If your county offers it, you can access very useful home data online, for preparing initial job estimates (without a visit to the client's home) and for collecting data for the home inventory report itself.
For example, check out my county's site:
http://www.dcassessor.org/disclaimer.html
Click "I agree"
Under Parcel ID, enter:
R2114032914
and then click" Begin Parcel Search"
It will pull up the record for Roger Morrissey, the county assessor.
Click on the parcel number at the left and it will pull up his home's record.
Douglas County, Nebraska lists:
** Land value
** Improvement value
** Sales data (how much bought for, and when)
** Year built (and remodeled, if applicable)
** Photo and general floor plan of home, including style ("Ranch")
** Also lists square footage, including # of rooms, ## of baths and bedrooms
** Lists "add ons" -- such as sprinkler system and chain link fence in Mr. Morrissey's case.
This information can be used to provide a general cost estimate and plan the amount of time requred for the inventory (although you should ALWAYS verify the information yourself, especially square footage, because some counties only count "above ground" square footage ... and they don't always have the correct information. (For example, my parents have 1-3/4 bathrooms in their house, and the county only lists 1.)
Your county might have something similar.
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