Our Insurance Video

Sep 1, 2009 by Alyssa

The fires in Southern California continue to burn around us.  The hot weather and wind just won’t let up to give our firefighters a break.  I have the TV on constantly to hear the updates and watch for any new flare-ups.  It seems like every year at this time I update what I call our insurance video, a good idea for anyone living in a potential disaster area, or heck anyone really.  No need to wait for a fire, hurricane, tornado or flood for this one.

Our insurance video consists of me video taping everything in and around our house.  The first thing I do on the video is recite the date and the address of the house.  I then take footage of the outside of the house and the property itself.  I also take a few shots of our vehicles and say their make and model.  Once I move onto the inside of the house, I video each and every room and absolutely everything in it.  Furniture, electronics, appliances, I even go into the closets.  You name, anything of value, it’s on the video.  Don’t forget the basement and garage.

Once I have all the footage, I  make two copies of it.  One copy goes into our lock box and the other copy I send to a family member.  In the event that you ever lose your home, for whatever the reason, a video like this can come in quite handy when dealing with your insurance company.  It’s a quick and easy and can help out when it comes to putting a value on your home and it’s contents.