Fall cleaning & home maintenance checklist

The trees are starting to change color, apple orchards are opening, kids are heading back to school. As much as we all want to deny that the next season is on its way (winter!), it’s also the right time to tackle fall cleaning and home maintenance BEFORE the snow flies. We’ve compiled a full checklist of fall cleaning and home maintenance checklist that you can use to get your cleaning started—and finished—before the first snow flake falls.

Exterior

___Pressure wash siding.

___Clean sidewalks.

___Inspect roof.

___Clean gutters.

___Pressure wash deck.

___Wash windows.

___Clean air conditioner (and prune branches around the conditioner).

Every room

___Remove spider webs.

___Schedule a duct cleaning.

___Clean air return covers.

___Dust and wash light fixtures.

___Clean windows.

___Wipe and vacuum the tracks, screens, and interior parts of windows.

___Dust trim and crown moldings.

___Schedule a professional carpets clean.

___Clean blinds and curtains.

___Shake out all rugs.

___Have your area rugs professionally cleaned.

___Test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Kitchen

___Clean the top of cabinets.

___Wash the top & front of your refrigerator.

___Clean shelves in your refrigerator.

___Clean and vacuum behind the refrigerator.

___Wipe down your vent hood and clean any screens.

___Clean the backsplash.

___Wash your kitchen walls.

___Wipe down exterior of appliances.

___Wipe down and vacuum behind your stove.

___Deep clean your oven.

___Mop the floors.

___Clean grout (if you have tile floors).

Bathroom

___Clean light fixtures and bathroom fans.

___Scrub tile grout around shower and on floor.

___Wash the walls.

___Deep clean bathroom floors.

___Clean behind toilet.

Bedroom

___Wash all bed linens.

___Flip mattress.

___Dust bed frame and all furniture.

___Vacuum behind furniture.

___Schedule carpet cleaning.

___Mop hardwood floors (tips on how here).