Home Maintenance in Lindsay, ON

One Upkeep Schedule for the House and Cottage

Older homes near downtown get the most out of regular visits. Over a hundred years, a house has settled, been patched and been updated piece by piece, and each of those joins is a place where something can open up. A walkthrough catches those spots while they're small and cheap, before water does its work. For an older home, a visit every quarter can make sense.

For cottages, seasonal home maintenance is about timing. In fall, before the snow, that means a closing visit: checking the deck and exterior, caulking where it's needed, clearing the eaves troughs and winterizing. In spring, it's an opening visit to fix whatever winter damaged and get the place ready for use. A cottage can sit empty for weeks, so catching a small leak or a loose railing early saves a lot of damage.

Newer homes in the subdivisions mostly need routine upkeep: furnace filters, smoke and CO detector tests, door adjustments and the odd caulking touch-up. Builder-grade weatherstripping and door sweeps also wear out sooner than people expect, so they get checked too. Three to four hours of that kind of work typically comes to $200 to $350. You get our findings in order of priority and pick what gets done that day.

Pedro handles seasonal upkeep and preventative maintenance. For how he approaches home maintenance in general, see our home maintenance page.