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Families and documents

Testimonials

Families who found their documents — and what came next

Accounts from households in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur who used Cairnpost's coordination services at different points in their family's affairs.

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340+

Location sheets produced

4.8

Average satisfaction score

6

Districts served

94%

Families who reached their solicitor within 30 days of handover

What Families Say

In their own words

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Zahra Aziz

Petaling Jaya, Selangor

After my father passed, my siblings and I spent three weeks trying to figure out where everything was. We found Cairnpost and booked the location session. In one afternoon we had a printed sheet telling us exactly what we had and where each document sat. It sounds simple but it changed everything — our solicitor was able to start work the same week.

Where Things Live Session  ·  June 2025

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Rajan Chelvarajah

Shah Alam, Selangor

The archive sorting took my mother's filing system — which was really no system at all — and turned it into something a professional could actually use. What I appreciated was that the coordinator never overstepped. She sorted, she labelled, she noted what was missing. No opinions on what anything meant. That was exactly what we needed at that point.

Archive Sorting Appointments  ·  May 2025

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Nurul Liana Hashim

Klang, Selangor

We used the Chronology and Handover Programme when managing my late husband's estate. Three months of steady, calm work. The bound pack they produced was the first thing our faraid specialist asked to see, and she commented that it was the most organised handover she had received in years. Cairnpost was professional and very clear about what they would and would not do.

Chronology and Handover Programme  ·  April–June 2025

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Thomas Krishnan

Subang Jaya, Selangor

I booked the location session before anything happened — just to be ready. My parents are in their seventies and I wanted to know where the important documents were while we could still walk through it together. The coordinator was matter-of-fact and thorough. The sheet is now in a folder everyone in the family knows about.

Where Things Live Session  ·  July 2025

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Amirah Halim

Kuala Lumpur

The archive sorting was done at my parents' home in two half-days, which suited us well since the papers had never been in one place. The gap list identified two missing documents that we later found in a bank safe deposit box. The printed index has been updated twice since and it still follows the naming system Cairnpost set up.

Archive Sorting Appointments  ·  June 2025

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Selene Wong

Rawang, Selangor

What I noticed most was how clearly Cairnpost communicated the boundary of their work. They never nudged us towards any particular professional or suggested what we should do with a document. They organised, they recorded, they handed over. That straightforwardness made a complicated family situation somewhat easier to navigate.

Chronology and Handover Programme  ·  May–July 2025

Case Studies

Three engagements in more detail

Case Study 01

A retired couple, one property, scattered documents

Situation

An adult daughter in KL was helping her parents in Shah Alam understand where their property, savings and insurance documents were held. Papers were spread across three locations with no index. The family wanted a single written record before beginning any planning conversations.

What Cairnpost Did

A Where Things Live Session was held at the parents' home. The coordinator walked through each document category, recorded the physical location of each group, and confirmed the sheet with all three family members present. A glossary was left with the family along with a practitioner directory.

Outcome

The family now holds a written location sheet updated by the daughter twice since the session. The parents have added two notes of their own. When the family engaged a solicitor six months later, the first consultation took forty minutes rather than the usual two-hour document hunt.

Case Study 02

A bereavement, a box of unsorted papers, three adult children

Situation

Three siblings in Petaling Jaya, Klang and Kuala Lumpur inherited a house full of unsorted papers following their mother's passing. Disagreements about who should take responsibility for sorting had stalled progress for two months.

What Cairnpost Did

Archive Sorting Appointments were conducted at the family home. The coordinator sorted all papers by type and date across two half-days, produced a printed index with labelled dividers, and created a scanned digital mirror on a shared drive the siblings controlled. The gap list noted four items that appeared to be missing.

Outcome

Two of the four missing items were subsequently located in a bank deposit box identified by the gap list. The siblings used the printed index at their solicitor meeting two weeks after the second appointment. All three reported that having a neutral third party sort the papers reduced the friction between them at a difficult time.

Case Study 03

A complex estate, multiple document types, one coordinated handover

Situation

A widow in Shah Alam knew her late husband's affairs were extensive — property, business interests, accounts — but had no clear picture of what existed or in whose name. Her solicitor had asked her to produce an organised summary before the estate process could begin properly.

What Cairnpost Did

The Chronology and Handover Programme was engaged. Over three months, the coordinator assembled a dated chronology from the documents the widow could provide, built a register of holdings, and produced a neutral summary sheet in the format requested by the solicitor. Monthly review meetings allowed the widow to surface additional papers as she found them.

Outcome

The solicitor received the bound pack and digital mirror at the end of month three and was able to begin the formal estate process without requesting any further document collection from the widow. The solicitor noted that the chronology format was particularly useful for the court filing stage.

Credentials

Professional background and standing

Registered in Malaysia

Cairnpost operates as a registered business entity in Selangor, Malaysia, in full compliance with applicable local business regulations.

Records management background

Coordinator team backgrounds span municipal records administration, private sector document management and library science.

PDPA-aware handling

Personal data gathered during engagements is handled in accordance with Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act 2010.

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