Summer is quickly fading away into fall. I have to ensure that our home is ready for the fall and winter months every year. What do you do to prepare for Fall? We all know about spring cleaning, but do we forget about Fall putaway? Getting ready for the fall and winter seasons isn’t overly time consuming, but it certainly saves you a bunch of heartache during the cold seasons.
Fall Preparation for Home Readiness:
Yard Readiness
- I’m sure it’s common sense to mow the yard one final time, but I figured I better put it on the to-do list. While you’re mowing grass, look around your yard at trees that have loose limbs and branches that need to be trimmed off.
- Make sure you take care of those limbs because you don’t want them falling on your house due to a heavy winter storm.
- You also need to check for trees that may need to be cut down completely. I would also consider bagging up your lawn trimmings to go into the mulch you can make over the colder seasons.
Tool Readiness
- Make sure you drain all gas powered tools of the gas into proper storage containers with the additive to make it last through the winter months.
- Make sure you stock up on quality rakes and trash bags for easy leaf clean up.
Home Readiness
Getting the home ready for Fall is vital to ensuring that you are well set for the chilling months ahead. Trust me when I say, you don’t want to forget to do these things for the consequences of not doing them can become quite costly and cause loads of discomfort for everyone.
- Check water lines. This involves checking to make sure there are no leaks anywhere. Plus, you want to ensure that any outside lines are well covered and insulated to keep them from busting during below freezing weather.
- Clean Gutters. You do this to keep them from getting filled up with leaves, snow, and even excess water and breaking off.
- Clean Roof. Technically, I could have combined this with gutters, but I’ve learned from working with other crews that sometimes you have to be specific with tasks that are needed to be finished.
- Prepare Attic. Make sure that your external vents are sealed off to keep the home warmer.
- Check Windows. Be sure that all windows are free from air leaks. If they have them either caulk them or replace with new windows. (Remember, if you invest in the right kind of storm windows that they can be tax deductible.)
I decided to create a little Fall Preparation: Put Away Checklist for you to use. If you are new to owning a home I figured it would be a resource for you to have on hand. If you’re married, then it’s a great “honey to-do list” to give to your spouse. Regardless, how you use it, I hope it benefits you in some way.
Just click here to get your FREE Fall Preparation For Home Checklist.
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What would you add to this Fall preparation for home checklist?
This is a very handy checklist – thank you for sharing. We usually cover all our outdoor furniture and put all the outdoor toys into the shed but never go as far as checking the gutters etc!
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Hopefully, this has given you some ideas on how to further prepare for fall.
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What a great list! I must admit I don’t tend to prepare my home for the Autumn. #KCACOLS
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Great tips. It sounds like it gets quite cold where you live! We may get below freezing in UK but not usually until Jan/Feb but then you never know what the British weather is going to do! Would definitely agree to check the trees as ours fell in a storm at our old house. #KCACOLS
I’m glad you liked the list. We live in SC so it’s not overly cold here, but my wife is from OH so we combined ideas together.
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Del, I love lists so having s ‘go to’ list to get ready for the Autumn is a winner. Over here in the UK, some of the things on the list would be different…My offering would be to go in the attic and bring down all of the jumpers and coats and hats and scarves to be ready for when the cold weather comes. #KCACOLS
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It’s interesting learning about the differences between the environments.
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This is quite an intensive list i’m sure most wouldn’t have even thought of! Proper maintenance is something a lot of homeowners over look. We’ve been in our house 3 years now, and each year we re-seal the flat roof over the kitchen to prevent leaks (It leaked when it rained when we first moved in!) When I told a friend we did this they looked at me like I had 3 heads! #KCACOLS
Nice list. It’s so easy to forget to drain the gas.
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Great checklist! I will have to print this off and give it to my husband who is trying to figure out what to do first! Thank you!
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Glad I could help you get your husband what he needed to get started.
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Funnily enough my husband just spent the weekend clearing out our garden! All ready for autumn and winter now that everything’s been cut back! x #KCACOLS
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Glad to hear that he got your home ready already.
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Great tips! Living in the mountains, we have to be sure and check off this list, as well! 🙂 #HomeMattersParty
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Glad to hear it could help you too.
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Oh man, I need this so bad. Thanks for sharing!
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I guess we can look forward to not needing to mow the lawn again until next Spring. I think we will have to mow it a couple more times this year and that’s it.
We live in a cold climate and have underground sprinklers, so we always have to hire the service that comes around to “blow out” the sprinklers and get all the water out of the lines so it doesn’t freeze up and burst the underground lines during the winter. That can cause major damage to sprinkler lines. #HomeMattersParty
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That is interesting learning about the fact that you have to do that. Down here it’s not something we’d think about. Thank you for sharing something else for others to consider adding to the list.
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I will definitely be handing your list to my other half! Great list, thanks for sharing #KCACOLS
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What a great idea. I’ve never thought about prepping a home for changing seasons each season. Maybe it’s cause we don’t experience lots of change here in Texas, but when we expect a freeze there is a list of things we are recommended to do heh.
It is always good to think about these kinds of things IF you live where it matters. It sounds like you don’t need to worry about it.
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I live in the UK, but I found your list really useful. We definitely need to prepare for winter just as we prepare for spring and summer. I love reading Autumn themed posts like this one. Thank you. # TheList
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Wow, you sound super organised! I have to admit that my full preparation for fall is to hunt more regularly for spiders and cobwebs around my ceiling – they all come in this time of year. A very useful post. #kcacols
That is something else I should have thought of. Thank you for sharing it.
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Great checklist for Fall. #HomeMattersParty
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I love this checklist, it reminds me of fall in Michigan , where I’m from. In Texas our fall is still like summer! haha! Great list!
Glad it gave you some warm fuzzy feelings at least.
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Such a great Fall checklist! Thanks for co-hosting #HomeMattersParty
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Great list of fall reminders! Thank you! Blessings, Janet
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This is a great list. Now that we are back in GA, we don’t really do much to prepare for fall or winter. Raking leaves and cleaning the gutters is pretty much it. Thanks for sharing with Thankful Thursdays.
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Glad you liked it. We live in SC and still need to prepare MORE during winter months with some of these things.
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So glad you linked up with us at Hip Homeschool Moms! In the South where I live, we still have more summer weather before fall arrives, but I’ll keep this checklist handy for later. 🙂
We live in SC. However, my wife is originally from OH and we have family up north and some of these ideas come from that frame of mind.
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This is a really comprehensive list. It’s great to use the fall to get prepared for the cooler, busier months ahead. Thank you for sharing your printable with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
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Thanks for the printable checklist, I always seem to forget something. Love having you as a cohost on #HomeMattersParty
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Glad you like it. Hopefully it will help keep you from forgetting something this time.
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Oooo an excellent check list to have!!
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