The other thing about keeping up to date with maintenance work is that the house may be sold within the next year or so
. If prospective buyers come to see the property, there is nothing they like better than to see that the place needs nothing done to it immediately. Keeping abreast of this kind of work then will surely keep the value in the property and will mean less work to be done in the long run. A stitch in time saves nine is a good analogy here!