen and leaves
Feb · MarTermites, before swarm season
MayThe hurricane kit, before June 1
NovOutdoor faucets, before the first frost

Schedules name their source where there is one: the Department of Energy, the Red Cross, NFPA 211, Virginia Cooperative Extension, the Virginia Department of Health and others.

A homeowner vacuuming a bright living room
Email · Nov 1 November for your home: 3 things, 1 late Clean the dryer vent ductLate Cover outdoor faucetsNov 15 Check crawl space pipesNov 22
Phone alert · 9:00Flush the water heater is due in 2 weeks.
Never more than 2 emails a week
Remind me
On the day1 week2 weeks before1 monthDon't remind me
Friendly reminders

A nudge before it's due. Never a pile of emails.

  • You pick when. On the day, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before, item by item.
  • One list on the 1st. Everything due this month, and only if something is.
  • Five seasonal tips a year, timed to Hampton Roads, with only what fits your home.
  • Phone alerts, at most one a day, between 8am and 8pm.

Never more than 2 maintenance emails a week. If something runs 2 weeks late, we nudge once, then leave it be.

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See the whole year

Plan the big jobs before they're urgent.

Flip your log to the calendar: a month, a quarter or the whole year. Filter to the jobs you do, or just the ones for a pro.

LateDueComing upDone

Been here a while? See the big ones coming, from the roof check to the heating tune-up, so you can plan for them instead of rushing.

Maintenance
ListCalendar
MonthQuarterYear
JFMAMJJASOND
Change or clean the air filter
Termite inspection
Cooling tune-up
Check the hurricane kit and plan
Clean gutters and downspouts
Heating tune-up
Clean the dryer vent duct
Flush the water heater
Cover outdoor faucets and unhook hoses
LateDueComing upDone
Still late from before Clean the dryer vent duct
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AllDo it yourselfPros
A homeowner shaking hands with a plumber in her kitchen
Maintenance Flush the water heater
Due Oct 30You or a proOnce a year
Sediment builds up in the bottom of the tank, wears it out and makes it noisy.
Your pro from last time
KPKettleworth Plumbing Co.Last done Oct 30, 2025
Hire againMessage
Pros near you in Suffolk
CPCopperline Plumbing Co.2 neighbors named them4.8
WPWrenchford PlumbingWater heater service4.7
See all plumbers in Suffolk
Or let pros come to you
Post jobs, filled in Flush the water heater 40-gallon tank, gas. Last done Oct 30, 2025. Once a year. Pros see the job, never your log
MTRO
2 neighbors in Fennimore Landing named Copperline Plumbing Co.
Pros near you

When it's a job for a pro, it's one tap.

  • Your pro from last time, with Hire again and Message.
  • Pros in your city who do that exact service, and the ones your neighbors named.
  • Or let pros come to you. Post jobs, filled in from the item. Pros see the job, never your log.
Mark the job done, and it logs itselfFlush the water heater, done Oct 22 by Kettleworth Plumbing Co., $129. Next time: due Oct 22, 2027.
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Your household, and the next owner

One home, one log, everyone who lives there.

  • Anyone who lives there can tick things done, and each entry says who did it.
  • Reminders go to each person, by their own settings.
  • Moving? Keep the log for the next owner, or take it with you as a file.
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A family playing with their puppy on the lawn behind their house
Who lives here PSPriya S.Manager DWDan W.Resident Share this home
Clean gutters and downspoutsDan W. did it, Oct 19
Moving someday? Keep the log for the next owner, or take it with you as a file.
Private by design Only the people who live in your home see its log. Pros see a job you post, never your log or what you paid. Close your account and your log is deleted, unless others in your home still use it.

Questions homeowners ask.

Is it really free?

Yes, for every homeowner. Build your log, get reminders and share it with your household at no cost.

I don't remember when things were last done.

Pick "not sure." Safety checks come up first, seasonal items wait for their season, and the rest are spread out so nothing piles up.

Will you flood my inbox?

No. Never more than 2 maintenance emails a week, and you choose which ones you get.

Do I have to use HRHS pros?

No. Log anyone you hire, or log it as done yourself. Hire through HRHS and the job logs itself.

Who can see my log?

Only the people who live in your home. Pros never see it.

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About 2 minutes to your first log.

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