The Life Admin Handbook

Free one page checklist

Eight things you are probably paying for that you do not have to.

Each one is free to check, and each takes about ten minutes. One page, for the UK.

Most of what quietly costs you is not a decision anyone made. It is a default that nobody ever went back to look at.

Your council tax band was probably set from the street in 1991. Your broadband contract ended and nothing happened. The discount you qualify for is not applied automatically, because nobody applied for it.

This is eight of them on one page, with the free way to check each. No adviser, no app, and no company that takes a cut of what you get back.

AJ Brown, trading as The Life Admin Handbook, is the data controller for your email address. It is used for nothing except sending you these emails, and it is never sold and never passed on.

What is on the page

  1. 01Your council tax bandEngland and Scotland still run on what your home was worth in 1991.
  2. 02A council tax discount you never claimedLiving alone is 25% off, and it is not applied for you.
  3. 03Whether your energy fix quietly endedIncluding the thing the price cap does not actually do.
  4. 04Whether you are out of contract on broadband or mobileThey have to tell you every year. Most people cannot remember ever being told.
  5. 05Whether a water meter suits your homeAnd the one part of England where you cannot change your mind afterwards.
  6. 06Whether your tenancy deposit was actually protectedFour nations, four different deadlines, and no single place that checks them.
  7. 07Whether you are paying for prescriptions you do not have toPlus the form you can only ask for at the counter, never afterwards.
  8. 08A parking charge that might not be what you thinkA council penalty and a private company's invoice are not the same thing.

Why is this free?

Because I want you on my email list. That is the honest trade, and I would rather say it than pretend otherwise.

You get the checklist whether you ever open another email from me or not. If it turns out not to be for you, one click and you are gone, no hard feelings.