There’s nothing quite as simultaneously exciting and nerve-wracking as hosting people during the festive season. Luckily, most of your attendees will be cherished family members or friends, perhaps with the odd plus one here or there. Yet despite these loved ones, who you trust, come into your home to share the joy and relax, you still have to provide a hospitable environment for them.
In certain respects, this means making sure your house doesn’t break on you. A maintenance issue left unattended can be stressed more intensely with many more people in attendance enjoying the jolly festivities.
So, let’s consider a few home maintenance preparations to make before hosting your festive party. With a little care and consideration, we are sure that your event will be cherished by all in attendance – without a maintenance issue causing problems that you’d rather not have to focus on.
Test Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
It’s always best to be safe rather than sorry. It might be that you plan to take a morning out while your friend or relative helps with the cooking, or perhaps as you have a lot of Christmas lights and electronics out, you need to be safer than usual. Ensuring all your alarms are up to date and working can be nothing but a worthwhile safety check, and you can bet any local firefighters would look favorably on you for the effort.
Unblock Your Drains
With so many people staying at your house, and perhaps more than the usual amount of people using your showers and toilets, it’s good to make sure they’re maintained in advance. Using drain unblocking services can help you feel certain about a strange element of plumbing you’ve felt uncertain about to this moment, and that in itself could prevent an unfortunate incident from catching you unaware.
Inspect & Clean Kitchen Appliances
If there’s one thing most people can agree on, it’s that eating a lot of food at the end of the year is customary. When you invite people over, naturally you’ll be running through your groceries like no one’s business. This is where it’s good to give your appliances a once-over, even those you may have stored in the garage in case your main one breaks. The last thing you need is for your air fryer to stop working in the middle of cooking your main meal. Cleaning and inspecting the wiring can be a good place to start.
Ensure Outdoor Lighting is Functional
Motion-sensitive floodlights can help your attendees, perhaps your elderly relatives even, more easily find their way into your household from the drive and feel more comfortable parking their cars outside. Ensuring the outdoor lighting is functional and the bulbs or visors or cleaned will make certain that everything is in tip-top shape, and you won’t have to bother climbing up on a ladder to resolve an issue while you’re trying to entertain.
With these preparations, you’re sure to enjoy your festive party with the peace of mind of knowing your house isn’t going to explode anytime soon.
