9 Home Services You Don't Actually Have to Pay For After 60

Donna's large-print home books, and a free chapter of The Lower Bills Book: donnafixes.com Plenty of people over sixty keep paying for jobs around the house that a utility, a fire department or a public agency is already set up to do at no charge. Donna, who kept four hundred Chicago apartments running for forty-one years, counts down nine of them: smoke alarms, an old refrigerator, a branch on the power line, a gas smell, a home energy assessment, weatherization, heating help, and the Area Agency on Aging. You will hear where the age of sixty comes from, which of these depend on your state, your income and a waiting list, and the one call she says covers three of them at once. You will also leave with the exact question to ask, what to write down while you're on the phone, and the safety rules that go with each job. It's a list of phone numbers, not miracles, and she is plain about the limits. 0:00 Intro 2:41 Smoke Alarm Installation 4:28 Old Refrigerator Pickup 6:16 Branch on the Wire 7:51 Smell of Gas 10:33 Free Energy Assessment 12:23 Weatherization Assistance Program 17:10 Area Agency on Aging