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Free printables for running a household

Three things worth printing, all free, none of them behind an email form. Built for two adults splitting a home between them rather than for a kids reward chart.

Written by the team at Lyven · page last updated 18 September 2026.

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Chore chart template for couples

A one page grid with four columns: the job, who owns it, how often it comes round, and a weight in minutes. Totals at the bottom of each column, which is the part that does the work. Blank rows, so you fill in your own household.

Best for: writing the split down once you have agreed it.

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Household chores list, all 68 jobs

Every job it takes to run a home, grouped into five areas, with frequency and effort weight against each. Two pages. Print two copies, fill them in separately, then compare, which is where the useful conversation starts.

Best for: finding out what you are actually running between you.

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The mental load one pager

A single sheet explaining what the mental load is, what it costs, and the difference between helping and owning. Written to hand to someone rather than to argue with them.

Best for: the conversation itself.

Why these are free, and why there is no email form

Because a printable behind a sign-up is not really free, and because the problem these address does not need an app to be worth solving. Print them, use them with a pen, and if you never touch Lyven that is a perfectly good outcome.

If you do want the version that maintains itself, that is what we build. The free Split Check does the weighting and the totals in about two minutes, and the free tools page lists everything else on the site that costs nothing.

See where your split sits now

Two minutes, no account, and it weights the jobs rather than counting them.

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Questions people actually ask

Are these printables really free?
Yes. No email form, no account, no watermark. They are PDFs you can print as often as you like, including for a share house or for family.
Can I use them at work or share them?
Personal and household use is fine, including printing copies for friends or family. Please do not resell them or republish the files on another site.
Do the PDFs print on A4 and US Letter?
Yes. The layouts leave enough margin that the same file prints cleanly on either without scaling or cutting anything off.
Which one should we start with?
The household chores list if you are not sure what you are actually running between you, because most couples can only name about twenty of the 68 from memory. The chore chart template if you already know the jobs and need to write down who owns what.