Free private inventory tool

Updated September 8, 2026

A contents claim is settled on what you can show you owned.

Contents coverage is claimed separately from the building and capped separately — $100,000 on a federal flood policy — and it is the coverage households think about last. After a loss the belongings are gone and you are reconstructing a decade of purchases from memory. This builds the list beforehand. Everything stays in your browser: nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and no one but you ever sees it.

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Where this is stored

In this browser, on this device, and nowhere else. The list is saved locally so it survives closing the tab, but it is never transmitted to this site or to anyone else — which is deliberate, because a household inventory is exactly the kind of personal information an insurance agency should not be collecting. Clearing your browser data will erase it, so export a copy and keep that somewhere separate. If you use a shared or public computer, clear it when you are done.

The inventory

Add what you own, room by room.

Work one room at a time and do not try to be exhaustive on the first pass. The high-value items matter most: electronics, appliances, tools, jewellery, instruments, anything you would struggle to replace from memory. A photograph of each room, kept with the exported list, is worth as much as the list itself.

Your inventory

Nothing added yet. Start with the room you are sitting in.

Backup

Keep a copy

Export the list as a plain text file and store it somewhere that will survive the house: cloud storage, email to yourself, a drive kept elsewhere. A list saved only on the device sitting in the flooded room is not a backup.

Tips

What makes an inventory hold up

Photograph the rooms, not just the items

Open the closets and cupboards and photograph those too. A wide shot of a room proves far more, far faster, than a list alone — and it captures the things you would never think to write down.

Keep receipts for the expensive things

Anything over a few hundred dollars is worth a receipt or a photo of the serial number. For jewellery, art, and collections, an appraisal is a different and stronger document again.

Record replacement cost, not what you paid

The question at claim time is what it would cost to replace the item now, which for a six-year-old appliance is usually more than the original price, and for electronics is often less.

Store the copy off the property

Cloud storage, an emailed copy, a drive at a relative's house. The inventory has to outlive the building it describes.

Questions

Questions

Is anything I type here sent to you?

No. The list is held in your browser's local storage and never leaves the device. This page has no server component and no account system, and there is nowhere for the data to go. That is a deliberate design choice, not an oversight.

Will it still be here tomorrow?

Yes, in this browser on this device, unless you clear your browsing data or use private browsing. That is exactly why the export exists — a copy you control is the one that survives a new phone, a wiped laptop, or a flooded house.

Does the total tell me how much coverage I need?

No. It is arithmetic on the numbers you entered, nothing more. What is covered, and at what value, is determined by your policy and your insurer. If you want the total read against an actual policy, bring both to a licensed person.

Does a flood policy cover contents automatically?

No — contents is a separate coverage that has to be bought deliberately, with its own limit, capped at $100,000 on a residential federal flood policy. Renters can buy contents coverage without any building coverage at all, since the structure is not theirs to insure.

What about things in the garage or a shed?

Record them, and flag them when you review the policy. Where property sits — inside the house, in a detached garage, outdoors — can change how it is treated, and a ground-floor garage is often where flood water and stored belongings meet first.

Keep reading

Want the finished list read against your policy?

Export it, bring it with the declarations page, and we will go through what is actually covered. Ricardo Barcelo, Insurance Consultant, 1235 North Loop W, Houston — English or Spanish.