Spring Cleaning Goes Beyond the Inside: Your Hill Country Home Checklist

When most people think about spring cleaning, they picture decluttering closets and deep-cleaning baseboards. And yes — all of that matters. But for Texas Hill Country homeowners, spring cleaning has a critical outdoor component that protects your property and sets you up for a smooth, worry-free summer. Here's your inside-and-out checklist.

Outside — Start Here

• Inspect your roof: look for missing or damaged shingles, especially after winter storms
• Clean gutters and downspouts: live oaks drop leaves in spring — clear them before spring rains
• Check window and door seals: replace cracked or missing caulk to keep summer heat and insects out
• Power-wash: exterior walls, walkways, driveway, fence, and patio
• Inspect your deck or patio for loose boards, weathered wood, or areas needing re-staining
• Service irrigation system: run each zone, fix broken heads, adjust spray patterns
• Trim back overgrown shrubs and any branches overhanging your roof
• Freshen mulch in all beds and edge the borders

Inside — The Essentials

• Change HVAC filters before you run the AC for the first time this spring
• Schedule HVAC service if you haven't done it in the past 12 months — don't wait until it's 98 degrees
• Switch ceiling fans and switch rotation to counterclockwise for summer
• Wash windows inside and out
• Clean behind large appliances: refrigerator coils, dryer vents, oven
• Test smoke detectors and CO detectors — replace batteries
• Inspect your water heater: especially important with our hard Hill Country water

Don't Forget the Garage

• Check garage door weatherstripping; lubricate springs and tracks
• Organize and eliminate fire hazards: proper storage of chemicals and flammable materials

A Note for Sellers

If you're considering listing your Boerne TX home this spring or summer, this checklist is your pre-listing prep list. A home that is thoroughly cleaned and well-maintained commands buyer confidence — and buyer confidence drives price. In communities like Cordillera Ranch, Esperanza Boerne, and Fair Oaks Ranch, presentation is everything.

 Our team at Rise Property Group helps sellers in Boerne TX 78006 and 78015 prepare their homes to shine before the first showing.

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