Plate 03
The costs of owning a property do not arrive together
A mortgage is visible and usually predictable. The expenses that surround it rarely arrive on the same schedule or in the same place.
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Every property now has its own email address
Property documents arrive by email and then stay there. Forward them to your property's own address instead, and they land in its logbook — sorted, summarised, and one tap from filed.
Which property documents should you actually keep?
Most owners keep too much of the wrong paperwork and lose the few documents that matter. Here is the short list worth protecting, and why each one earns its place.
The costs of owning a property do not arrive together
A mortgage is visible and usually predictable. The expenses that surround it rarely arrive on the same schedule or in the same place.
Every property now has its own email address
Property documents arrive by email and then stay there. Forward them to your property's own address instead, and they land in its logbook — sorted, summarised, and one tap from filed.
Which property documents should you actually keep?
Most owners keep too much of the wrong paperwork and lose the few documents that matter. Here is the short list worth protecting, and why each one earns its place.