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Put home maintenance on a yearly calendar
Boiler, gutters, smoke alarms — you remember when something fails. Get a simple yearly checklist with reminders.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me make a home maintenance calendar. Home: [flat/house, rent/own] Kit: [boiler, fireplace, gutters, garden, none sure] What failed last year: [optional] Who can do DIY: [me / need pro] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A month-by-month checklist. 2. Which jobs need a qualified person. 3. Reminder lines for a calendar app. 4. If renting: what is usually landlord versus tenant, marked to check on GOV.UK or Citizens Advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. flat/house, rent/own: a short note you already have. boiler, fireplace, gutters, garden, none sure: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me make a home maintenance calendar. Home: [flat/house, rent/own] Kit: [boiler, fireplace, gutters, garden, none sure] What failed last year: [optional] Who can do DIY: [me / need pro] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A month-by-month checklist. 2. Which jobs need a qualified person. 3. Reminder lines for a calendar app. 4. If renting: what is usually landlord versus tenant, marked to check on GOV.UK or Citizens Advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. flat/house, rent/own: a short note you already have. boiler, fireplace, gutters, garden, none sure: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You list your home type and known kit.
The assistant asks about rent vs own.
You get a month-by-month checklist and reminder lines.
What happens
Use Copilot to put home maintenance on a yearly calendar
Boiler, gutters, smoke alarms — you remember when something fails. Get a simple yearly checklist with reminders.
Tools
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