Annual Home Maintenance Calendar

Who this is for

A year of house jobs on one page, month by month. The twelve months are already written in; you add the jobs that fall in each one, tick them off as they are done and note anything worth remembering for next year.

Anyone who prefers to see the year at a glance rather than a list of tasks — and households that want one sheet on the fridge or the inside of a cupboard door.

What this helps you track

• Which jobs fall in which month, decided once and written down
• Whether each month's jobs got done, and on what date
• Notes to carry forward — what was found, what needs a tradesperson next time
• A quick view of the months that are heavy and the months that are quiet

How to use it

1. Write the property and the year at the top.
2. Go through the year a month at a time and write in the jobs that belong to it — servicing, seasonal checks, renewals.
3. Spread the heavier jobs out so no single month is impossible.
4. Tick each month when its jobs are done and write the date.
5. Use the notes column for what you found, or what to do differently next year, and start next year's calendar from it.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Why is it blank? Where are the jobs?

The jobs depend on your house, your climate and what you own. A sheet that printed a fixed job in a fixed month would be wrong for most readers, so it gives you the months and leaves the jobs to you.

Can one month hold more than one job?

Yes. The jobs column is wide and the rows are tall enough for two or three short lines. If a month genuinely has more, use the maintenance planner as the full list and keep the calendar as the overview.

Does the year have to start in January?

On paper the months are printed January to December. In the browser version you can rewrite the month column to start wherever your year starts.

What goes in the notes column?

Anything you would want to know a year from now: the name of the tradesperson, a part number, a problem that was spotted but not fixed, or simply 'took a full day'.