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Moving house? Take a photo of your papers before they go in a box.

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A half-packed room with moving boxes, and a folder of papers resting on top of an open box.

What should you do with your papers when you move house?

Take a photo of each paper before it is packed. Then a copy is safe and easy to find, whatever happens to the box.

Moving is when papers go missing. Folders get packed in a hurry, boxes sit unopened for years, and old bills get thrown out with the papers that mattered.

It is also a good time to see what is still current. The locker shows you what is due, has run out or is missing.

Before you pack, ask yourself

  • Could you put your hand on every paper today?
  • Is everything still current, or has something run out?
  • Could someone else find it all without you?
  • Could you give someone one list of everything you own?

What Legacy Locker does about it

  • You don't have to type anything.

    Take a photo of a paper with your phone. If a statement or bill comes by email, send it on to your locker's own email address.

  • It shows you what has run out or is missing.

    For example, a super nomination that has run out, or an insurance policy with nobody named on it.

  • It keeps an eye on your papers for you.

    It reminds you when something is due or has run out, and sends you a short email each month about what needs a look.

What it found for the Whitfields

  • It worked out shares nobody had a paper for.

    “Tasman Diversified Limited. Holding: 1,200 shares.”

    Read from: Share holding statement, March 2018

    Later in 2018, each Tasman Diversified share became one Larder Supermarkets share. The locker worked out that Margaret has 1,200 Larder Supermarkets shares, and shows how.

  • It answered from the policy booklet nobody reads.

    “Flood. We cover loss or damage to your contents caused by flood, up to the amount shown on your schedule. We do not cover loss or damage caused by the sea, high tide or a storm surge.”

    Read from: Brightwater Home Contents Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), page 34

    Question: “Does the contents policy cover flood?” The locker shows the exact words from the policy booklet, with the page number. It does not say yes or no.

  • It asked the question nobody else could.

    “We found AMP shares from 1998 but nothing since. Do you still have them?”

    Read from: A question from the locker

    Margaret's answer is kept in her own words, with the date: “Sold them when we bought the caravan. About 2004.” 14 August 2026.

The Whitfields are a made-up family. Every paper shown is a sample.

Start with one paper

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