Thoughts on home maintenance, app updates, and keeping your home in order.
The UK home maintenance jobs that pay off most if you do them in May, from 5-minute wins to the hour-long annual rituals. A working list, and a free way to stop losing track of the ones that only come up once a year.
Read more → 17 April 2026Late April is peak sowing season. What to direct-sow this week, what to start under cover for May transplanting, what to hold back, and how local frost dates change the picture by postcode.
Read more → 11 April 2026England's Simpler Recycling rules have changed bin collections for millions of households. A quarter of councils missed the deadline. Here's what's happening and how to never miss a collection day.
Read more → 5 April 2026Kepthouse now reminds you which bins to put out the night before collection. Attached to your properties, shown on your dashboard, and completely free.
Read more → 4 April 2026How I overhauled the database migration system to eliminate crashes, show progress, back up your data automatically, and let you email support if anything goes wrong.
Read more → 3 April 2026See your properties and contacts on an interactive map, scan number plates with your camera, and customise your dashboard layout. Everything new in v1.3.11.
Read more → 2 April 2026Kepthouse now auto-fills your vehicle details from the DVLA and shows upcoming MOT, tax, vaccination, and property dates on your dashboard. Unlimited lookups with automatic daily checks, free for all users.
Read more → 31 March 2026After three weeks of beta testing and 15 updates, Kepthouse is now available for anyone to download. Track tasks, warranties, subscriptions, vehicles, pets, properties, projects and contacts in one free app. Plus a free Premium trial code.
Read more → 28 March 2026Quotes in WhatsApp, receipts in the camera roll, the plumber's number saved under 'Dave 2'. Home projects fall apart because the information is everywhere except one place.
Read more → 27 March 2026The beta is coming to an end. Before I go live on Google Play, I've packed in three major features that round out what Kepthouse can do for your home.
Read more → 25 March 2026Two weeks of beta testing, six releases, and a lot of features. Calendar views, import wizards, tradesperson tracking, smart ratings, vehicle management, and more.
Read more → 22 March 2026Saving a number is easy. Remembering whether they were actually any good? That's the hard part. Here's how to track who you've used, when, and whether you'd use them again.
Read more → 15 March 2026A practical, season-by-season checklist for UK homeowners. Stop guessing and start staying ahead of problems before they get expensive.
Read more → 14 March 2026The closed beta is live on Google Play. Here's how to join the test group, install the app, and start testing.
Read more → 9 March 2026Why spreading your home admin across notes, calendars, spreadsheets, and camera rolls is a recipe for missed warranties and forgotten maintenance — and how Kepthouse brings it all together.
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