Worksheets and printable sheets
What is on each of the three sheets, and when would you use it?
Three plain-text files are stored on this site. They are deliberately plain text so they open anywhere, print without fuss and can be edited in anything. None of them contains figures: every number in a housing decision is local and personal, so the sheets provide the categories and leave the values to you.
| File | Use it when | Size |
|---|---|---|
| viewing-notes.txt | You are viewing homes and want one comparable record per property instead of a blur of impressions. | 1 KB |
| document-checklist.txt | You are preparing to sell and want the paperwork assembled before anything is offered. | 1 KB |
| monthly-cost-worksheet.txt | You are comparing the true monthly cost of a home with rent, or with another home. | 1 KB |
Viewing notes
One sheet per property, carried and filled in on the day. It puts the structural and practical questions before the decorative ones, because the order in which you look at a house strongly affects what you remember about it. It records what you saw; it does not value anything.
Document checklist
A list of the categories of paperwork a sale tends to require: ownership, building history and permits, money and obligations, condition, and the handover items. Which documents a particular sale actually needs depends on the property and the transaction, so treat it as a prompt rather than a definitive list.
Monthly cost worksheet
A blank sheet with five sections: the loan, the unavoidable charges, running the building, the slow costs people forget, and getting to work. Its purpose is the fourth section — the reserve for roofs, heating plant and appliances that is almost always left out of the comparison between renting and owning.