Home Maintenance in Claremont, CA

Claremont home maintenance for this climate: mature trees, older systems, dry summers, the foothill fire edge, and the rhythm of a year of honest care.

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Maintaining a Claremont Home: The Owner's Guide

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01The trees: living with the canopy
02Water: the dry-summer disciplines
03Old bones: the systems of an older house
04The foothill edge: fire season is a maintenance season
05A Claremont year: the seasonal rhythm
06The file that pays you back

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