JinnoroGuides · Personal · 5 min read
Keep a home maintenance checklist
Sort home jobs by season, mark what you can do yourself and what needs a professional, and schedule the next ones.
A home needs regular small jobs: batteries, filters, gutters, services. They are not urgent until they become expensive. A checklist turns them into dates.
This guide uses one project with four sections, and the labels DIY, Hire someone and Buy.
Step 1
Create a project with four sections
Make a project called Home upkeep. Use the sections This month, Spring, Autumn and When it breaks. The last one is for the jobs that are not on a schedule.
Step 2
Mark who does each job
Use DIY for what you do yourself and Hire someone for what you need a professional for. When you are ready to call someone, open the second label and make the calls.
Step 3
Add a date to each job
Seasonal jobs get a date: autumn gutters in October, boiler service before the first cold weeks. Jinnoro does not repeat tasks, so when you finish one, add it again for next year.
Step 4
Capture jobs as you notice them
A dripping tap or a loose shelf is easy to forget. Press Q, type it with a label, and put a date on it.
Spend ten minutes at the start of each month to see what is coming. For tasks that involve paperwork and payments, see keeping on top of bills and paperwork.
