Spring is here –  time for Spring cleaning, the best time of year for cleaning the house from top to bottom.  Now would be a great time to start sorting through the attic, garage, closets and maybe that storage unit you keep paying for each month, to weed out the unwanted items you’ve been meaning to unload.  This is a great time to organize a yard or garage sale or bag up all those items you don’t use to drop off at your favorite charity.

We at Fairfield Home Inventory can help you organize and simplify this task by offering our Inventory Express Package.  Let us catalog your Garage or Tag Sale with our express package – quick and easy, we’ll come in and take high quality photos and download them to our software for a wonderful catalog display that you can download to your computer or tablet. Our catalog software includes tabs for you to organize your sale items by original purchase price, warranty info, appraisal info, estate planning and more.

Let us help you get organized and set up your inventory. For more information about our Express Package, or for a complete list of services, call or email Fairfield Home Inventory today.
phone: 203-914-5391
email:  info@fairfieldhomeinventory.com

Happy Spring!

P.S. We also offer a High Definition Video Express Package for recording the outside of your house.

1. Marriage: You’re getting married and joining 2 households.
2. 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.
3. 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?
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Storage Unit: 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!
9. 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.
10. Mediation: a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or “appropriate 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.
11. 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.
12. Renters: Need to have an inventory because they are responsible for the items in the house they are renting.

Spring time buds coming to Cove Island, Stamford, CT

Spring time color in Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT

Buds popping out in the Cove

Preferred mode of transportation and recreation for the summer in Southern New England

Fairfield Home Inventory still alive and well but I’m very much interested in Photography, it’s a big part of taking pictures for Home Inventories. I figured I would post some pictures to my website. I hope everyone is having a great summer.

Cove Island, Stamford, CT view across inlet looking towards Darien

Frank

Vacation time is here!

If you’re going on vacation with your camera equipment make sure you “Document” everything you’re taking to record your holiday memories. In case of loss, theft or damage you want to know that your camera’s, lenses or video equipment is inventoried and a copy of that documentation is stored someplace safe and readily available in case of loss. Happy Summer!

We’re in the first week of March and spring is right around the corner (even though it certainly doesn’t feel like it this weekend). Now would be a great time to start sorting through your closets, the garage, maybe that storage unit you keep paying for each month, to weed out the unwanted items you’ve been meaning to unload.

While you sit inside trying to figure out what Mother Nature is going to throw at us next, it might be a wise use of time to get organized for a spring garage sale or start bagging up unwanted items to drop off at your favorite charity.
At the same time you’re organizing and discarding old unwanted belongings, it’s the perfect time to take stock of ALL your personal possessions. It’s always a good time to inventory your home or business to create a comprehensive catalog of all your belongings.

Would you be able to remember all the items in your home or business if a natural disaster, accidental disaster or loss due to theft or home invasion occurred? That’s what your Insurance Company will tell you to do AFTER a loss – TRY TO REMEMBER each and every item in your home. Go through each room and write down what you remember in that room. Isn’t that ridiculous – try to remember? You should already have a record of all your belongings stashed away in a safety deposit box, in a relative’s house or with your insurance company.

These are just a few of the most common reasons to have an asset catalog of all your possessions, there are many more reasons and benefits to know what you own and how much each item is worth. Check out our website at www.fairfieldhomeinventory.com for more useful information and more reasons why it’s so important to have a detailed home/business inventory.

Call us at 203-914-5391 or email us at www.info@fairfieldhomeinventory.com to set up your FREE, NO OBLIGATION quote. Get ready for a great SPRING!

12 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GET A HOME/ASSEST INVENTORY AND CATALOG ALL YOUR POSSESSIONS!   

1. 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.
2. Probate/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?
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Storage Unit: 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!
8. Interior Decorating/Remodeling: 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.
9. Mediation: a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or “appropriate 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.
10. Marriage: You’re getting married and joining two households.
11. 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.
12. Renters: Need to have an inventory because they are responsible for the items in the house they are renting.

Happy Veterans Day to all our Veterans – Thank You For Your Service.

Happy Fall!

Summer is over, the days are getting shorter and pretty soon the leaves will be changing from green to all those spectacular colors here in southern Connecticut. Mother Nature’s color display will not last long before those beautiful leaves will be hitting the ground and home owners will be raking like crazy to clean up and prepare their lawns for winter.

The key word for Fall season is PREPARE – time to not only enjoy the change of  season but also time to get your home and property ready for Winter. Here are some helpful tips to button up your home and property to prepare for Winter:

1) Lawn & Yard Maintenance – Those beautiful leaves need to be cleaned out of your gutters before they rot and cause water damage to gutters and water spill over onto the walkways and yard. Left over leaves in gutters can also dam up and cause damage to the interior walls of your attic area.

2) Flower Beds – clean, trim, fertilize plants and lawns (once all the leaves are gone).

3) Roof Inspection – while you’re up there cleaning out gutters, check your roof for any damaged shingles or tiles to prevent leaks when snow piles up on the roof.

4) Driveway & Decks – repair cracks and reseal driveways. Check out decks, porches for damaged supports, stairs & railings. Apply a new coat of deck sealer or stain to decks.

5) Chimney, Fireplace & Flu’s – check the outside of your chimney for cracks and damaged joints & patch where necessary. Clean out the flu to your fireplace or wood stove to remove creosote build-up, creosote can ignite, causing chimney fires. If unable to perform flu inspection/clean out yourself, hire a professional Chimney Sweep to be on the safe side.

6) Heating System – Hire a professional HVAC technician or have your oil or gas company perform a yearly tune-up. Remove or cover window air conditioners, cover central ac outdoor units.

7) Windows & Doors – Caulk windows and weather strip doors to prevent drafts (doing this will cut down on heat loss & reduce heating costs). Remove & store screens on windows & doors and install storm windows & doors.

8) Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors – change batteries and test all smoke/fire/carbon monoxide detectors and replace if defective.

9) Supplies – check your snow shovels, ice scrapers, ready your snow blower and stock up on salt or calcium chloride and fire wood before the winter rush begins. it’s always better to prepare early to avoid the hardware store or Home Depot rush just before the first blast of Winter is predicted.

These are just some of the common preparedness tips – you might also want to start a home inventory of all your possessions, inside and outside. This is a great time to include a walk through of your home to start, continue or update your existing home inventory –

I do hope you have one.

If you haven’t had the time to perform a home inventory, please make this a part of your Fall preparedness. Even if you go through your home and make a list of your possessions, make a video or take pictures, it’s one of the most important things you need to do. Anything is better than nothing to prepare for any natural disaster, home disaster or home invasion. Know what you own and record the value, create an inventory catalog. If this task is to daunting for you or you just don’t have the time, call us at Fairfield Home Inventory for help.

It’s also a good idea to pull out your Home Insurance Policy to see if your up to date on your home repair and theft coverage.

Have a safe and healthy fall!