A New Year!

12/29/2021 (Permalink)

It's a new year and many of us make resolutions for the new year.  How many of us will complete them?

Forbes magazine published some staggering statistics. Forbes found that less than 25% of people who made resolutions were still committed to them one month later. At the end of the year, only 8% completed them. Ugh...what does that say? Forbes writers suggested that people make goals rather than resolutions. 

This year, SERVPRO of Rochester is encouraging you to make a goal to record, itemize, and document the belongings in your home, garage, business, apartment, etc. If you would find yourself with a water or fire damage, there's not usually time to properly document accurately all your items. This documentation should be done when you have enough time to not be in a rush.

Itemizing and documenting your belongings is beneficial to the homeowner to make sure you get the value of your items and to the insurance company. Documenting helps the insurance company by speeding up the process.

Here are some helpful hints from insurance companies. To see if your insurance company has specifics go to their site.

1. Written Inventory: Write down the items, serial numbers, brand, purchase price and date. Receipts are helpful.

2. Digital Inventory: Some phones have apps that you can use. We recommend recording yourself going through your residence, business, apartment showing the items slowly, any tags, brands, etc. and orally telling what room you are recording in. 

If you have a safe, make a copy of these documents and keep in there. If not, consider storing digitally.

Fires are particularly devastating to homeowners because fires spread so quickly and usually no-one is prepared for all them items that are damaged.

SERVPRO of Rochester is able to help you through this process and determine if your items are restorable to the condition it was before. Call us. We have experience, care for you and are with you each step of the way.