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My home · Care and maintenance

Take care of your biggest investment.

A free care and maintenance checklist built for your home, sorted by how often each home item comes up, with a reminder on your phone before it's due.

  • Built for our weather
  • Only your household sees it
A homeowner swaps the air filter in a wall returnThe checklist in the app: what needs doing, with Done buttons
Why it matters

A little care and maintenance now saves a lot later.

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 with regular care and maintenance.

Keep its value

Regular care protects what your home is worth, and the record helps when you sell.

Made for your home

Your checklist, built for your house.

Tell us how it's heated and cooled, what's under it and what it has. Your list starts from that, and you can change it any time.

How is your home heated and cooled?
Heat pumpGas or oil furnaceCentral airMini-splits
Under the house
Crawl spaceSlabBasement
Your home has
GuttersA fireplaceA deckA fenceSprinklersA poolPets
New

Your appliances and systems bring their own.

Add an appliance or a system, and its care and maintenance joins your checklist, tied to it.

  • RefrigeratorReplace the refrigerator water filter, every 6 months · Vacuum the fridge coils, every year
  • Water heaterFlush the water heater, every year
  • Heat pumpClear around the outdoor unit · the cooling and heating tune-ups
  • DishwasherClean the dishwasher filter, every month
Which one are you?

New keys or years in, it starts where you are.

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.

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.

What's on your checklist

Everything your home needs, in eight parts.

Do it yourselfYou or a proA pro

Heating and cooling

The air filter, the cooling tune-up, the heating tune-up

Water and plumbing

Flush the water heater, the outdoor faucets, the main shutoff

Kitchen and laundry

The dryer vent, the range hood filter, the fridge coils and water filter

Safety

Smoke and CO alarms, the hurricane kit, GFCI outlets

Roof, gutters and the outside

Gutters and downspouts, the roof check, the deck

Yard and outdoors

Feed the lawn, leaves, sprinkler start-up

Under and over the house

The crawl space, the attic, the termite inspection

Inside the house

Caulk and grout, the carpets, a deep clean

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

Built for Hampton Roads

Our weather, our schedule.

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

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.

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

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

  • You pick whenOn the day, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before, item by item
  • One list on the 1stEverything due this month, and only if something is
  • Seasonal tipsTimed to Hampton Roads, with only what fits your home
  • Phone alertsAt most one a day, between 8am and 8pm
  • Never more than 2 care and maintenance emails a weekIf something runs late, we nudge once, then leave it be
HRHS · phone alert · 9:00Flush the water heater is due in 2 weeks.
Email · Nov 1November for your home: 3 things, 1 lateClean the dryer vent duct · Cover outdoor faucets · Check crawl space pipes
Remind me
On the day1 week2 weeks before1 month
Flush the water heater · due Oct 30
KP
Kettleworth Plumbing Co.
Your pro from last time · last done Oct 30, 2025
CP
Copperline Plumbing Co.
2 neighbors named them
When it's a job for a pro

Your pro from last time, or one your neighbors trust.

Every pro item shows who did it last and local pros near you, with public reviews and job history. When the job is done, it goes on your record.

Your household

One home, one checklist, everyone who lives there.

Everyone in your home sees the same list and can check things off. Whoever does it, it's done for all of you.

A homeowner rinses the outdoor AC unit with a hose
Home Tips

This season for your home

Short reads that go with your schedule. Tips, not professional advice.

See all Home Tips
Questions

Questions homeowners ask.

Do I have to know when everything was last done?

No. Say "about a year ago" or "not sure", and a new checklist is spread out so it never all comes due at once.

Can I add my own items?

Yes, like the pond pump. Untick anything that doesn't fit your home.

Who sees my checklist?

Only the people in your home. We never sell your information.

What happened to the Home Maintenance page?

It lives here now, under My home, with your appliances and systems, weather alerts and Home Health.

Free for Hampton Roads homeowners

Give your home a plan.

Your house won't remind you. We will.

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