How To Keep Your Home In Good Condition All-Year Round

Keeping your home in top condition is a year-round task. However, while obviously time-consuming, it’s possible to spread your maintenance duties out throughout the year, as opposed to scrambling to do everything at once. This makes it easier to manage and helps you stay within budget! 

Spring

As the name suggests, the best home maintenance task you can carry out during this time is a bit of spring cleaning. For example, you should work your way through every room in your home and declutter as much as possible. Be mindful of the items you choose to keep and ensure that you are not being overly sentimental. 

Remember, a clean home is a happy home, as researchers “found the levels of the stress hormone cortisol were higher in those whose home environment was cluttered.” 

The change in weather also means that spring is the time to start carrying out any gardening tasks, such as planting flowers. 

Summer

With brighter, longer days and nicer weather, we all like to spend as much time outdoors as possible. As such, this is the perfect season to work on exterior maintenance tasks, such as those that will improve your curb appeal. For example, you could use this as an opportunity to repaint the exterior of your home, as summer offers up “the best weather conditions, with minimal rain and minimal fluctuations in temperature from day to night.”

You should also bring in professionals to carry out necessary maintenance tasks that could impact the safety or functionality of your home. For example, if you’ve noticed that there are a few tiles missing here and there, now is the perfect time to fix your roof before the fall. 

Fall

Many of the maintenance tasks you will carry out during the Fall are centred around protecting your home from the elements. For example, cleaning out your gutters or installing rain gutters can stop your gutters and pipes from sustaining serious damage during storms or times of heavy rainfall. This, in turn, reduces the chances of you dealing with major issues such as flooding.

You should also ensure that you prep other exterior elements of your home for this season. For example, you should seal cracks in windows and door frames to stop heat from escaping your home. 

Winter 

During the winter, the biggest challenges that homeowners face relate to keeping their property warm. As a result, you should do plenty of research ahead of time to ensure you know how to maintain your heater during the Winter, so that you don’t have to face long, cold nights as a result of poor-planning. 

You should also work to make sure your home is well-insulated to prevent heat from escaping. For example, you may want to install double glazed windows, or place draught excluders along your doorways. Not only will this ensure you stay warm no matter how cold it is outside, it can also make your home more energy-efficient, reducing the amount you spend on monthly bills and making your home more eco-friendly.