The House Year

Berkeley County, South Carolina

August in Berkeley County

6 tasks for a typical local house (crawlspace, heat pump) ·adjust for yours

  1. Attic flashlight tour

    Nobody goes in their attic, which is exactly why problems live there rent-free for years.

    $140–$280to hire out here

  2. Check under every sink

    The plumbing you can see fails loudly — a burst pipe announces itself.

    $95–$185to hire out here

  3. Clean the refrigerator coils

    Your refrigerator doesn't make cold — it moves heat out, through a set of coils that need airflow to work.

    $85–$150to hire out here

  4. Degrease the range hood filter

    That metal mesh over your stove has one job: grab airborne grease before it gets into the fan, the duct, or back into your kitchen air.

    $95–$235to hire out here

  5. Deep-clean the washing machine

    Front-loaders seal watertight, which means they also seal humid — and the fold of that big rubber door gasket holds a spoonful of water, lint, and detergent residue after every load.

    $110–$185to hire out here

  6. Clean every faucet aerator

    Every faucet in your house ends in an aerator — a screw-on tip with fine screens that smooths the stream and catches debris.

    $70–$115to hire out here

The rest of Berkeley County's year

Not from around here? The national August list casts a wider net.

Your county's checklist, one email a month. What's due, what it should cost, and a heads-up when the weather changes the plan. No drip campaigns — we don't have the patience for them either.

Close — but it's not your house yet.

This page plans for a typical local house. The app asks twelve questions about yours and rebuilds the year around the answers — your systems, your dates, your prices.

Build your house's yearGet the iPhone app

Free to start · the whole year is $24 · no card required