Home projects · New construction

The home record should begin before move-in day.

Plans change, selections get substituted, walls close, and dozens of small decisions become nearly impossible to recreate. Whether you are the homeowner, builder, contractor, or real estate professional, the cleanest handoff names what was actually installed and where the supporting record lives.

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New construction

What to settle early, and what to keep with the home.

During the build

Record changes while the work is still visible.

Keep plan revisions, selection changes, written approvals, responsible people, site observations, walkthrough items, and dated photographs of concealed work when they are available and safe to take.

At handoff

Leave the next person more than a stack of unlabeled papers.

Final plans and the change record
Selections with exact product and color details
Walkthrough and correction list with completion notes
Permit, inspection, and occupancy records that apply
Equipment, appliance, fixture, finish, and paint information
Manufacturer and builder warranty documents and contacts
Utility, shutoff, irrigation, low-voltage, and maintenance information
Dated photographs of work that is now concealed when available

Keep going

The rest of the project record.

Interior remodels

The pretty choices only work when the hidden decisions line up.

Plan a kitchen, bathroom, flooring, paint, or built-in project by tying every selection to the room, dimension, and decision it depends on.

The whole guide

Define it, compare it, record the decision, track changes, close it out.

Every project, from a service call to a full remodel, follows the same five parts.

Between projects

Home care, system by system

Seasonal rounds and a chapter for each system, with the safety line for each.