How it works
Four steps, and only the first one needs you to do anything.
Put something in
Upload a policy, a receipt or a bill — PDF or a photo taken on your phone. Or type a name and a date in about fifteen seconds. Both work; most people do a bit of each.
We read it
The provider, the reference number, the amount and the dates are pulled out and shown to you. Nothing is saved to your records until you press the button — and if we can’t read it, you fill it in yourself and keep the file anyway.
It gets filed
The document lands in private storage, the details become a record, and both are searchable. The date joins your calendar alongside everything else with a deadline.
You get told in time
An email 30 days, 7 days and 1 day before — timing you can change or switch off. Far enough ahead to actually do something about it, which is the whole point.
What you end up with
A single page that answers the only question that matters on a Tuesday morning: is there anything I'm about to be caught out by? Everything else — the documents, the policy numbers, the service history — is there when you need it and out of the way when you don't.
What if I don't want to upload anything?
That's fine — plenty of people never upload a single file. A name and a date is enough for MyHouseDesk to do its main job. The document side is there for when you want the receipt to hand, not because the product needs it.
For the genuinely sensitive things — passports, PPS numbers, bank details, medical letters — that is what we'd suggest. Key in the policy number and the renewal date, which is all a reminder needs, and leave the document itself out of it. When you do upload something, you can tick “don't read this one” to store it without it being sent anywhere, or switch reading off for good in settings.