The Household File
Every document your household needs, findable in five minutes.
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Printable PDF in A4 and US Letter, plus a hyperlinked edition for tablets. Instant download. English.
For personal use by you and your household. Not for resale or sharing.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- ◆How to build it in one afternoon, and the upkeep routine that keeps it built
- ◆The index page: where everything lives and who to contact
- ◆A keep-or-shred guide with sensible retention periods
- ◆Six section dividers with checklists and tables: Identity, Home, Money, Health, Insurance, Work
- ◆A twelve-month renewal calendar, so nothing renews unchecked
- ◆An annual review checklist: insurance, pension, will, beneficiaries, guardianship
- ◆"If something happens to me" — the practical handover page
- ◆A digital page: backups, password manager, two-factor, file naming
ABOUT THIS PIECE
Could you find your insurance policy tonight, in five minutes? Most people cannot, and it costs them real money: insurance renewed without being read, tax relief unclaimed, fines doubled, pensions left in cash. The Household File fixes it in a single afternoon, with six dividers and one index page that turns a pile of paper into a system — and keeps it that way with thirty minutes a month.
It also contains the page nobody likes to write and everybody is grateful for: what should happen, and where everything is, if something happens to you.
## How to use it
Print it, put it in a box file with six dividers, and spend one afternoon sorting every paper in the house into the six sections. Fill in the index page. Then thirty minutes on the first Saturday of each month, and one hour once a year.
## Best for
Couples, families, anyone who has just moved, anyone helping ageing parents, and anyone who has ever searched a house for a document at the worst possible moment.
Rules on how long to keep documents vary by country — the guide inside says so.
A SAMPLE PAGE