$39.95 a month, $780 of home maintenance: how the subscription works.

Brian here. I've been remodeling for almost twenty years and fixing cars for twenty before that, and the same pattern shows up in both: people don't get hurt by the big things they expect. They get hurt by the small things they don't.

A gutter that's been clogged for two years isn't expensive when you clean it. It's expensive when the water finally backs up under the shingles, soaks into the sheathing, rots a header, and floods a wall cavity. Then it's a five-figure repair.

Same idea with siding, with foundation cracks, with window seals that fail an inch at a time. The cost of catching small things is small. The cost of missing them is enormous.

That's why we built the subscription plan the way we did. Here's exactly what's in it, what it costs, and what we think you should know before you sign up.

The plan: Starting at $39.95 a month. 2 visits a year to clean your gutters. 1 soft-wash service. Multi-point inspection to the exterior and interior of your home to identify potential costly problems. A $780 value for only $39.95 a month. (Based on a single-story house from 400-1400 sqft.)

Quick math: $39.95 × 12 = $479.40 a year. We list the package at a $780 value because that's what those services run a la carte. The bigger reason it's worth it isn't the discount — it's that the maintenance actually happens.

Here's what each visit looks like.

The two gutter cleanings. Spring (after the trees finish dropping seeds and helicopters) and fall (after the leaves are mostly down). Our crew clears every inch of the run, flushes the downspouts, and walks the roofline visually. If we see flashing problems, lifted shingles, or fascia rot starting, that goes in the inspection notes.

The annual soft-wash. Soft-washing isn't pressure-washing. It's lower pressure with a cleaning agent that lifts mildew, algae, and pollen off your siding without driving water behind the siding (which a high-pressure rig will do, every time). Soft-washing is what you want for homes; pressure-washing is for concrete and the side of dumpsters. We do both, but on the subscription it's a soft-wash.

The multi-point inspection. This is the most underrated part of the plan. We walk your roof, gutters, siding, foundation, windows, doors, exterior drainage, and your interior systems (HVAC, water heater, visible plumbing, electrical at panel level). We give you a clear written report: what we saw, what's fine, what needs watching, what needs fixing. Subscribers get priority scheduling and preferred pricing on anything that needs work — but we never auto-bill repairs.

What it doesn't cover. Honest conversation: this is a maintenance plan, not a repair plan. We don't auto-bill you for anything we find. The plan's job is to catch problems early. If we catch one and you want us to fix it, we quote it like any other job (with subscriber pricing). If you don't want us to fix it — or you want a second opinion — that's fine. Your house, your call.

It also doesn't cover homes bigger than the single-story 400–1,400 sqft baseline. Multi-story, split-level, larger footprints — call us, we'll quote a custom rate for your house. The principle is the same; the math just adjusts for time.

The 12-month term, in plain English: "Monthly packages are based on billing a monthly charge (dependent upon package) for a period of twelve months. All services may be rendered prior to the 12 month payment obligation completion." Translation: $39.95 a month for twelve months. We schedule the spring cleaning + soft-wash combined, then the fall cleaning, then the inspection — usually all three calendar dates locked in within the first 60 days so nothing slips. You can pay it off early; we don't penalize that.

Who's it really for? Honestly? It's the plan I'd buy for my own house if I weren't the guy on the ladder. Anybody who has trees within thirty feet of the gutter line, has any siding (vinyl, fiber cement, wood) that lives outdoors, doesn't enjoy being on a ladder twice a year, wants a written second-set-of-eyes report on the state of their house once a year, and prefers predictable monthly bills to surprise five-figure repairs.

If you want to talk through whether your home is the right fit, give us a call. We'll be straight with you — sometimes it's a clear yes, sometimes the answer is "you have a one-story 800 sqft cottage with no trees, save your $40 a month."

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