Upkeep Papers

Category

Property records

The paperwork that covers the whole building — service history, registers, warranties and the seasonal rounds.

These are the sheets that sit at the front of a house folder. They are not about one appliance or one machine; they cover the property as a whole, and they are the ones a buyer, a surveyor or an insurer will ask to see.

Home Maintenance Schedule

Turn a vague intention to look after the house into a page you can tick off, so the jobs that only need doing once or twice a year actually get done.

PR-01 2 pages

Home Service History Register

Keep one continuous record of everything that has been serviced, repaired or replaced, so the history of the building exists in one place rather than in a drawer of loose invoices.

PR-02 1 page

Appliance and Equipment Register

Collect the numbers you can never find when something breaks: model and serial numbers, install dates, and when the warranty runs out.

PR-03 2 pages

Warranty and Receipt Register

Turn a failure into a claim instead of a bill, by knowing what is still covered before you call someone out.

PR-04 1 page

Contractor and Tradesperson Log

Remember who did what, what it cost, and who was worth calling back — and have a dated record if a dispute ever starts.

PR-05 1 page

New Home Record Sheet

Capture the things you need to know about a new property while you are still paying attention, rather than at two in the morning during a leak.

PR-06 2 pages

Filter Change Log

Stop measuring a clogged filter in a dark loft. Write the size down the first time, then reorder without taking the old one out.

PR-07 2 pages

Autumn and Winter Home Checklist

Get ahead of the cold, so a frost or a storm does not turn into a burst pipe or a heating failure on the coldest night of the year.

PR-09 2 pages

Emergency Shut-Off Locations Sheet

Make sure anyone in the household can turn off the water, gas or electricity quickly, including people who did not move in with the property.

PR-10 2 pages

Reading

Guides on property records

Winterising Your House and Outbuildings

Frost damage is a drainage problem more than an insulation problem. What to drain, what to isolate, and how to leave a property that will not burst.

Guide

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Other categories

Home systems

Heating, hot water, ventilation, drainage and water supply — the fixed systems that need servicing on a schedule.

13 sheets

Safety checks

Alarm tests, extinguisher checks and the records that prove they happened.

2 sheets

Outdoor machines

Mowers, saws, generators, washers, compressors and tractors — hour-based servicing and the part numbers you can never find.

8 sheets

Vehicles

Cars, motorcycles, motorhomes, trailers and boats — service history, schedules and pre-use inspections.

8 sheets

Water and pools

Pools, hot tubs and private water supplies — chemistry logs and test records.

2 sheets

Rental property

Maintenance logs, periodic inspections and changeover checklists for let property.

3 sheets

Pets and animals

Vaccination and health records, sitter instructions and the emergency details somebody else would need if you were not there.

9 sheets

Trailers and marine

Trailers, horseboxes, caravans and boats — annual service records, pre-use inspections and the towing figures you should never be guessing at.

9 sheets

Workshop and tools

Inventories, service logs and the working paperwork a small workshop, a trade or a van actually runs on.

10 sheets

Cleaning and routines

Cleaning schedules, rotas, deep-clean checklists and the dated records a cleaning routine is supposed to leave behind.

9 sheets

Moving and buying

The paperwork of changing address — moving, viewing, snagging, renovating and switching the supplies over.

9 sheets

Garden and growing

Sowing plans, plot layouts, greenhouse logs, compost records and fruit tree histories — blank wherever the answer depends on where you garden.

5 sheets