Free printable checklists

Print one, walk the house once, and you'll know exactly what needs doing. No email needed.

• New home lock walk-through

  Take this sheet round the house on the day the keys change hands. One pass, door by door, and you will know which locks to rekey and which to replace.

• Storm season car key card

  Slip this in the glovebox or a jacket pocket. It is for the mornings after freezing rain, when the car is glazed over and the key or fob will not cooperate.

• Garage door storm season checklist

  Do this once in the fall, before the first nor'easter, and once in spring when the road salt is gone. Salt air and freeze-thaw are hard on springs, rollers and seals.

• Rental unit key turnover sheet

  Fill in one sheet for each unit when a tenant leaves and the next arrives. You end up knowing where every key is, with a signed record on file.

• Is this locksmith real? Pocket card

  Put this up now, while you are not locked out. Two or more of these signs on the phone or on your step, and it is time to hang up and try another number.

• Garage door won't move card

  Tape this next to the button inside the garage. When the door refuses to move, it walks you through the safe checks and tells you when to put the phone to use.

• First day after a break-in

  Go through this top to bottom. It keeps a hard day in order and makes sure nothing that got taken, from keys to remotes to codes, still opens your home.

• Small business keys and doors audit

  Do this audit once a year and whenever someone leaves the business with a key. You come away knowing who can get in, which doors really lock, and what to fix first.