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Monthly Plan

The Home Care Maintenance Plan is designed to completely ‘maintain’ a home from top-to-bottom, inside-and-out. It covers all home maintenance which is defined as the observation, reporting, adjusting, cleaning, lubricating, tightening, and general servicing that is needed to keep functional home items operating according to their intended use. Every maintenance plan begins with a comprehensive inspection to categorize the type of fixtures you have so that TGC Service will have a knowledge database of all the types of fixtures and appliances that are in your home. This allows our technician to bring with them the correct parts at the time of the monthly visits. Saves time for the homeowner and gives the technician more time to maintain your home. This includes general maintenance such as replacing heating filters, removing leaves from gutters once a year, tightening and adjusting faucets repairing leaky faucets and shower heads, replacing light bulbs, small repairs to walls and floors and more. We take a quick look at the rest of your home every quarter so we can head off any major repairs. Major repairs or remodels are scheduled and quoted separately.

Give us a call, or contact us through our website and we’d by happy to send you more information describing exactly what is covered by the Home Care Maintenance Program.

Who Uses Our Service

Who are typical users of the Home Care Maintenance Plan?

Many of our customers fall into one of the following categories:

Busy individuals / Professionals / Senior citizens or people who do not have the time, interest, or skills to maintain their home, or would simply rather be doing other more enjoyable things in life. Home Care Maintenance Services provides an option that has never before existed… the option to outsource home maintenance to professionals who are solely dedicated to the single competency of residential maintenance. The Home Care Program is a way to hand over much of your ‘To-do’ list to professionals who are happy to do it for you.

Seniors who would like to stay in their own home but are at a point in life where they’re ready to let someone else deal with physical demands of maintaining their home.

Children of Aging Parents will often purchase the Home Care Maintenance Program for their parents. The Home Care Maintenance Plan is a way to ensure that the home is being properly maintained while providing a healthy and safe environment for aging parents. What a great way to give back to your parents for all they have done for you! And the care-giving children don’t have to give up their time, evenings and weekends maintaining their parent’s home. Home Care provides a much needed solution for aging seniors, especially in those situations where the care-giving children have relocated to different parts of the country, or world, and their parents need some help taking care of their home.

Single Parent Households and Surviving Spouses are also common users of the Home Care Maintenance Program for many of the same reasons mentioned above. The time, physical ability, skills, and tools needed to properly maintain a home can be daunting for many. This can be especially true for single parents and surviving spouses.

Builders, Realtors, and other Home-sellers, use the Home Care Maintenance Program as a ‘sales incentive’ tool to help differentiate their properties and promote sales. Only a home maintained by TGC Service comes with professionals to maintain the home for the next year.

Great Gift Idea

The Home Care Plan makes a great gift for that busy spouse who is well-intended but never seems to be able to find the time to keep up with the home ‘to-do list. Just about everybody would be thrilled to get a year or two off from the home maintenance chores.

Being able to provide our customers that most precious gift of extra time or a solution to a difficult problem in life are some of the greatest joys we receive at Home Care Maintenance Services.

If you find a need for a major repair, do you perform the repair work?

If we find an existing problem in your home that would need more time, we will let you know of the damage and what it would take to repair or replace it. One of our goals at Terry General Contracting Services is to act as your trusted advisor on all matters concerning the maintenance of your home. In this way our customers gain confidence and trust in the repairs recommended by Terry General Contracting Services, and we get to operate in a manner that is truly in the best interest of our customers.

FAQs

Does someone need to be home during the service call?

No. It is not necessary for anyone to be at home during a quarterly service call. Terry General Contracting Service will contact you to set up appointment times and method of access in advance. A Terry General Contracting Service representative will always confirm the visit within 48 hours before the scheduled appointment. At this time you can also let them know of any concerns you wish for them to address during the visit if time permits.

How much does the service cost?

Every Plan starts with an inspection. If you have had an inspection from another vendor when you bought your home, we can work with that. Or you can have us look at your home and give you a detailed explanation of what we find. This usually takes 2.5 to 3.5 hours, at a low one time only cost of $250.00.  Home Care Maintenance program start at only $79.00 per month. This gives you a two hour monthly maintenance visit. Two hours every month!

Are there any other fees?

Only if we have to buy major materials for you. Faucets, Shower heads, Shower or Faucet Cartridges, Valves, Etc.. We will let you know what is needed for our next visit and you can either choose to get it yourself or have us pick up the supplies. If the repairs are more of a concern and need to be addressed before our next visit, we will talk this over with you and take whatever action you want us to. Unscheduled visits are at $60 an hour minus the 10% member discounted hours.

What do you cover during these seasonal visits?

Spring

Check and clean gutters. Remove hose bib covers. Power wash deck your porch (if time permits). Check for leaks around the windows and under your sinks and toilets.

Summer

Caulk around windows and doors if needed. This usually needs to be done every 3 years. Apply moss killer on roof and sidewalks if needed. Check hot water heater for pressure and leaks. Inspect bathrooms. Re-caulk showers and tubs as needed. This should be done every 3 years.

Fall

Check and clean gutters and downspouts. Cover outdoor water bibs. Clean and vacuum home heating units, wall or floor mounted, and forced air. If forced air we will test for efficiency and clean and adjust the unit accordingly. Change or clean heating filters as needed.

Winter

This is the time when we take care of your “Honey-Do” list. At this point your house is already set for the winter. Now is the time to take care of those little nagging projects. Loose hinges on the doors, creaking stairways, loose cabinets, dripping faucets, replacing loud bathroom fans, replace bad garbage disposals and more.

Each home is different. We offer other services that you may want to have us take care of such a Maid Services, Lawn Care, Pest Control, Power Washing, Much Much More. We can make a schedule just for your home and design it to fit your needs.

Usually after the first two seasonal visits customers take care of those “To-Do” list items, wanting discounted estimates to longer projects in your home such as bathroom remodeling, adding new wall dividers and so on.

Home Maintenance Checklist

  • Roof: Check roof, vents, skylights, and chimneys for leaks.
  • Gutters: Clean leaves and debris from gutters and drain pipes. Be sure drains are clear, and drain away from the house.
  • Fireplace: Clean fireplace of ashes. (Fall) Have chimney professionally cleaned and inspected. Make sure damper closes tightly. (Spring) Leave damper open for improved ventilation if the home is not air-conditioned.
  • Ventilation: Check and clean dryer vent, air conditioner, stove hood and room fans.
  • Safety Equipment: Ensure that all smoke detectors, carbon monoxide, radon detectors and fire extinguishers are in good working order. Replace batteries at least twice a year.
  • Refrigerator: Make sure your door seals are airtight. If you have a coil-back refrigerator, vacuum the coils at least twice a year.
  • Faucets: Check for leaky faucets and replace washers. In fall, drain outside faucets and hoses. Place insulating covers over faucets.
  • Windows and Doors: Seal all drafts.
  • Storm Windows and Screens: Replace screen with storm windows in the fall and switch back to screens in spring. Check and patch all door and window screens.
  • Home Exterior: Look for cracks and holes in house siding or paint. Replace caulk if necessary.
  • Basement: Check basement walls and floor for dampness. Be sure to clean dehumidifier and/or sump pumps regularly.
  • Heating System: (Fall) Have heating system and/or air conditioning unit serviced. Change filters. Have heating ducts cleanned annually!
  • Hot Water Heater: (Fall) Drain hot water heater. Remove sediment for the bottom of the tank.
  • Caulking (indoor): Check caulking for signs of mildew or mold. Replace every 3 years around tubs and sinks.