The home record
A home record is the useful story behind the property: what was installed, who worked on it, what changed, what needs attention, and where the supporting paper trail lives. Start with the facts you know and let the record become more complete over time.
The signed-in Homesrolo workspace holds whole-home project history, private files, and repeatable photo checkups. This page is a checklist for the supporting records, whether you keep them in Homesrolo or securely elsewhere.
The first page
Do not wait until every drawer has been sorted. Add one useful fact from each part of the home, name what you are unsure about, and return when the next receipt, label, photograph, or service visit supplies more.
The whole record
A document can stay in the secure place where you already keep it. The record should still say what it is, what it belongs to, when it was created, who supplied it, and where the original can be found.
The repairs, replacements, remodels, maintenance, and construction decisions that changed the house.
Heating and cooling, plumbing, electrical, roof, solar, security, irrigation, pool equipment, and other systems that need service over time.
The exact identity that makes a future part, manual, recall check, or service call less of a scavenger hunt.
Images that show a starting condition, concealed work, completed work, or the same view at different times.
The paper trail that proves what was proposed, approved, purchased, installed, paid, permitted, covered, or maintained.
Records about coverage, claims, property taxes, valuations, improvements, and transactions—kept separate from contractor opinions.
A room-by-room account of important belongings and installed products that can help with care, replacement, moving, or a loss record.
The selected history a homeowner may use to answer questions when the property changes hands.
A record someone else can understand
“New roof” could mean a remembered sales claim, a signed contract date, a permit, a product delivery, or completed work. The source and date explain what the words actually prove.
A model label, invoice, permit record, manufacturer document, or dated photograph says more than a memory presented as certain.
Record whether a date is exact, approximate, observed, issued, installed, serviced, or merely entered into the record.
A homeowner observation, contractor proposal, manufacturer instruction, insurer document, and government record answer different questions.
Leave the gap visible. Add the answer later with its source instead of smoothing the story with a guess.
Private by default
Opening a Homesrolo account creates a private home workspace. The home address is not published, and starting a project does not send it to a contractor. Keep sensitive originals in the secure storage you trust, and decide deliberately what another person needs for the job in front of them.
Your home already has a history
One old project or one equipment label is enough to begin.