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Medical Information – Medical information worth retaining includes your NHS number, European Health Insurance Card, Vaccination record all need to be kept.

Memberships – Such as for a gym, keep the original as it will have your number on it.

Certificates – Birth certificates / Marriage or Civil Partnership certificates / Exam and qualification certificates.

I also keep records of services and work carried out whilst owning the car as proof that it has been well maintained when selling. It is useful to have a printed copy of your latest insurance certificate including your no claims bonus as if you change insurance companies many still request proof of no claims bonus. I also keep the purchase or lease agreement.

#DECLUTTER PAPERWORK REGISTRATION#

This should be the registration certificate. Car Documentation – For the current car/s owned by the household.Bank / Credit Card Statements – Keep the original joining information and then the last 3 or 6 months depending on your preference.

Important paperwork to keep and not destroy: Much more household paperwork now available electronically, Section 7 of this blog post goes into more detail about electronic storage for this. How long paperwork is kept and stored for has reduced over time in some instances. The consequence of not doing this is you either end up back at square one will piles of papers dumped in a mess or you’re the one that always ends up doing the filing into the system! If it’s others in your household in addition to you, I highly recommend you discuss the different ways forward and agree on which system will work for everyone involved. The other factor which is important to consider is who else needs to access and maintain your household paperwork. Keep this in mind when reading and considering the rest of this content. What you need is a system in place that’s quick and easy to access it for YOU. You should never feel embarrassed if you have paperwork hidden away somewhere or shoved in a box! If you haven’t got a system that works for YOU it isn’t going to work and more importantly you won’t be able to maintain it over time.

Finding a system that will work for you and the people in you live with.

Please note: If you have less than a couple of years paperwork to sort, you may wish to skip section three.

Suggested ways forward for storing your household paperwork.

How and where to start if your paperwork piles go back years.Finding a system that will work for you and the people in you live with (Hd3).This blog post shares a quick, easy process and system to help you put an end to having papers you can’t find, lying around or getting lost amongst all those other papers shoved in a box or kitchen draw. The vast majority of people have something that they are always going to get around to or have something that gets transferred from one weeks ‘To do’ list to the next! Organising your home paperwork is a great example of this and yet it’s probably the most important set of papers you need to have at hand, safe and secure. Many of us have busy lives in one way or another, but perhaps sometimes we make ourselves busy as an excuse not to do those tasks we really don’t like or know where to start.

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