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🛡 Home Safety Guide

The 10-Minute Home-Inventory Video for Insurance

Published October 2026 · Last verified October 2026

What to Capture, Room by RoomA slow, narrated sweep of the whole houseDo thisSo thatEvery roomPan left torightNothingforgottenOpen it upClosets, drawersHidden itemscountedClose-upsSerial numbersProof of what itwasNarrateSay names, datesYour voice = therecordGarage, basement, attic and shed count too -- that's where value hides.
What to capture in each room — and why it matters at claim time.
Where Should the Video Live?At least one copy must leave your homeWhere is your inventory saved?Only on thephone?Not safe --lost with thephoneIn your cloudaccount?Good -- survivesfire andfloodSecond copyoff-site?Best -- emailit or give arelativeTwo copies, two places, one of them off-site. That is the whole rule.Illustration - a schematic, not to scale. Your setup may differ.
Where the video must live: at least one copy off-site.

If a fire, flood, or theft ever empties a room, your insurer asks what was in it. A short phone video — filmed today, saved off-site — answers for you. Here's exactly how. Want help? (330) 200-8042.

Bill Davis
Bill's Home Tech · Atwater, Ohio
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Time
About 10 minutes
Cost
Free — just your phone
The Key Step
Save a copy off-site
Re-film
Once a year

If a fire, flood, or theft ever empties a room, your insurer asks what was in it. A short phone video — filmed today, saved off-site — answers for you. Here's exactly how. Want help? (330) 200-8042.

What's inside this guide

The printable PDF walks through 22 short chapters, in plain language. It also includes at-a-glance pictures.

  1. ! Read this first — ten minutes now can save you thousands later
  2. The ten-minute version
  3. Why a video, and why now
  4. What you need (almost nothing)
  5. How to film it, room by room
  6. Get close on the things that matter
  7. Where to keep the video (the step people skip)
  8. If you'd rather use an inventory app
  9. Keeping it up to date
  10. Two ways people come to this — and both are fine
  11. What an insurer actually wants to see
  12. Items that need extra attention
  13. Keeping the record itself safe
  14. Common mistakes to avoid
  15. How to use it if the worst happens
  16. Renters need this just as much
  17. Helping a parent document a lifetime
  18. How to make sure you actually do it
  19. Your home-inventory checklist
  20. Common Questions
  21. The quick recap
  22. You don't have to do this alone

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Everything above is a quick summary. The full, printable guide — the same words, laid out to read and keep by the computer — is a free PDF.

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Last verified October 2026. Information accurate as of October 18, 2026.

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