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For new homeowners

You just bought a house. Here's the manual it didn't come with.

The keys came with a mortgage, a closing folder, and no instruction book. Drop the folder into Eave and it builds a record of the home: what it has, what it needs, and what to do first. The first year stops feeling like guesswork.

The part nobody warned you about

"Nobody tells you about this stuff when you buy a house"

"I don't even know what I don't know."

New homeowners tend to arrive at the same feeling within a few weeks: the excitement wears off and a quiet backlog takes its place. A vent that whistles. A water heater with no known age. A furnace filter of unknown size. There is no previous owner on speed dial and no clear picture of what the house actually needs.

You are not behind, and you are not doing it wrong. Most people simply never get a starting point. In fact, 79% of new homeowners say they'd be better prepared if they had a personalized home manual — the exact thing a closing folder never includes.

79%
of new homeowners want a personalized home manual
92%
of homeowners have outstanding repairs on their list
$5,600
average cost of a deferred repair once it turns urgent

Sources: industry surveys, 2025–2026.

Your first month, made simple

How Eave helps you settle in

Start with the closing folder

Enter the address you closed on, then drop in the folder you were handed at closing, along with the inspection, a utility bill, and whatever manuals came with the appliances. Eave reads them and files what it finds: the systems and their ages, the warranty dates, who your lender and insurer are. The confident finds file themselves with an undo on each, and the rest wait for you. How setup works.

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Eave setup: upload your closing folder, the inspection report, manuals, warranties, and insurance
Just moved in? Drop in the closing folder and Eave builds the record from it.

Capture the backlog

Everything you've been mentally noting since move-in has somewhere to go. Say it, snap it, or type it — "the master bathroom toilet keeps running, probably a flapper" — and capture turns it into a scoped project with a room, a category, a priority, and a rough cost. The backlog stops living in your head.

Eave home dashboard for a new homeowner showing active projects and upkeep tasks due

Build the knowledge base

As you go, your home writes its own record. Rooms, appliances, contractors, and repairs collect into a searchable home knowledge base — the furnace model and filter size, the water heater's install date, who you called and what it cost. It's the manual the house never came with, and it's the same record that makes insuring, refinancing, or selling far less painful later. Share it with whoever shares the house. A co-owner sees the same record you do, at no extra charge.

Get the weekly queue

Once there's something to work with, Eave Intelligence turns the pile into a plan: a ranked weekly action queue of what needs attention now, a 12-month upkeep schedule tuned to your home, and a seasonal prep digest before each season lands. You stop wondering what's next — Eave tells you, and tells you why.

Eave seasonal maintenance view showing upkeep tasks for a new home

Nothing is overdue in your first ninety days. You bought a house, and you don't need a page of red on day one.

New homeowner questions

The things you're actually wondering

I just bought a home — where do I start?

With the closing folder. Drop it in and Eave reads it: the systems and their ages, the warranty dates, who your lender and insurer are. Confident finds file themselves with an undo, and the rest wait for you. Then capture the first thing that's bugging you.

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Eave Services: inspector, appraiser, title company, escrow, lender, and attorney, each found for you or added from a document
The people who touched the sale, filled in from your paperwork so you never dig for them again.

Do I need to know anything technical?

No. That's the point. You describe things in plain language — speak, snap a photo, or type — and Eave figures out the room, category, likely cause, priority, and a rough cost. You don't need to know the difference between a flapper and a fill valve; you just need to notice the toilet keeps running.

Is it free?

Yes. Eave is free for one property, forever, and runs in any browser at app.eavehome.app. Eave Intelligence — the ranked weekly queue, 12-month upkeep plan, and seasonal prep digest — is an optional upgrade at $2.99 a month. Native iOS and Android apps are coming soon.

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Where to go next

Give your new home its manual. Eave is free for one property and runs in any browser — your first capture takes about five seconds.

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