The moment an appliance breaks, three questions decide whether the repair is a five-minute phone call or an afternoon of digging: is it still under warranty, what’s the model and serial number, and who did we call last time? For most households the answers are scattered across a junk drawer, an email inbox, a fading receipt, and memory. The Home Maintenance & Warranty Log keeps all three answers in one file — and it does the warranty math for you.
It’s a spreadsheet workbook (Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice) plus three PDF guides — an owned home record, not a manufacturer’s app that only knows about its own products.
It does the warranty math for you
This is the heart of the workbook. On the Appliance & Warranty Register, you type each item’s purchase date and its warranty length in months. From those two numbers the log calculates when the warranty ends and sets the status automatically:
- In Warranty — coverage ends more than 60 days out; a failure should be a free repair.
- Expiring Soon — the warranty ends within 60 days; your window to register an extension or use the coverage while you have it.
- Expired — coverage has lapsed, so the repair-or-replace math matters.
The status updates against today’s date every time you open the file, so an item quietly moves from In Warranty to Expired on its own. You never recalculate anything by hand.
Nine connected tabs
- Appliance & Warranty Register — the coverage engine above, color-coded so you can scan what’s still protected in a second.
- Service & Repair Log — every repair with a running count and total spent, so the next technician isn’t starting from scratch and you can see what a system really costs.
- Seasonal Maintenance Schedule — pre-loaded with 22 recurring tasks grouped by season, each with the reason it matters. Tick what applies and date it.
- Filters & Consumables — record each filter size and part number once, so re-ordering is never a guessing game.
- Home Systems & Lifespan — record when the roof, furnace, and water heater went in; the log estimates the year to start planning a replacement.
- Trusted Contractors — the plumber, electrician, and HVAC tech you’d actually call, saved before you need them.
- Documents & Coverage — where the receipts, manuals, home-warranty plan, and insurance policy live, recorded as locations.
- Plus a Read Me and a finishable Start Here Checklist that counts what’s done for you.
Why not just a free template or the manufacturer’s app?
A blank spreadsheet gives you empty cells; a manufacturer’s app only knows about its own products and can lock you out or shut down. This log holds your whole home — every brand, the repairs, and the upkeep — with the warranty-status engine, a running repair total, and a replacement-year planner already built and tested. It’s immediately usable on open, pre-loaded with a clearly fictional example you overwrite.
Also a native Google Sheet — one click, no import
Prefer Google Sheets? You don’t import anything. The bundle includes a clickable “Make a copy” link — click it and the whole log lands in your Google Drive, the warranty-status formulas and dropdowns already set up and tested. It also opens natively in Excel and LibreOffice.
Own it, don’t rent it
This is the quiet advantage of a workbook over a subscription app: the file is yours. Your warranties and repair history don’t live on a company’s server, can’t be locked behind a lapsed payment, and won’t vanish if an app shuts down. Pair it with the Household Operations Manual for the whole-home picture.
Try it first, free: the free Appliance & Warranty List is a one-tab starter for your appliances, models, and warranty dates — a taste of the full log.
A record you keep — not professional advice
This workbook helps you organize your home’s warranties, repairs, and upkeep. It is not legal, financial, or insurance advice, not a warranty or a guarantee of coverage, and not a substitute for reading your actual warranty documents or for a licensed professional. Typical-lifespan figures are general illustrations. Confirm coverage and terms with the manufacturer or your policy; for gas, electrical, or structural work, call a professional. The example data (the fictional Hollis home) is clearly illustrative — you overwrite it with your own.
Instant digital download. Nothing ships. The moment you buy, you get a zip with the 9-tab workbook, the one-click Google Sheets copy, three PDF guides, and printable log pages — yours to keep.
