Originally written over 10 years ago (updated in 2024), this seasonal home maintenance schedule is still something I refer back to today. Over the next few months, each template from the Home Management Binder will be re-introduced for easier customization. I hope that with the new formatting, it is something that will make your day-to-day home life easier, allowing you to make time for the things that you truly enjoy.
HOME & GARDEN
Seasonal Home Maintenance Schedule
April 15, 2014
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Seasonal Home Maintenance Schedule
We are currently gearing up for summer and with another season upon us comes the need to complete a few items on our Seasonal Home Maintenance Schedule. With longer days ahead of us, it is a great time to start thinking about those tasks that just don’t get tackled during the regular routine – most commonly placed on the “Spring Cleaning List.”
Luckily, with our Weekly Cleaning Schedule, we should be on par with our cleaning tasks. However, there are several additional items that need to be checked, cleaned, and maintained periodically throughout the home that don’t always make it to the weekly list. These items are dedicated for our Friday, “Swing Day.”
Below is our seasonal home maintenance schedule. It is divided per season, with some tasks performed monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, or just once a year. The hope is that between the weekly cleaning schedule and the seasonal home maintenance schedule, our house (and yours) will be well maintained throughout the year without having to play catchup in the spring and fall.
If you live outside of the south or in an area that receives exceptionally cold or snowy weather, you may want to trade some of the fall and winter items. Living along the coast, we usually don’t experience freezing weather until December (or later), so we don’t have to winterize until later in the season.
This is the second part of our Home Management Binder. Feel free to print this out with our weekly cleaning schedule to make as your own or simply use the list as inspiration for your personal home management plan. Either way, we are here to encourage each other to keep our homes in order and avoid any mishaps through regular maintenance.
What is a Home Management Binder?
This seasonal home maintenance template is one piece of many that will be re-introduced over the next few months as an addition to our Home Management Binder. But what exactly is a home management binder? If you are not familiar with this term, a home management binder is a physical binder that contains lists and documents that assist with running your home efficiently.
Although I emphasized physical here, a home management binder doesn’t have to be something you hold in your hand (but that is our preferred method). You can save these templates to a folder on your computer or smartphone and reference back to them as needed.
The first section of our FREE home management binder is our weekly cleaning schedule. While most people know that certain duties need to take place periodically to keep a clean home, other tasks get swept under the rug. This schedule will, at the very least, show what needs to be completed be it weekly, monthly, or seasonally.
If you’re new to home management, a good place to start is our 8 Simple Steps to an Organized Home. After that, you can start making the cleaning schedule a regular part of your daily routine, and follow it up with the seasonal maintenance schedule.
We have more pages coming soon to our Free Home Management Binder, but until then, feel free to print our seasonal maintenance schedule template or use it as inspiration for your own home maintenance schedule.
For reference, while I realize there are official dates for when the seasons start, we typically follow March, April, and May for spring, June, July, and August for summer, September, October, November for fall, and December, January and February for winter. So, once March starts, we are working on our spring maintenance work. For summer, we begin in June, and so on.
Seasonal Home Maintenance Schedule Example
Monthly Maintenance Schedule –
There are a few items that are best taken care of monthly throughout the year. These items include:
⊹ Inspect / change air filters
⊹ Inspect fire extinguisher for pressure and wear
⊹ Test smoke detectors
⊹ Rotate / flip mattresses and cushions
Spring Home Maintenance Schedule –
⊹ Wash outside of windows
⊹ Repair / replace window screens
⊹ Clean gutters
⊹ Inspect roof for damage or leaks
⊹ Pressure wash house / driveway
⊹ Have air conditioner serviced
⊹ Touch up peeling / damaged paint
⊹ Clear dead plants from landscape
⊹ Trim trees near power lines
⊹ Fertilize lawn
⊹ Prune trees and shrubs
Summer Home Maintenance Schedule –
⊹ Clean and repair deck / patio
⊹ Spray for ants, insects, and wasps
⊹ Clean range hood filter
⊹ Clean grill and patio furniture
⊹ Test garage door auto-reverse
⊹ Flush out interior drains
⊹ Pour bleach or vinegar in air conditioning drain line
⊹ Drain or flush water heater
⊹ Dust refrigerator coils (*unplug the refrigerator first)
⊹ Clean refrigerator drip pan
Fall Home Maintenance Schedule –
⊹ Get chimney cleaned
⊹ Clean out fireplace
⊹ Clean garage
⊹ Clean gutters
⊹ Prepare for hurricanes / storms
⊹ Rake leaves / reseal driveway cracks
⊹ Test water heater pressure
⊹ Clean dryer vent and lint hose
⊹ Caulk leaks in windows / doors / bathrooms
Winter Home Maintenance Schedule –
⊹ Winterize air conditioning system
⊹ Winterize sprinkler system
⊹ Inspect plumbing for leaks
⊹ Flush outdoor faucets / store hoses
⊹ Dust refrigerator coils (*unplug the refrigerator first)
⊹ Check all locks / deadbolts
⊹ Pour bleach or vinegar in air conditioning drain line
⊹ Tighten handles / knobs
⊹ Check and repair grout
⊹ Clean range hood filter
Let’s start making your FREE Home Management Binder –
– 8 Simple Steps to an Organized Home
– Weekly Cleaning Schedule Template
