If you are a homeowner, your home is most likely your largest and most important financial asset. In order to maintain its value, you need to take care of it properly. But managing all the information that comes with caring for your home can be overwhelming. You need a digital home management system.
- Do you know which maintenance tasks need to be done and when to do them?
- Do you have a simple way to track budget, actual costs, and receipts when you undertake a home remodeling project?
- Do you have easy access to your home purchase, mortgage documents, and cost of capital improvements when you get ready to sell your home?
- Do you have your home items inventoried for insurance in a place where they can be accessed if your home is no longer there?
Enter HomeZada.com – a digital home management system that helps you keep track of your home in four major areas: maintenance, finances, inventory and improvements.
Here are just some of the many things that you can keep track of in HomeZada:
- Major home information including purchase price, property tax, homeowner’s insurance, mortgage, etc.
- Cost basis of your home for resale purposes
- Fixed assets – anything that stays with the house
- Household expenses, project expenses and maintenance expenses
- Spaces – or rooms in the home where you can track each piece of furniture and item for inventory management
- Dimensions, paint colors, etc. for each space
- Links to warranties, owner’s manuals, and receipts for each item
- Recommended maintenance check list of what needs to be done in the home and when
- Contacts and preferred vendors for Home Services
One of my favorite features is HomeZada’s Inventory section. HomeZada divides your home up into “spaces” which includes all the rooms in your home as well as your front and back yard, roof, attic and garage. You can customize the Spaces page to include whatever room you want to keep track of.
You can enter the main information for the space including its dimensions, paint colors, and paint brands. You can also upload photos or videos of the items in each space along with detailed item descriptions, price when purchased, place purchased, and warranty information if any. You can even tag all the photos of your home items with information such as filter sizes and light bulb types. Everything is laid out on the website in a simple, clear way, and can be updated with new information at any time.
The true value of digital home management is that everything is centralized in one location so you can find it easily. No more digging through drawers of files or piles of papers! You can make the information available to family members in case of emergency. And digital home inventory management is critical in places that are prone to flooding or tornadoes, where your entire home and its contents might be destroyed in a worst-case scenario, along with all the paper receipts and documents. If this information is stored in the cloud, you can access it from anywhere.
Having all of your home-related information digitally organized in one place is not only cost-effective but will give you greater peace of mind knowing that your most valuable asset is being taken care of properly.
