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Moving into a 1968 house next month - what maintenance do people wish they had done in the first year?

Week one, before anything else: find and label the water shutoff, the gas shutoff if you have gas, and every breaker in the consumer unit. Take photos. Then buy a decent stopcock key and put it somewhere you will find it in the dark. The first time you need any of this it will be at eleven at night with water coming through a ceiling, and knowing where the valve is will be worth more than the whole two thousand pounds.

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