Every car has a service history. Most houses have a drawer.
Nostradomo is software for home inventory, property records, and the things a household owns: what’s in the house, what’s been done to it, and how you know.
| Entry | When | How you know |
|---|---|---|
| The building | ||
| Roof replaced | 2022 | Invoice on file |
| Water heater installed | 2017 | Receipt and label photo |
| Furnace installed | Unknown | Not known |
| Kitchen | ||
| Dishwasher | Bought 2023 | Receipt on file |
| Basement | ||
| Chest freezer | Bought 2021 | Receipt on file |
| Dehumidifier | Bought 2020 | Your note |
- On file
- Your note
- Not known
What the record holds
A record is a list of plain entries. Each one says what a thing is, when it happened, and how you know.
Things, room by room
Appliances, furniture, tools: whatever you’d have to list from memory after a bad day. Model and serial numbers where they matter.
The building itself
The roof, the furnace, the water heater, and the work done on them. Who did it and when, as far as anyone knows.
How you know
Every entry carries its source. On file means a receipt, an invoice, or a photo is attached. Your note means you entered it and nothing backs it up yet.
Unknown is an answer
If nobody knows when the furnace went in, the record says so. A blank stays blank until someone actually knows.
Why a household keeps one
Nobody needs this on an ordinary Tuesday. You need it when someone asks a question and the answer is in a drawer, an old inbox, or the head of whoever dealt with it at the time.
Under each question is the entry from the Alder Lane record that answers it.
The record is for your own use. It isn’t an appraisal, an inspection, a deed, or an insurance policy, and it doesn’t replace any of them.
- “What was in the basement?”
- An insurance adjuster, after the water came in.
-
From the example record:
- Chest freezer Bought 2021 Receipt on file
- Dehumidifier Bought 2020 Your note
- “When was the roof done?”
- A buyer, a home inspector, or you, deciding whether to repair or replace.
-
From the example record:
- Roof replaced 2022 Invoice on file
- “What’s the model number on the water heater?”
- The plumber, on the phone, before driving over.
-
From the example record:
- Water heater installed 2017 Receipt and label photo
- “Is it still under warranty?”
- You, the week the dishwasher stops draining.
-
From the example record:
- Dishwasher Bought 2023 Receipt on file
- “How old is the furnace?”
- The technician, deciding whether it’s worth fixing.
-
From the example record:
- Furnace installed Unknown Not known
How it’s kept, and how you come back to it
It isn’t a weekend project. The record starts small and gets better each time something happens to the house.
-
The first evening
Start with the house, then walk through it. Add the things that keep it running and the things you’d miss most. Leave the rest for later.
-
As things happen
A new dishwasher, a roof repair, a furnace service. Add the entry when it happens, and attach the receipt if there is one.
-
The day someone asks
Open the app, go to the room or the system, and read what’s there: what it is, when it happened, and how you know.
Who makes it
Nostradomo is written and maintained by Nostradomo LLC.
This site is where the company publishes its contact details, support, and policies. It isn’t the app, and there is nothing to sign in to here.
- Company
- Nostradomo LLC
- Website
- nostradomo.com
- “support” at the domain nostradomo.com
- Help
- Support
- Policies
- Privacy policy and terms of use