Household Important Contacts Sheet

Who this is for

Everyone a household needs to reach, on one page. People first, then the doctor, school and vet, then the suppliers and tradespeople with the account numbers they ask for.

Families, shared houses, carers and anyone who has ever been asked 'who is your electricity supplier?' by someone standing in their kitchen.

What this helps you track

• Who to ring about a person, with the relationship and two numbers each
• The surgery, dentist, pharmacy, school and vet, with their references
• Every supplier and service the house depends on, with the account number
• The tradespeople you have used before and would ring again

How to use it

1. Write the household and the date at the top.
2. Fill the people table first: family, emergency contacts, and a neighbour or friend nearby.
3. Work down the services list. The common ones are already named; add your own in the spare lines.
4. Put the account, policy or patient reference beside each — it is the first thing they ask for.
5. Print a copy for the kitchen and one for anyone who looks after the house or the children.
6. Go through it when a supplier, a school year or a phone number changes.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

How is this different from the emergency information sheet?

That sheet is about the building — shut-offs, utilities' emergency lines, the insurer. This one is the household's address book: the people, the professionals and the suppliers. The two overlap on one or two lines by design.

Should I put account numbers on a sheet on the wall?

Only what you are comfortable with. Many people write the account number but not any password or security answer. The browser version saves in your own browser and can be kept off the wall entirely.

Can I add my own rows?

Yes. Both tables have spare lines on paper, and in the browser version you can add as many as you need and rename the prefilled ones.

Is there a version for a babysitter or house-sitter?

This sheet works for that, and the site has separate babysitter and house-sitter instruction sheets for the routines and rules that go with the numbers.