What we publish
Practical guides about everyday living: money, routines, home organisation, cooking and lower-waste habits. We do not publish extreme routines, unsafe shortcuts, get-rich-quick schemes or advice that only works if you own a house and have unlimited time.
Nothing on this site is financial, medical or legal advice. Where a topic touches health or money, the guide says so and points readers to a qualified professional or a public service instead of a self-diagnosis.
How we research
Each guide starts with a question a reader would actually type into a search engine, then answers it in order: what the evidence says, how to apply it, what it costs, and where it stops working. Recommendations are written for a normal income, a normal schedule and a normal amount of storage.
Factual claims are checked against primary sources — government departments and regulators, universities, peer-reviewed reviews and established nonprofits. Those sources are linked inside the guide, not just listed at the end, so a reader can verify the specific number or claim being made.
We separate evidence from editorial judgment. When a recommendation is our own view rather than a finding, the guide says so in plain words.
Review dates
Every guide carries a publication date and, where it has been revisited, a review date. A review means an editor re-read the guide, checked that the links still resolve, and confirmed the figures, prices or guidance still hold. Money and health-adjacent guides are reviewed on a roughly quarterly cycle; other guides are reviewed when a source changes or a reader flags a problem.
Corrections
When we find a meaningful error, we correct the guide and update its review date rather than quietly deleting the old text. If a correction changes the substance of a recommendation, the guide notes what changed. Smaller fixes — a broken link, a typo, a clearer sentence — are made without a note.
To report a problem, email the editorial desk through the contact page with the guide title and the passage you are questioning. Corrections are handled by the same editor who owns the topic.
Tools and responsibility
We use software for spell-checking, link checking, readability and formatting, and increasingly for research assistance. Whatever tools are involved, a human editor is accountable for what is published: the sources cited, the claims made and the recommendations given. Guides are not published automatically from a feed.
Advertising and independence
Reserved advertising space is labelled, and it never buys a positive review, a place in a guide or a change to a recommendation. Editorial decisions are made separately from commercial ones. If a guide ever contains an affiliate link or sponsored content, that disclosure appears at the top of the guide, before the content it relates to.
Authorship
Guides are published under the Better Living Guide editorial team, and the byline names the editor responsible for the guide. We do not invent author personas, credentials or review badges. Where a named contributor writes a guide, their name appears on it.
Contact
Questions about this policy, a correction, or a source you think we should be citing? Contact the editorial desk. We read every message.