Chapter I of VIII · Home Overview
The essential facts about your home
The first page of the manual: address, size, year built, who presented it, and a line for each chapter showing what it holds.
What it shows
Home Overview is where a home manual opens. It answers the questions people ask first and points to the chapter that holds the detail. A fact nobody has entered yet is left off the page.
- Address, square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms and year built
- The “Presented by” line naming the agent or brokerage who arranged the manual
- A line for each chapter, such as the systems on record and the next maintenance item due
- The transfer rule: started only by the owner, never automatic at a sale or closing
When it helps
An insurance agent on the phone asks for the year built and the square footage. Both are on the first screen.
The next question is the roof. The overview leads to Home Systems, where a roof entry would give the material and the installation date, and the roof permit would be filed in Documents under the same category.
In the demonstration
Open the Home Overview of the Oakridge Residence, a fictional demonstration manual filled in end to end.