12 visits and tasks in the next four weeks · 1 overdue (below)
Aug 1–7
this week
Pool service
Maids
Landscaping
Aug 8–14
Maids
Car detail
Away-week skips
Aug 15–21
Maids
Landscaping
Pool service
Aug 22–28
Maids
Pool service
Sprinkler reprogram
September
Maids×4
Pool service×4
Landscaping×4
Pest — quarterly
Storm-season generator check
Lighting timers — sunset shift
Winter mowing rate
October
Maids×4
Pool service×4
Landscaping×2
Outdoor kitchen back in season
Thermostat — fall schedule
Window cleaning
Pool winter cadence
Out of town Aug 11–14
Aug 15–18
6 days out of town
Regular Seasonal Needs an answer Out of town
Fix a problem
Tap what's broken. Hank knows who handles it and writes the message — you just hit send.
Needs your attention
Approve and the draft lands in Gmail with a Telegram ping — a human still sends.
4 decisions
Schedule change
Skip the maids — Friday, Aug 14
You're out of town Aug 11–18. Approving drafts a text for Trudi to send: skip the 14th, back on the 21st. Nine days' notice and a firm return date.
−$245this month
✓ Draft in Gmail · Telegram sent
Vendor pricing
Winter rate for landscaping — call Cober before Dec 1
Grass growth halves in winter but the fee is a flat $450 either way. Skipping visits saves nothing — the ask is a per-visit or seasonal rate. Approving puts it on your call list with talking points; this one's a phone call, not a text.
✓ On your call list with talking points
New vendor
Get three quotes for generator service
Nobody services the generator — no vendor, no history, no record. It self-tests, but the battery is the one thing a self-test can't vouch for, and storm season is here. Approving drafts the three quote requests.
+$17per month
✓ Drafts in Gmail · Telegram sent
Home systems
Thermostat setback while you're away — Aug 11, 6am
78°F setback, not off — the dehumidifier holds 40–50% no matter what, and the far-side unit keeps running against the construction dust. No vendor involved; approving just schedules it.
−$70estimated
✓ Scheduled
Open issues
Pool: supplies, service, or both?
Changes what the $200 a month should be buying.
What does Cober's $450 cover?
Mow only, or edge / blow / beds too.
Water heaters — gas or electric?
One look at the units settles it.
Dock / seawall — what's left to maintain?
Boat's sold; nothing on file says what remains.
Overdue
HVAC filter change
Monthly while construction runs next door. Trudi or the vendor — never Steve.
9 days late
due July 23
Programming & settings
The house's own controls — no vendor, no cost, just needs doing on the right clock.