Guides for running a home

Straight answers to the questions people actually ask, whether or not you use besteed.

• An app to organise your home as a family: what it has to do (and what it doesn't)

  What a household app has to solve, why most get abandoned within two weeks, and five questions to ask before you install one.

• How to keep track of appliance warranties (and stop paying twice)

  What to keep for every warranty, how long they last, and three ways to track them so that when something breaks you know whether the repair should be free.

• A shared shopping list the whole household actually uses (free, and without ads)

  What a shared shopping list needs so everyone at home really uses it, why most get abandoned within weeks, and how to set one up in two minutes with no ads.

• How to keep track of household spending without handing your bank login to any app

  Know where the household money goes without connecting your bank to any app: the statement you already have, two minutes a month, shared at home.

• How to split household chores with your partner (without the argument)

  Why splitting chores ends in an argument, what actually works (areas of responsibility, not task lists) and how to let the calendar do the nagging.