Home Maintenance for Seniors

A house that is looked after stays a good place to live. A house that is not starts to show it within a year. Small jobs pile up. Paint chips. Silicone goes black. A gate stops closing properly. Martin offers a light, regular maintenance service aimed at older homeowners who no longer want to handle all of this themselves.

The rhythm of regular upkeep

The service is built around a predictable visit schedule rather than one-off call-outs. A monthly or quarterly slot is booked in the diary. Martin arrives, walks through the house and garden with you, and works through a rolling list of small items. Anything urgent is flagged. Anything that can wait goes onto next month's list.

Quarterly safety walk

Once a quarter Martin does a short safety walk around the property. He tests every smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. He checks outside lights. He looks at the front and back steps for anything trip-worthy. He checks the bannisters on the stairs. He looks at the main stopcock so you know where it is. He notes anything that needs a proper tradesman, such as a loose roof tile or a boiler service.

Monthly check-ins

The monthly visit is shorter and more routine. Bulbs replaced. Batteries swapped in alarms and remote controls. Leaky taps dealt with. A door or a cupboard rehung. Furniture tightened. Picture frames rehung. The garden gate oiled. The shed door latch fixed. Small things that add up to a house that feels in order.

What usually piles up if nobody is watching

Silicone around the bath going mouldy. A kitchen tap that drips all night. A radiator that has stopped getting hot at the top. A smoke alarm that has chirped for weeks and is now unplugged on the sideboard. A curtain pole that has come down. A lock that is stiff. A garden bench that has rotted through. A fence panel leaning on next door's. None of these are emergencies on their own. All of them are easier to sort at the monthly visit.

What a visit looks like

Martin arrives at the same time each month where possible. He and the homeowner go through the list together over a cup of tea. He works through the jobs in priority order. He writes up what was done and what is pending, and leaves a short note so the next visit can pick up where this one left off.

Pricing

Monthly packages are the best fit for this service. Starter is £55 for two hours per month. Regular is £100 for four hours. Premium is £185 for eight hours, usually split across two visits of four hours each. One-off visits are £55 for the first hour and £35 per hour after. Mileage is added for addresses outside Cirencester.

How to book

Call 07786 652 167 or use the contact form. Adult children are welcome to set up and pay for a package on behalf of a parent.