The Home Owner's Journal: What I Did and When I Did It

by Colleen M. Jenkins

Book Overview

This is the book you've always needed to keep track of those home improvements! The Home Owner's Journal is the easiest-to-use home record keeping book on the market, and offers the homeowner the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911493115
• ISBN13: 9780911493115
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Blue Sky Marketing (MN)
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Totally Worthwhile Investment

I can't imagin not having this little book! If I need to know how old the dishwasher is or when I last painted the bedroom or when we had the roof replaced, I've got all the information in one place. The last copy I bought of this book was for my mother. She was thrilled down to her toenails! She said that before now she has had to go pawing through her file drawers to find the information that she can now keep at her fingertips.

Everyone needs this.

I wish the previous owner of my house had filled one of these out. We have spent years trying to figure out what all has been done to our older home. This book lets you file everything. Every new home owner needs one and they should require one when you buy a home. Very helpful.

Cost savings and convenience

My husband and I LOVE our journal. We use it each time we complete a home project. It is so easy to find the perfect matching paint when we need to do touch ups. I know it will save us a great deal when we sell our house, as we can deduct many of the home improvements. My friends and family have come to expect receiving this gift when they move to a new home.

Great gift

The book provides a journal of all your home improvements as well as tips on which repairs are tax deductible. There's a chapter for every room in the house where you can record dates for repairs, put sample paint/wall paper samples, list manufactures of appliances or rugs, and other assorted details. What's great about this is that you have all the documentation you need in one place if you ever need to track down who made that wallpaper or bathroom tile. It's also great for reselling the house because you can give the new property owners a book that details all the work done on the house over your history with it as well as the samples in case they need it in the future!Simple gift, but the folks I've given it to have loved it. Perfect house warming gift.

Build your own owner's manual

This is my third copy of _The Home Owner's Journal_. In each case, for each house, I filled the book with information that would help me know what I did: what paint color I chose, how much paint I bought & how much I used, who wallpapered the dining room with how much paper. When I sold each house, I left the book on the kitchen counter for the new owners' use. I have given the book as a housewarming gift. The best part about it is the book is unpretentious. Because of its casual format and comical illustrations, it's easy to mark up, daub with paint and paste sample rug and wallpaper swatches inside, and the messier it becomes, the more useful and valuable it grows. I recommend it to any new homeowner!