Dispatches, methodology, and field observations on cataloging the home. Entered, edited, and filed by the Vorby desk.
A cabin, a lake house, a beach condo, or the house your parents still own and you look after. You are there a few weeks a year, and every visit starts with the same question: is it here or at home? This checklist is for owners who use the p…
A roommate move out inventory turns the last chaotic weeks of a shared lease into a documented handoff. Instead of arguing over a scratched floor, a missing kitchen appliance, or an unexplained security deposit deduction, roommates can comp…
When several people share a home, the question is rarely whether the household owns a blender, cordless drill, camping tent, or television. The question is who bought it, who can take it when someone moves, where the receipt went, and wheth…
Home inventory estate planning for adult children turns a house full of familiar objects into a clear record of what exists, where it is, why it matters, and what should happen to it. That record can save weeks of searching when a parent di…
A multigenerational household inventory needs to answer a question that ordinary decluttering advice often skips: who owns what? When grandparents, parents, adult children, and younger kids share one address, the house can hold decades of p…
Renewal asks you to pick a number for your belongings. We gathered the rules of thumb, the hidden caps and a worksheet so you can check that number against a real total. This is general information, not insurance advice; limits and sublimit…
Lost receipts, lost deductions, solution searches usually happen at the worst possible moment: tax documents are open, a bank statement shows a legitimate business purchase, and the paper receipt is nowhere to be found. For freelancers and …
A reliable receipt tracking checklist for taxes gives every business purchase the same treatment: capture it, explain it, categorize it, reconcile it, and store the proof. That routine matters more than the brand of scanner, spreadsheet, ac…
A roommate move-in inventory is a shared record of what each person brought into the home, what the household owns together, and what condition the rental and its included fixtures were in on day one. It prevents a familiar argument months …
Notion vs spreadsheet household inventory is really a choice between two kinds of order. A spreadsheet gives you a disciplined grid that is fast to sort, filter, calculate, and export. Notion gives you a flexible database where each belongi…
Vorby is a careful record of what you own. The journal is the slow-print companion — the catalog itself is faster.