A room-by-room home safety checklist
Most home hazards are small and fixable: a loose rug, a dark hallway, a cord across a walkway. The trouble is noticing them and remembering to fix them.
Common things to check
- Loose rugs and cords across walking paths.
- Rooms that are too dark, especially stairs and hallways.
- Things that are hard to reach.
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms: test them regularly.
Make it a routine
Walk one room at a time, note what you see, decide whether to fix it this week, this month or someday, and revisit after the fix to be sure it stayed fixed.
How RoomMend approaches it
RoomMend: Safer Home Plans is a free iPhone app from Honest Little Apps. Everything below comes from its App Store description.
- RoomMend is a room-by-room checklist and fix planner for your own home or a parent's, with big buttons and plain words.
- Pick Apartment, One-floor house or Two-floor house and your rooms are ready; no address, location or account is needed.
- A quick note takes three taps: choose the room, tap an issue such as Loose rug or Too dark, and get a suggested fix, with an optional photo.
- Ticking a fix done schedules a reminder to look again in 30 days.
See RoomMend on the App Store Read the full RoomMend page
Questions
What should be on a home safety checklist?
Loose rugs, cords across paths, poor lighting, hard-to-reach items and alarms to test are common starting points.
Does RoomMend need an account or my address?
No. The App Store description says no address, location or account is needed.
Is RoomMend free?
RoomMend: Safer Home Plans is listed free on the App Store. Check the listing for optional purchases.
