Readiness checklist builder

Get a Be Ready checklist sized for your home. Mark what you have, and see what is left to get and roughly what it costs.

DRAFT: The item list, amounts and prices in this tool is waiting for review. Figures and wording may change before launch.

About your home

7 quick questions. Most people finish in under 3 minutes. Your answers stay in your browser.

Show free and lowest-cost options only

Shows the free or cheapest way to cover each item, with its price. Hides dearer options and kit picks.

1. Who lives in your home?Count everyone who usually sleeps there.

AdultsInclude teenagers aged 13 and over.

Children under 5We add baby and toddler items, like nappies, if you have young children.

Children aged 5 to 12

2. Do you have any pets?We add food and water for each pet.

Yes

3. Does anyone use powered medical equipment, or medicine that must be kept in a fridge?For example, a home oxygen machine, a stairlift, a hoist, or insulin. We add free help like the Priority Services Register.

Yes

4. Do you live in a house or a flat?In a flat, lifts and door entry systems can stop in a power cut.

House or bungalow

Flat or maisonette

5. How is your home heated?Most heating needs electricity, even gas boilers. If you burn fuel we add a carbon monoxide alarm.

Gas boiler

Electric heaters or storage heaters

Heat pump

Oil or LPG (bottled gas) boiler

Wood burner, coal or other solid fuel

Something else, or not sure

6. Where do you live?Power cuts can take longer to fix in rural areas.

In a town or city

In the countryside or a small village

7. Does your household have a car?A car can charge phones and needs its own small winter kit.

Yes