Home Inventory Checklist

Home Inventory

Review your policy's personal property coverage limit annually.

Create a list or spreadsheet for all of your personal property.

Make your inventory as complete and detailed as possible.

Go room by room and write down all furniture, appliances, electronics, computers, clothing, artwork, equipment etc

Keep a detailed inventory of your clothing and accessories, including shoes and jewelry.

Check the value of items such as jewelry, artwork and other collections.

Remember to include items you don't use regularly, such as sports equipment.

Group together smaller-priced items.

List purchase dates, values, serial numbers, and brand names for items when possible.

List items that you frequently take with you.

Include receipts and/or cancelled checks to prove what you paid for items.

Photograph or videotape each room in your home.

Include photographes of inside closets, storage buildings, the attic, and the garage.

Label the photographs or videotape with the date they were taken.

Keep your inventory, photographs and videotapes, a copy of your insurance policy, and any appraisal reports in a secure spot.

Consider keeping a copy in a secure place away from your home (safe deposit box).

Save your photographs, videotapes, and any documents on a computer.

Consider keeping the items in your e-mail archives so you can access them wherever you can log onto a computer.

Update your inventory every year and when you make large purchases.