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Get ready for Autumn with our essential Fall home maintenance checklist. Avoid costly repairs by caring for your home’s needs before winter arrives.
You won’t do the chores in one day, so the Fall Home Maintenance Checklist is handy for me.
With the cooler weather, being outside doesn’t bother me as the high humidity does, so now is a perfect time.
Let’s see what is on my Fall Outdoor Maintenance Checklist and why it’s essential for homeowners.
Fall Home Maintenance Checklist To Start Early
I’ve created a Fall Maintenance Checklist, which we printed and taped to the wall in our garage.
As we complete a task, we mark it off the checklist to know it’s done.
The last thing you want to happen is to forget something crucial that could cost you, the homeowner, lots of money you didn’t need to spend.
For example, if you have holes around your house, including the roof or garage, that is a prime target for mice, rats, raccoons, and other outdoor friends to come around.
Trust me, they will, and unless you want them to invade your walls and attic, you need to ensure all of these holes are sealed and covered.
Over the years, we’ve had mice get in even though I’ve covered everything around the house.
Those mice are so small that they can get in any crack, including the dryer vent or other vents around your house, so inspect everything.
They will leave a mess of mice poop behind the walls and burrow and eat their way through your insulation, as we’ve experienced.
The cost was a complete tear-down of our basement and installing new insulation.
If I had hired someone to do it, the cost would easily have doubled to around $5000 or more.
If you must call a rodent removal company to visit your house in the winter to get any party-goers out of your attic or basement, that will cost you some money.
It’s essential to inspect your house, but always be aware that you’re never safe and to have extra money for these emergencies.
The Honey-Do List
Here’s a sneaky conversation Mrs. CBB had with me the other day!
Mrs. CBB– Honey, could you BBQ these homemade burgers for us tonight?
Mr. CBB– Of course, no problem.
Mrs. CBB– While you’re out there (this is where I cringe), why don’t you work on the Fall Home Maintenance Checklist?
Mr. CBB- You know who I will blame if I burn the burgers. Haha
Packing Up Outside For Winter
While the grill was heating up, I covered the central air conditioner unit and the swing-set assembly I made for our son.
I also put away the rest of the deck furniture, which wasn’t much.
Later that evening, I drained the water from the hoses and shut the valves off, so I didn’t forget.
Homeowners will want to do this so the outdoor water lines don’t freeze and burst.
Fall Home Maintenance Checklist For A Deck And Fence
Since I just installed a new fence this summer, I will worry about sealing it next Fall, and our deck will be another new job for me come Spring as we will be replacing it.
Fall Gardening Prep
If you plant Spring flowers or organic garlic bulbs, now is the time to get them in the ground if you haven’t already.
Related: How Fall Gardening Will Save Your Money.
Ideally, the last week in October or before the first or second frost would be optimal.
Roof Fall Home Maintenance Checklist
As for the roof, I hop out the bedroom window and walk around (safely, of course).
I inspect and clean the roof gutters of leaves as they are a nuisance. I also looking for cracks, holes, or roof issues before it snows.
Now is a great time to clean any debris and leaves from the gutters and eaves around your home.
On occasion, if it is a lovely Fall day, I will wash the windows inside and out while I’m up there, even though I will do them again in the Spring.
I do, however, check all the windows and seals for any visible leaks, as that can be a huge money waste when it comes to hydro over the winter months.
Now is the time to sort these issues while the weather is reasonable for working outside.
Saving Money To Hire Help
As always, hire someone if you can’t do a job on your Fall home maintenance checklist.
There are loads of Fall clean-up companies willing to come and do the job for you.
I’ve mentioned projected expenses a million times, but don’t forget to save for them all year if you are paying for these services.
When you save in advance, it eases the stress of finding ways to pay for the service.
Fall Home Maintenance Checklist for Outdoor Cleaning
Mr. CBB, do you have a list of all the Fall jobs I need to complete outside of our home?
Recently, I received an email from a man who says they’ve just purchased their first home and weren’t sure what to do.
These printable lists come in handy, especially when busy with your career and family.
If you know someone living alone or a senior who might need their Fall Home Maintenance Checklist, give them a hand.
You can print a copy of this Fall Home Maintenance checklist, bring it around, and perhaps ask them if they could use free help.
There’s nothing wrong with volunteering to help those who could use it and not speak up or know any better.
My mother-in-law, who has dementia and still lives in her home, wouldn’t know how to do most of this stuff.
We’ve sent a copy of our Fall Home Maintenance Checklist to her caregiver to see if we need help or if we can visit and do the chores for her.
Don’t Forget To Put Up Your Christmas Lights
Now that I’m typing this, I realize I forgot to add putting your Christmas lights on the checklist.
Our Christmas lights are a transparent white, and I hang them upside down, not as visible.
We are the people who keep our lights up year-round since I don’t want to string them every season.
Call me lazy, and I’ll take it! It does not cost me any money.
P.S. Start thinking about winter tires, shovels, and your winter maintenance!!
Discussion: What other chores would you add to my Outdoor Fall Home Maintenance Checklist?
Please leave your comments below.
CBB Home and Blog Update – Saturday Weekend Review
Hey Everyone,
You may have noticed the new blog design, which I love.
The blog overhaul has been over one year in the making by my friend Sara at Moonsteam Design.
I’m thrilled with the results, as the blog is now mobile-friendly and easy to read, and I love looking at it!
We are still updating and changing things to clean up the site and make it run faster.
Shortly, there will be a password on the Free Tools and Printables, but I will email all current subscribers the secret word to get into that page.
I’ll be adding even more, so stay tuned for that!!
Winter Skating Lessons
Our son is also starting skating lessons, so I went out for a helmet and a pair of skates.
I do not know how to skate, so perhaps he can teach me once he knows how.
Besides that, it has been business as usual, and making sure our son gets to school on time every day.
It’s fantastic how sending a child to school changes the course of your day.
Some parents are still struggling to find care for P.D. or P.A. Day or find themselves having to take a day off work each month, costing them even more money.
After Remembrance Day, the Christmas fun will begin around our house, starting with decorations.
This year will be hard without one family member, but we will continue in spirit as he loved the Christmas holidays.
Mr. CBB
Frugal Recipe
Valerie is A Canadian Foodie, and as I was looking for the best homemade Angel Food Cake, I stumbled upon her website.
What caught my attention was her mother holding the Angel Food Cake.
That represented my gran in the kitchen, and boy, did she know how to make a cake.
I aim to make a keto Angel Food Cake for our family, and I’ll use her cake to switch it up.
Mr.CBB’s Motivational Corner
This week, Mrs. CBB volunteered for 30 minutes for the first time in 9 years, and although she was scared to go in by herself, I left her to it, and she survived it.
Looking back, she says she’s glad her own without me by her side as she felt empowered although very nervous.
If there is something you’ve always wanted to do, even if you have a disability, give it a try.
Saturday Search Term Giggles
Every week, I get tens of thousands of people who visit the Canadian Budget Binder because they searched online and found my blog.
(SIC) This means I’ve copied the text exactly, but it has spelling errors.
Most times funny, Sometimes serious.
- Money Hoarding and Wife Expenses– This sounds fishy as if someone is hiding money.
- How to negotiate a butter deal with Rogers?– Haha, I didn’t know Rogers sold BUTTER!
- Tax season in Canada– Ugh, don’t remind me.
- Store over-charge law- There is NO LAW. It’s voluntary and called The Scanning Code of Practice.
- Teach children to wait patiently for free samples; don’t rush the sample lady– Someone had a rough day.