What are the 101s of basic home maintenance?
Moving into a home with zero prior repair or utility experience leaves new owners trying to figure out everything from scratch, including unfamiliar tasks like lawn care. Lacking these fundamental skills stops people from tackling major repairs independently and forces a steep learning curve right from the start.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Asking online forums for introductory guides on basic repairs and utility operations
- 2Doing extensive research and learning independently
- 3Consulting beginner guides and online communities like Reddit
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“New homeowner here and I had no idea anything about lawn care . Did lot of research and learning now here we are . Still some bare spot needs fixing but happy a lot with overall result .”source ↗
“I recently moved back into my childhood home to spend more time with mom after dad recently passed. I realized that we're both pretty useless with more major home repairs, as dad was the fixer-upper growing up, and if I were to live here for an extended period it would be good to learn the 101's of home maintenance.”source ↗
“I'm not handy at all but it's high time I learned.”source ↗
“what are the 101's of basic home maintenance that every homeowner should know?”source ↗
Where this came up
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