Nobody hands you a manual when you buy a house. So we wrote one.

HomePlaybook exists for one reason: first-year homeowners lose thousands fixing the wrong things in the wrong order. The guides fix the order.

Why HomePlaybook exists

Most new homeowners get one of two outcomes in year one. They do nothing and wait for the $5,000 emergency, or they burn weekends and money on tasks that were never the priority. Both come from the same gap: nobody tells you what matters first.

HomePlaybook closes that gap. Every guide is a prioritised system, not a 200-item dump. The flagship guide, HomePlaybook Mastery, ranks 47 critical tasks by what actually prevents expensive repairs, built from the patterns home inspectors and contractors see over and over in first-year disasters.

The operating principle: a $200 fix today beats a $5,000 emergency next month. Timing is the whole game, and timing is what the guides give you.

Who's behind it

HomePlaybook is written and run by Leo. The voice you'll read in every guide and every blog article is the older-brother version of home maintenance advice: direct, specific, and allergic to vague claims. If a task costs $150 to do and $8,000 to skip, the guide says exactly that.

You can reach Leo any time through the contact page, or follow along on X at @RookieRepairs.

What we publish

The promise

Every paid guide carries the same guarantee: if HomePlaybook Mastery doesn't save you at least 10x its cost ($370+) in avoided repairs within year one, you get a full refund. No questions, no hoops. The full policy is on the refund page.

One honest note: the guides are educational. They tell you what to check, when, and what fair prices look like. For anything involving electricity, gas, the roof, foundation or structure, they tell you to hire a licensed professional, because that's the right answer.

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