Home Maintenance & Seasonal

The list on the fridge

Most of what we get called about is not one job. It is a list that has been accumulating: the cabinet door that will not sit flush, the towel rail that came out of the wall, the smoke alarm chirping in a hallway with a fourteen-foot ceiling, the gap under the back door that lets the cold in.

None of those is worth a trade coming out on its own. Together they are one comfortable visit, and that is the whole point of this page. Booking them as one job costs less than booking three separate specialists, and it clears the minimum instead of running into it.

Seasonal upkeep

North Carolina is hard on houses in two directions. Summer brings humidity that swells doors and pushes air conditioning to its limit; winter brings freeze-thaw cycles that work on caulk joints, hose bibs and anything holding water.

Worth doing before summer: check and reseal exterior caulk, service door and window seals, look at deck fasteners while the wood is dry.

Worth doing before winter: weatherstripping and door sweeps, insulate exposed pipework in crawl spaces and garages, disconnect and drain hose bibs, and check that gutters are actually draining away from the foundation rather than into it.

Holiday and seasonal decorating

Lights, garlands, wreaths and displays put up properly and taken down again in January. The taking-down half is the part people forget to plan for, and it is the reason so many houses still have lights up in March.

Fixings go on clips rather than nails and staples, so nothing gets driven through your gutters or siding. Ladder-height work only. We do not go onto roofs.

What this does not cover

If the list turns out to include something structural, a roof, a permit-level electrical or plumbing job, or appliance repair, we will tell you which items we can take and which need someone else. You will get a straight answer on the whole list rather than a quiet silence on the parts we do not do.

Getting a price

Write the list out, photograph anything visual, and send it over. We come back item by item with what we can do, what it costs, and how much of it fits in one visit.