Home inventory after a burglary or water damage: how to document your belongings
What to record, how photos become evidence and how to report a claim to your insurer after a burglary or water damage.
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Filing an insurance claim: how to prepare your home inventory documentation
What your insurer wants to see after a flood, theft or fire, and how to prepare documentation of your belongings so you don’t lose money on the details.
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How to create a home inventory step by step
A practical way to catalog your household belongings: what to record, how to photograph items and how to prepare information for insurance.
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Rental inventory checklist — a handover record for tenant and landlord
How to prepare an inventory and handover record when renting: what to include, how to document condition with photos and avoid a deposit dispute.
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How to store receipts and warranties so they don't disappear
Thermal receipts fade and warranty cards get lost. How to digitise proof of purchase so a claim stays possible even a year later.
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How to track warranties, servicing and important deadlines
A simple system that prevents warranties, insurance renewals and inspections from becoming unpleasant surprises.
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How to back up app data before changing phones
What to save before moving to a new phone and how to transfer local data safely without automatic cloud synchronization.
Read the guideWhat these guides cover
Household matters rarely cause trouble because they are difficult. The trouble comes from information sitting in different places: the warranty in a drawer, a photo of the receipt in the gallery, the service date in someone’s memory, and the value of the equipment nowhere at all. As long as nothing happens, none of it matters.
The problem shows up at a specific moment — a flood, a fault just after the warranty ends, or a phone change where the data turns out to have stayed on the old device. These guides describe how to prepare in advance so that moment costs less than it otherwise would.
Each piece walks through one subject from start to finish: what to record, in what order, how long it takes and where people most often go wrong. No theory, and no assumption that you want to spend a weekend on it.
Who these guides are for
For people after a loss, or before one
If you have ever tried to list the contents of your home from memory, you know the list runs out sooner than it should.
For anyone who has missed a warranty
Two years is far too long to remember when you bought a washing machine. A reminder system solves that once.
For anyone changing phones
App data does not always transfer automatically. Better to know that before wiping the old device than after.
Where to start
If this is your first visit, start with the home inventory guide — a record of what you own is the foundation the other two build on. Deadlines make sense once you know which device they refer to, and a backup protects what you have already recorded.
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