Everplace guides

Practical guides for household admin and family planning

Straightforward, UK-specific advice on organising important documents, preparing for emergencies, and comparing the tools people actually use to do it.

Comparison guide

Where should you keep your family's important documents? Paper folder vs Dropbox vs Everplace vs Doqit vs Hartley

An honest, head-to-head comparison of every common method UK households use to store passports, insurance, wills, and account details — including where each one falls short.

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Getting organised

Checklist

The UK household document checklist: every record your family actually needs

The complete list of documents, account details, and information your family should have on hand — organised by category, with notes on what's easy to skip and shouldn't be.

9 min read
Legal & estate

Lasting Power of Attorney explained: do you actually need one?

What an LPA covers, the difference between health & welfare and property & financial affairs, what it costs, and how to actually get one set up in England and Wales.

8 min read
Bereavement

What to do when someone dies: the document and admin checklist

A calm, practical walkthrough of the paperwork that needs sorting in the days and weeks after a death — registering, notifying, and finding what you need.

11 min read