Your object passport

The object passport is a record of what was done in your property: which work, with which materials, with photographs.

It is the main thing you receive from your contractor besides the refurbishment itself.

How it appears

As stages are completed, the contractor publishes a stage passport covering that front of work. Published stage passports build up into the object passport.

So the document reaches you in parts as the work proceeds, rather than in one piece at the end.

What is in it

A description of the work done, photographs — including of things now hidden behind finishes — the materials used, dimensions and reference points.

The most valuable part is the material you could not obtain any other way: pipework before plastering, tanking before tiling, a partition frame with its dimensions.

Why it matters years later

When something breaks. A pipe bursts and you open the passport to see where it runs, instead of opening the wall to find out.

At the next refurbishment. A new contractor gets a ready picture of what is behind the walls. That saves both time and money.

When hanging something heavy. The passport shows where the ground inside the partition sits and at what height.

When selling. A document with photographs of hidden work answers most of a buyer's questions about the state of the property and supports your asking price.

In a dispute. If something was done wrong, you have a dated record with photographs rather than recollections.

What to do right now

Download the PDF. The Print button produces the file.

The web version depends on what happens to the project on the contractor's side. A file on your own drive does not. Download it as soon as the passport is published and keep it with your contract.

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