A renter's vault for timestamped move-in and move-out evidence
Asked for by a renter on r/SomebodyMakeThis · original source · more from r/SomebodyMakeThis
Deposit disputes turn on proof of what the place looked like. A guided room-by-room checklist captures dated photos and notes at move-in, repair requests, and move-out, then exports one tidy report for a dispute. It documents evidence only and gives no legal advice.
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- Done for one weekend
- A renter walks room by room at move-in taking dated photos and notes, does the same at move-out, and exports one tidy report.
- Suggested shape
- Phone-first web app that keeps photos on the device
- In scope
- A room-by-room checklist (kitchen, bathroom, each bedroom…) that the renter can add to or rename.
- For each room: photos from the phone camera and a short note, each saved with the date and time the app took it.
- Three stages for the same home: move-in, repair requests during the tenancy, and move-out, so each room can be compared over time.
- Export one report (a PDF or a printable page) with every room, photo, note and date, in order.
- Say plainly in the app that it keeps a record and gives no legal advice. The dates come from the phone's clock, so they show when the app took each photo; they aren't a certified proof.
- Optional, if there's time
- Move-in and move-out photos side by side for each room in the report.
- A backup export of everything, so the record survives a lost or broken phone.
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