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For homeowners

Stop keeping your house in your head

Record shutoffs, maintenance history, contractor details, manuals, and improvements so the important details of your home stop depending on memory.

For homeowners

The details your house depends on, written down once

  • Shutoffs and valves

    Main water shutoff, outdoor spigot valves, and the toilet or sink stops you will want at 2 a.m.

  • Panels and breakers

    Where the main disconnect is, which sub-panel feeds what, and which breaker controls the garage.

  • Maintenance history

    Furnace service, water heater age, roof repairs, and the seasonal jobs that quietly lapse.

  • Manuals and receipts

    Model plates, appliance manuals, contractor invoices, and warranty paperwork in one place.

  • Recurring reminders

    Filters, detector batteries, gutter clearing, and annual inspections on a repeating schedule.

  • Improvement records

    Permits, paint colors, materials, and before-and-after photos that raise a home's story from memory to record.

Getting started

A first hour that pays for itself

  1. 1

    Map the three shutoffs

    Water, electrical, and gas. Photograph each one wide and close, and note which direction closes the valve.

  2. 2

    Photograph every model plate

    Furnace, water heater, AC condenser, and any well or sump equipment. Contractors ask for these first.

  3. 3

    Record what you already know

    Last roof repair, last furnace service, the plumber you trust, the quirk with the upstairs bathroom.

  4. 4

    Set the recurring jobs

    Filters, detector batteries, gutters, and annual service. Once entered, they stop living in your head.

Questions this answers

Things you should not have to guess

  • Where do I shut off the water right now?
  • How old is the water heater?
  • When was the furnace last serviced, and by whom?
  • Which breaker controls the outdoor outlets?
  • What paint color is the hallway?
  • Who fixed the roof, and is it under warranty?
  • Where is the crawlspace access?
  • What did that repair cost last time?

Try Mapstead on your home today

Mapstead is available for Android open testing on Google Play. The current build is a testing version, not a production release, and tester feedback directly shapes what comes next.

Open testing on Google Play

Mapstead is currently a testing build and is not a production release. Features, workflows, and stored data structures may change during testing.