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The other day marketwatch.com had an article titled Do a home inventory.

Here is an excerpt from that article

To keep a fire, burglary or other disaster from devastating your assets, make a thorough inventory of everything you have in your home this week, so that you can document the value of any possession you lose. There are a number of home inventory forms available for free on the Internet or you can request one from your insurance company.

• Start your home inventory by going through every room, drawer and cupboard and carefully list everything of value.
• Describe every item in detail.
• Record any identifying information, such as appliance serial numbers. If you ever make an insurance claim, it helps to include the age, brand name, size, model number and other relevant details of just about any valuable object.
• Keep all sales receipts.
• You might also photograph the contents of your home, preferably with a digital camera so that no stranger will see it at the processing lab.

I remember doing my home inventory almost 3 years ago when we had moved into our new home and my insurance agent suggested me doing this.

Back then I had used MS Money to do my home inventory. On one of my earlier post, I had mentioned about Money Plus on the article titled Take Control of your Money – You could definitely use Money Plus to keep track of your inventory.

Here is a screen shot of Money Plus Home Inventory Detail window.

With Money Plus you can link inventory image to an inventory – I wish there was an option to link receipt to inventory detail as well.

Or if you are familiar with MS Access you could download Home Content Inventory Database template using this link.