Marriage 

You’re getting married and joining 2 households.

 

Divorce

Thinking of divorce? You should make sure that you have a record of everything so that you can split the contents of your home equally.

 

Guardianship

You have a parent who is ill and you’re considering putting them in a facility where they will get the care they need. Now you have to go thru everything in their home to consider what to keep; sell or donate to family members or charity. Or, your parents live in another part of the country. Do you know what they have? 

 

There are also Guardianships for children, too. If you are given the responsibility of raising a child, you are responsible for documenting everything that child will inherit when she/he becomes of age.

 

Moving

You’re moving across the country or the city and you’re using a moving company. Make sure that what you put on the truck comes out in the same condition or, that it comes out at all.

 

Second Home Rental Property

You have a furnished rental property and you want to make sure that the state of any furnishings in the house, are in the same condition when your tenants moved in as when they move out. And, you want to make sure that nothing is missing.

 

Pre-Nuptials

You’re considering marriage and you want to create a Pre-Nuptial Agreement. A full record of what you brought into the marriage would be an excellent way to CYA.

 

Collections

You have a collection that is either valuable monetarily or personally. Have a record of those valuables in case you ever lose them, they get broken, stolen or destroyed.

 

Storage Units

Do you know what you placed in storage? Most people don’t have a clue and you could have valuable items just waiting to be stolen or ruined!

 

Interior Decorating

You are having your house redone by decorators and contractors. Shouldn’t you have a record of all of your valuables and their condition?  It never hurts to be sure that your valuables remain in your home and that you have proof of any possible damage.    

 

Mediation

A form of “alternative dispute resolution“, is a way of resolving disputes between two parties. A third-party inventory can help the parties come to a final decision based on the facts given.

 

Disaster

A disaster strikes. Fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, theft, earthquake, sink hole. Do you have a record of all that you lost for your insurance claim?  Don’t wait until you’re in the middle of chaos and beyond distressed to try to remember what you own.

 

Tenants

Tenants need to have an inventory because they are responsible for the personal property in the house they are renting.