You keep track of your calendar, family, friends and finances online in the cloud. Why not your home? BrightNest is a recent startup that's gaining attention as the "Mint.com for home maintenance," letting you keep track of your home inventory, paint colors, scheduled maintenance and everything in between, all in one place.
Once you sign up for a free acount at BrightNest.com, you'll have access to a bevy of features that will help even the most laid-back homeowner stay on top of their most valuable asset:
• Browse lists of home tips, then add them to a checklist. • Store key home details, like paint colors and the size of your air filter, in one place in your personal "homefolio." • Browse and store a library of product manuals. • Schedule home maintenance to-do's, or use BrightNest's built-in lists, and set reminder alerts to keep you on track.
We're impressed by the shiny simplicity and all-in-one functionality of BrightNest, but if it's not your thing, here are a few other home maintenance and inventory resources:
• Retail website Lowes.com recently rolled out mylowes, a service that lets you log in and save home info like paint colors and product manuals, plus set alerts for regular home maintenance.
• Compartments for Mac is a well-organized application that helps you make and keep up a home inventory (plus model numbers, manuals, and warranty info) easily with form-style input.
• HomeSpot offers one place online to store appliance manuals, paint colors, and part numbers so you don't have to hunt them down later. You can also set reminders for home tasks and projects.
How do you keep track of your maintenance and repairs? Have another suggestion for our readers? Share it in the comments!
(Images: BrightNest.com)
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This is pretty cool! I am a renter of a home and am responsible for general maintenance, which is new for me. This could really help me stay on top of tasks... tasks that usually end up lost on my never ending to-do list. Thank AT!
I've been using MyLowes to keep track of my home maintenance products, projects, etc. for a while now - very versatile and user-friendly.
I just saw the BrightNest Blog – It’s great! I’m a renter so home maintenance isn’t as valuable for me, but the money-saving tips and DIY projects on the blog really fit my lifestyle. For example-- look at this awesome DIY pallet garden-- might try my hand at it this weekend!
http://blog.brightnest.com/2012/05/30/learn-to-make-a-pallet-garden-in-7-easy-steps/
Hmmm. Those look like useful sites. Too bad they save my information on their website instead of my computer. I love my (once) current management suite and if I go to all that effort to record and save all that information again, I don't want to worry about them going out of business (like several web photo albums websites did), changing their web interface to something unpleasant, and such.
I find HomeSpot HQ to be a better option. It has all the same stuff as BrightNest, but it also has a bookmarklet tool that allows me to collect articles and a weekend project planner.