The Sunday Brief

One brief, every Sunday morning.

Short. Specific. Written for your house, by the app that's been keeping an eye on it. Lives on your phone, lands Sunday at 6 PM. Here's a real one.

412 Elm St. · Vol. III
Sunday, April 27 · The Sunday Brief

Quiet week.
One thing Saturday.

Filter swapped Tuesday. The 16×25×1 above the return vent. Kitchen aerator cleared. The boiler's been quiet ever since the tune-up. That's the news.

This week

Three small wins.

Filter swapped Tuesday morning. Kitchen aerator cleared (the cold side was the slow one). Reseated the garage door sensor. Saved you the service call. +$48 protected.

Coming up

Saturday, May 3. Gutter walk-around.

Quick spring check. Walk the perimeter, peek in the downspouts, clear anything left from winter. Ten minutes, tops.

Looking ahead

Tuesday, May 13. Drain the water heater.

Yours is 9 years in. A yearly drain buys you three or four more. I'll remind you the day before with the steps.

Weather

Warm stretch through the weekend.

Highs near 78 Friday, low 80s Saturday. The next freeze risk isn't until late October. You can put the hose back on the bib.

Money

$48 protected this week.

$1,840 year to date. The filter swap saved a service call. The rest is small things, kept small.

From the bench

A question, while I have you.

Do you keep a spare filter in the garage, or do you order each time? If it's the latter, I can stash an extra in the next order so you're never caught short.

Until Sunday.

Made for your house

Every Brief is yours, and only yours.

The filter sizes are your filter sizes. The water heater is your water heater. The weather is your weather. Kempt writes a different Brief for every house, every Sunday.

What's in a Brief

Six short sections. Under 300 words. Always.

  • This week

    What got done.

    One to three lines. Quietly acknowledged, never lectured. Skip if nothing happened.

  • Coming up

    What's due in the next two weeks.

    Specific dates. Specific parts. No padding. If the calendar's quiet, one calm sentence.

  • Weather

    What the season's about to do.

    One sentence if a freeze, heat wave, or storm is in the forecast. Omitted otherwise.

  • Money

    What you didn't have to spend.

    Year-to-date dollars saved by catching things early. Omitted if the week was $0.

  • From the bench

    One genuine question.

    Something Kempt wants to understand better about the house. Omitted if nothing's worth asking.

  • The whole thing

    Under 300 words. Sunday at 6 PM.

    Lands on your phone while you're making dinner. 90 seconds to read. Then you're done.

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