The First-Year Homeowner Maintenance Binder

Know what’s due, what’s covered, and what you’ve already fixed.

Once the keys are yours, the questions start. Where’s the water shutoff? When does the appliance warranty expire? Who fixed that leak last spring? The First-Year Homeowner Maintenance Binder gives those answers a place to live, from move-in day through your first year-end review.

What’s inside

• Get settled. Use checklists for the first 48 hours, first week, and first 30 days, plus a days 31–90 follow-up plan. Record shutoff locations, important contacts, and inspection findings.

• Stay ahead of maintenance. Use four seasonal checklists, a 12-month tracker you can start in any month, and an annual service and replacement planner.

• Find the details when you need them. Keep appliance model numbers, warranty deadlines, claim notes, filter sizes, part numbers, and paint colors together.

• Keep track of repairs and spending. Compare up to three contractor quotes side by side, record what each job cost, and note which service providers you’d hire again.

• Wrap up year one. Review spending, set three priorities for next year, and use the bonus room-by-room inventory and reusable Notes page.

You’ll receive one 26-page, fillable US Letter PDF. Type into the fields on your computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader, or print the full binder and reprint individual worksheets as needed.

Digital download only. No physical binder is shipped.