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As a homeowner, it’s important to not only stay on top of monthly and yearly maintenance, but to also track repairs, warranty information, and keep copies of receipts.  In the old days, many homeowner’s keep a homeowner binder filled with this information.  While this might sound old fashioned, it’s smart to have a homeowner binder when it comes time to sell your home as it shows prospective buyers you’ve cared for the home and allows you to easily provide proof of repairs.  Nowadays there are online services which will organize and track this information for you for free or small fee. Check out these suggestions:

 

HomeBinder.com

Pros:  HomeBinder is free and easy to use. It allows you to make an inventory of all items in your home in case of fire or theft, record paint colors, keep a copy of your receipts, track repairs, add notes, store the name of your contractors and repair people, and set reminder for home maintenance items. When you go to sell your home, it also allows you to transfer prospective buyer or share this information electronically and you can have multiple properties in your binder. 

Renters can set one up for free but for homeowners, it does cost.  You can enter your inventory to have in case of a loss, put in warranty dates, serial numbers, repairs- the app will remind you of upcoming maintenance. You can also have several properties in your binder and create a report.

 

HomeSpotHQ.com

Cons: You have to manually type in the maintenance reminders and serial numbers. The homeowner version costs $2.99 per month. 

Pros:  Homespot HQ is also free to create an account. You can have multiple spaces inside the home, but to add multiple properties, you will need to upgrade. You can add in a new appliance, project, or fact about the property. The site is easy to use and they walk you through.


Overall, if you’re only worried about remembering to complete home maintenance tasks, and have time to enter in everything, try out Homespot.com, it is no frills and very simple. However, if you want to track repairs, keep copies of receipts and paint colors, then use HomeBinder.com for a small monthly fee.