Montana · annual upkeep

    Home maintenance cost in Missoula, MT

    $9,873–$16,455 a year for a typical 2,200 sq ft home — about $1,055 a month across recurring services, seasonal work and a repair reserve.

    Annual maintenance in Missoula

    $9,873–$16,455

    Recurring services
    $6,628/yr
    Seasonal work
    $530/yr
    Repair reserve
    $5,500/yr

    Based on a 20-year-old home valued at $550,000 in a mountain / high altitude climate.

    MODELED · 2026 — Modeled — a reference range adjusted for this market, not a measured local average.

    Your Missoula home

    Local service pricing for Missoula, MT plus a maintenance reserve. Nothing is saved.

    Estimated annual cost

    $12,658

    About $1,055 a month — $6,628 recurring services, $530 seasonal work and $5,500 repair and replacement reserve.

    • House cleaning$3,912/yr
    • Lawn care and landscaping$1,836/yr
    • Pest control$486/yr
    • HVAC maintenance$238/yr
    • Gutter cleaning$156/yr
    • Repair and replacement reserve$5,500/yr

    MODELED · 2026 — Modeled — a reference range adjusted for this market, not a measured local average.

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    Where the money actually goes

    Service cost ranges used in the Missoula, MT estimate
    ServiceTypical rangeUnitCadence
    House Cleaning$115–$190per visitEvery 2 weeks for an occupied home; per departure for a second home
    Lawn Care$40–$65per visitWeekly in growing season
    Pest Control$35–$55per monthQuarterly or bi-monthly for routine prevention
    HVAC Maintenance$200–$330per yearTwice a year — before cooling season and before heating season
    Handyman Services$65–$105per serviceAs needed
    Home Watch$80–$125per monthEvery 7–14 days while the home is unoccupied
    Readiness Inspections$100–$160per serviceOnce before each arrival and once after each departure
    Maintenance Coordination$70–$115per monthOngoing
    Gutter Cleaning$125–$200per serviceTwice a year
    Pressure Washing$230–$370per serviceOnce or twice a year depending on growth and staining

    How this range is calculated

    Recurring service lines come from the Missoula local cost model — national reference midpoints adjusted for Montana labor costs (index 0.95), climate demand, market size and seasonality. The repair and replacement reserve uses the widely-used 1%-of-home-value guideline, adjusted for home age. Model hs-cost-1.0.

    First-party Ashota quotes or completed jobs behind this figure: 0. As Ashota coordinates more work in this market, the modeled range is replaced with observed pricing.

    A reserve is not a bill — it is what to set aside so a roof, water heater or HVAC replacement is not a surprise.

    Actual provider pricing depends on the property, scope, frequency, access and availability. Ranges are informational and are not quotes.

    What drives cost up in Missoula

    • Freeze protection is the dominant risk in an unoccupied home: plumbing, hose bibs and heat continuity.
    • Snow load, ice dams and roof drainage drive winter inspections.
    • Wildfire-season defensible-space clearing matters in many mountain markets.
    • Short growing season concentrates landscaping work into a few months.

    What changes your number most

    • Home age: past 25 years, replacement cycles for roof, HVAC and water heater start overlapping.
    • A pool typically adds the single largest recurring line after cleaning.
    • Square footage moves cleaning and pest costs, not reserve — reserve tracks value and age.
    • A second home costs less in cleaning and more in inspection, humidity or freeze control.

    Know the number, then stop managing it.

    Ashota coordinates the recurring services and the one-off repairs, with approval before spend and one record of everything.