--- title: October Home Maintenance Checklist description: REEF discusses home maintenance for your Cape Cod Home with tips for fall maintenance image: https://info.capecodbuilder.com/hs-fs/file-17781098-jpg/images/fall_gardening_ideas-resized-600.jpg --- [![REEF Cape Cod Builders](https://capecodbuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/reef-logo-2022.gif "REEF Cape Cod Builders") ](https://capecodbuilder.com/) - [Real Estate](https://capecodbuilder.com/cape-cod-land-search/) - [Contact](https://capecodbuilder.com/contact/) - [(508) 394-3090](tel:15083943090) Menu # Welcome to the Cape Cod Builder blog # October Home Maintenance Checklist Posted by [Matthew Teague](https://info.capecodbuilder.com/author/matthew-teague) on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 ![Matthew Teague](https://info.capecodbuilder.com/hubfs/REEFLogo2013_vertical_med.png) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)    Fall is a great time to take care of those necessary, but not so fun home maintenance tasks to get your home ready for winter. Here are a few things you should be thinking about: 1. Check smoke detectors and replace batteries 2. Have your chimney cleaned 3. Have your heating system and hot water heater serviced 4. Change HVAC filters 5. Repair or replace damaged screens and windows 6. Clear leaves around your foundation and flower beds. MSN Real Astate has a thorough checklist for each season, and you can click here to see what they recommend for October: [October Home Checklist](http://realestate.msn.com/october-home-maintenance-checklist) If you have things that you need done around your home, and need some help, REEF has created a small projects division that can handle these repairs for you! 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