BrightNest has thousands of tutorials for maintaining and improving your home, and it lets you schedule routine tasks so you don't forget them.
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Like most homeowners, I've got furnace filters to replace, smoke-alarm batteries to check, a central air conditioner to maintain, and so on. I also have a septic tank and water softener that need occasional attention.
Unfortunately, I'm terrible at tracking this stuff, meaning important tasks often get overlooked or neglected -- sometimes at their peril (and my expense).
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BrightNest for iOS lets me schedule these and other home maintenance jobs, thereby ensuring they don't get forgotten.
The app does require y... [Read more]
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