Living room with a stone fireplace and windows to the lake

Home Care & Maintenance

Protecting your home, long after the build.

A fine home is a considerable thing to own, and like anything worth keeping, it does best with a little steady attention.

Maintenance problems most often come from small things left unattended: sealant that needed a touch-up, a gutter that needed cleaning, a hinge that wasn’t adjusted in time. Occasionally, they trace back further: to how a home was originally built. Both are worth catching early. Four decades of building means the same trades and supervisors who put the home together can come back to look after it. That continuity is the program.

The MD Advantage program

Quarterly check-ups. A clear plan. Real peace of mind.

MD Advantage is our membership program for homeowners who want their home looked after the way it was built. Four times a year, our team walks the home with you, inside and out, catching small issues before they become expensive ones.

Quarterly Check-Ups

Four seasonal visits a year, each timed to what the home needs that season, so nothing is missed and nothing is rushed.

A Tailored Plan

A living maintenance roadmap built around your specific home, its systems, materials, and age, with priorities and timing made clear.

Homeowner Education

We walk the home with you and explain what we see, so you understand your home and can make confident, informed decisions about it.

Painted clapboard, cedar shingles, and a fieldstone chimney at the Lakefront Shingle Cottage
Living room at the Bluff House
Stone and wood exterior detail at the Prairie Modern Estate

Inside a quarterly check-up

A complete look at the home, inside and out.

Each visit is a methodical walk-through of the systems and surfaces that protect your home, with a written summary of what we found and what we recommend.

  • Roof, gutters & drainageRoofing, flashing, gutters, downspouts, and how water moves away from the home.
  • Exterior, masonry & paintSiding, stone and brick, trim, caulking, and the finishes that take the weather.
  • Windows, doors & weatherproofingSeals, hardware, operation, and the details that keep the home tight and quiet.
  • Mechanical, plumbing & electricalHVAC, water heaters, fixtures, and systems, checked, serviced, and coordinated.
  • Interior finishes & millworkFloors, cabinetry, trim, and the touch-ups that keep interiors looking their best.
  • Site, grounds & hardscapeDrives, walks, terraces, and grading: the parts of the property that frame the home.

À la carte services

Service when you need it, on your terms.

Members and non-members alike can call on us for individual services, large or small. The same trades and supervisors who build our homes are the ones who care for them.

Seasonal opening & closing

Preparing the home for winter or for the season ahead: systems, exterior, and everything in between.

Repairs & finish touch-ups

From a settled door to a paint touch-up, handled by craftspeople who hold the original standard.

Trade coordination & oversight

One trusted point of contact to schedule, oversee, and stand behind every trade that touches your home.

Pre-event & seasonal preparation

Getting the home ready for a gathering, a return from travel, or a change of season.

Warranty-period support

Attentive follow-through in the years after a build, so the home settles in exactly as it should.

Renovations & upgrades

When care turns into a project, the team that knows your home best is ready to take it on.

“The goal is simple: a home that is understood, a plan that is clear, and an owner who never has to wonder what comes next.”
Mosher Dolan Home Care

Start the conversation

Ask about a check-up schedule for your house.

In one of our houses, or one someone else built? Ask about a check-up schedule for your home.