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Buy, maintain, improve, and sell homes with inspection checklists, maintenance schedules, renovation planning, and transaction guidance.
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Improves Google rankings with search engine optimization (SEO): audits, keyword research, content optimization, technical fixes, schema, and links. Not for paid search ads (PPC/SEM) or app store optimization. Use when organic traffic or rankings drop, pages are not indexed or get deindexed, crawl errors appear in Search Console, or a migration, redesign, or domain change is planned. Also for writing or refreshing content to rank, picking target keywords, fixing titles, canonicals, sitemaps, robots.txt, redirects, hreflang, duplicate content, or Core Web Vitals, and adding schema markup. And for chasing featured snippets or AI Overview citations, recovering from a Google penalty, core update, or manual action, optimizing local, ecommerce, SaaS, or publisher sites, or setting up Bing Webmaster Tools and IndexNow.
Acts as chief executive (CEO): company strategy, capital allocation, board and investor management, executive hiring, and crisis calls. Use when a company-level call has to be made or pressure-tested — persevere or pivot, raise or cut, hire or fire an executive, sell the company or keep going, enter a new market, shut it down. Covers board decks and pre-wiring, investor updates, the raise-or-cut call when runway gets short, what a term sheet costs in control, layoffs and severance, all-hands and bad-news messaging, co-founder conflict and equity splits, pricing and discount discipline, competitive threats, acquisition offers on both sides, wind-downs, succession, and the first 90 days in the seat. Not for functional depth — financial models, forecasts, and dilution and term-sheet math go to cfo, marketing plans to cmo, operational execution to coo, architecture to cto.
Builds, debugs, and hardens Node.js servers, CLIs, and npm packages: async, modules, streams, memory, and process lifecycle. Use when writing or reviewing code that runs on Node, when a process hangs or refuses to exit, leaks memory, gets OOM-killed, pins one CPU core at 100%, or dies on an unhandled rejection; when the error reads EADDRINUSE, EMFILE, ECONNRESET, ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND, ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, or "__dirname is not defined"; when import and require interop breaks, streams buffer everything in RAM, a server returns intermittent 502s behind a load balancer, or SIGTERM drops in-flight requests; when npm install, lockfiles, peer dependencies, workspaces, native module builds, or publishing misbehave; when a suite passes locally and fails in CI; or when containerizing, profiling, and shutting down a service cleanly. Not for browser-only JavaScript, TypeScript type-system design, or the Bun and Deno runtimes.
Writes, debugs, and reviews Python code — runtime traps, packaging, typing, async, tests, performance. Use when Python raises or misbehaves: ModuleNotFoundError, circular imports, AttributeError on None, UnboundLocalError, UnicodeDecodeError, mutable default arguments, `is` vs `==`, float rounding, naive vs aware datetimes, or a wrong answer with no exception; when pip, uv, poetry, venv, pyproject or a lockfile fight over dependencies, or a package installs but will not import; when threads, asyncio, multiprocessing or the GIL hang, deadlock, or leak memory; when pytest passes but should not, mocks patch the wrong module, or async tests never run; when mypy or pyright errors need clearing; when a script is slow, eats RAM, or gets OOM-killed; when subprocess calls hang or logs never appear; or when upgrading Python breaks the build. Not for library-specific problems — pandas, numpy, django, fastapi and flask have their own skills.
Writes, debugs, and hardens Bash shell scripts — quoting, arrays, strict mode, traps, argument parsing, and macOS/Linux portability. Use when writing or reviewing any script, one-liner, cron job, deploy script, container entrypoint, or CI step; when a script breaks on spaces in filenames, exits silently, ignores set -e, hangs, or returns the wrong exit code; when quoting, IFS, globs, arrays, heredocs, process substitution, trap, getopts, or mapfile misbehave; when shellcheck flags SC2086 and friends; when unbound variable, bad substitution, command not found, ambiguous redirect, or unexpected end of file show up; when a script works by hand but fails under cron, systemd, sudo, or a CI runner; or when porting between macOS bash 3.2, GNU/Linux, WSL, and POSIX sh. Not for interactive zsh or fish configuration, not for PowerShell, and not for host-level cron, systemd, or permission failures (linux).
Writes and debugs CSS: flexbox and grid layout, z-index and stacking, responsive breakpoints, theming, and render performance. Use when a layout breaks or overflows, z-index does nothing, the page scrolls sideways, `position: sticky` won't stick, text won't truncate, styles lose the cascade or need `!important`, content jumps while loading (CLS), transitions stutter, fonts flash, a modal or dropdown sits behind other content, form controls need restyling, a table needs sticky headers, printing comes out wrong, or a style works in Chrome but not Safari. Also for starting a stylesheet from scratch (reset and base layer), centering, container queries, fluid type with clamp(), design tokens and dark mode, RTL and logical properties, and modernizing old stylesheets with `:has()`, `@layer`, and nesting. Not for visual design taste — palettes, spacing scales, typeface choice.
| name | house |
| slug | house |
| version | 1.1.0 |
| description | Buy, maintain, improve, and sell homes with inspection checklists, maintenance schedules, renovation planning, and transaction guidance. |
| homepage | https://clawic.com/skills/house |
| metadata | {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🏠","displayName":"House"}} |
| Situation | Action |
|---|---|
| Buying a house | Check buying.md for search, offers, inspection, closing |
| Ongoing maintenance | Check maintenance.md for schedules, DIY vs pro, seasonal tasks |
| Renovation or improvement | Check improvements.md for permits, contractors, budgets, ROI |
| Selling your house | Check selling.md for pricing, staging, offers, closing |
| Renting out property | Check renting.md for tenants, leases, management, legal |
The biggest mistakes are emotional: Overpaying because you "fell in love," skipping inspection to beat competition, renovating based on personal taste vs resale value, pricing based on what you need vs market reality.
Everything is negotiable: Purchase price, closing costs, repair credits, appliances, closing date, contingencies. The only non-negotiable is leverage — who wants the deal more.
Maintenance prevents catastrophe: A $200 annual HVAC service prevents a $8,000 replacement. A $50 gutter clean prevents $15,000 foundation damage. Deferred maintenance compounds.
Permits exist for safety and resale: Unpermitted work = liability. Buyers discover it, insurance denies claims, you can't sell. When in doubt, pull the permit.
Seasonal maintenance cycle:
| Season | Critical Tasks |
|---|---|
| Spring | HVAC service, gutter clean, check roof for winter damage, test irrigation |
| Summer | Exterior painting window, seal driveway, check AC performance |
| Fall | Furnace service, clean gutters again, winterize irrigation, check weatherstripping |
| Winter | Check insulation, monitor for ice dams, test smoke/CO detectors |
When to DIY vs call a pro:
| DIY | Always hire |
|---|---|
| Paint, caulk, weatherstripping | Electrical panel work |
| Basic plumbing (faucets, toilets) | Structural changes |
| Landscaping, mulch | Gas lines, water heater |
| Changing filters, basic cleaning | Roof repair, foundation |
Before approving any major expense:
| Situation | Reference |
|---|---|
| Searching, making offers, closing | buying.md |
| Repairs, preventive maintenance, emergencies | maintenance.md |
| Projects, permits, contractors | improvements.md |
| Pricing, staging, negotiations, closing | selling.md |
| Tenants, leases, rent collection, evictions | renting.md |
