In this paper we present a preliminary study of how 10 families in the Depok, Indonesia earn, save, spend and understand money and family finances. The lack of awareness on the importance keeping record of income and expenses and the need to create a spending plan is a problem faced by every family, it is necessary to identify unstructured problems in family financial management in a holistic perspective. This study aimed to propose a conceptual model of family financial management Home Budget system with Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) approach and Model-View-Controller (MVC) software design pattern to complete the lack of techniques in SSM.