![]() Make three copies of your home inventory checklist, and store each one in a different location. Print Home Inventory List Where to Keep Your Home Inventory Checklist This will protect you, should you ever suffer a loss due to a power outage. And don’t forget to document the contents of your freezer(s) and pantry, if you’re a stockpiler. If you have a garage, shed or other outbuildings, be sure to document the contents of those, too. There’s a column on my home inventory list for this purpose. If your home is ever burglarized, this will help police to identify your stolen property. Take the time to write down the serial number on your electronics. Should you ever have to file a claim, you’ll need clear proof of what you lost. So, if you have built in shelving, high-end finishes or other custom details, be sure to capture those. It’s important to capture the contents of each room, but it’s just as important to highlight each room’s unique features. Locate the receipts for big-ticket items, and take photos or videos to back up your inventory list. Go through your home room by room, and document everything you own. It’s pre-filled with common belongings, and has plenty of space for you to add more. The result is this 17-page home inventory checklist. None of them seem to give you enough space to list your belongings, or to include all the areas in your home that you need to itemize. I created this checklist after a neighbor’s tree fell on our house because I found the free versions that insurance companies provide to be lacking. Sound like a big task? It is, but my free, printable home inventory checklist will help you get through it. This is a must for everyone, whether you rent or own your home. Protect yourself, and all the things you’ve worked so hard for, by creating a detailed inventory of everything in your house. And that means all those insurance premiums you’ve been paying will have been for naught. Should be a fairly easy one to construct.įurtherr questions welcome if more information is needed.If something were to happen to your house, would you be able to provide your insurance company with a detailed list of everything you’d lost, along with the receipts, model numbers, serial numbers and photos to back it up? Because if not, your insurance company isn’t likely to pay your claim. ![]() K: Description of the item (and additional information, such as serial number, where needed. J: Formula calculating the replacement value of the quantity of this item in the inventory. G: Merchant from whom the item was purchased These names are used as the Categories for the tableĭ: A count of the number of 'this item' in the inventory.Į: The name of the insurer (or of the policy) covering this item. pasted into the cell in this column, where it becomes "Image Fill" for the cell.Ĭ: (hidden) The name of the room in which the item may be found. The function also ignores the sub totals in the Category rows, and sums only the individual item values in the body rows of column J.ī: A photo of the item. Placed in a Footer row, the SUM function is permitted to reference the 'whole column' without triggering a self reference error. The second formula is in the 'Grand Total' cell in the Footer row of Column J. The second 'Category calculation' is a categories feature that sums the total cost for all items in 'this category.' It's missing from this image, but in the more current versions of numbers, the formula/function is a menu choice in a Category row. This multiplies the number (Quantity) in column D by the replacement cost (of each) in column I and returns the Total Replacement cost to replace all of the named item. There are two formulas on this table plus a Category calculation. The category names, matching the name in the leftmost cell of each category row, are entered in the hidden Column C, mentioned in the yellow sticky note. The larger table at the bottom contains information regarding the individual items. All entries are text, and there are no formulas on this table ![]() The three row table at the top is simply a storage place for the information regarding insurance policies and their agents. Sheet 2 contains the two tables shown below. Sheet 1 of the document contains photos of the individual rooms of the house, and their larger contents. the "Category" bars were retained, but the Category features, not then supported in the post '09 version of Numbers did not survive the transition. Here's an image of the two tables in a Home Inventory document, created from a template that was supplied with Numbers '09. ![]()
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