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Old 09-23-2011, 08:44 AM
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Well we had an adjuster come to the house as we are renewing our homeowners insurance. We go into my room and I try explaining to him about the cost of fabric. You might have thought I had horns growing out of the top of my head. I showed him receipts and such for all of my machines and asked him to put the total replacement value of my room at $100,000.00. I truly don't think that it would cover it all but he said the insurance company might not let it be that high. How do you figure the cost to replace? My god I have 5 years worth of mags alone (10 - 15 different subscriptions) beading supplies, painting supplies as well as all of my quilting supplies. I took video of everything I have that is quilting, beading, or painting related just in case I ever need it but really don't they get it!! What did you do for insurance?
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Old 09-23-2011, 08:46 AM
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I haven't done anything....and now I think I need to.
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You could have an certified appraiser come and give you a written appraisal.

Insurance companies will accept that for loss/damage on a quilt (as opposed to replacement cost of a comforter from Kmart), they might do the same for the room.

And I don't think that's an unreasonable estimate.
I look around here and know it would also be a pretty high number.

That's just for the raw materials.
If you wanted your quilts covered for more than that, you'd have to get each one appraised.
But it might be worth it to you.

See what the adjuster has to say.

How does he value (hobby) woodworking studios, also with a lot of equipment and tools and inventory?
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I have to tell you I really never gave it any thought until this year and that was after reading a magazine article. Believe if you figure the cost to replace it all you will be surprised.
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I know I just increased my insurance for replacement cost of the house, I didn't even think to figure in the cost of my other supplies. Right now I have most of my scrapbook stuff in a separate storage building I rent because of space isn't at my house where I could comfortably keep it all in one room. When we were overseas, the military had us photograph everything and put pictures of what it would cost out of magazines or catalogs. Now with the internet you could easily print off replacement examples from web sites.
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Old 09-23-2011, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by roxie623
Well we had an adjuster come to the house as we are renewing our homeowners insurance. We go into my room and I try explaining to him about the cost of fabric. You might have thought I had horns growing out of the top of my head. I showed him receipts and such for all of my machines and asked him to put the total replacement value of my room at $100,000.00. I truly don't think that it would cover it all but he said the insurance company might not let it be that high. How do you figure the cost to replace? My god I have 5 years worth of mags alone (10 - 15 different subscriptions) beading supplies, painting supplies as well as all of my quilting supplies. I took video of everything I have that is quilting, beading, or painting related just in case I ever need it but really don't they get it!! What did you do for insurance?
I have to wonder if he'd have questioned the value if it was your hubby's power tools.
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I had to take out a "special underwriter's" policy with Farmer's Insurance for all of my items relating to quilting just to have the adequate coverage (I also have a separate policy just for my jewelry). Thank goodness my agent knew what he was dealing with because his wife is a quilter too! LOL
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All very interesting...............You all have my mind thinking about this !!
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quiltsRfun, that's a darn good point.

I don't have a lot of money invested in my hobbies so I'll be okay with my present homeowner's policy, but this definitely is something to think about for anyone with years and years of stash, machines and tools built up.
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this is really true. Some insurances will NOT cover it on a home owner's policy if it is a large amount. You need a special rider for it.
Some won't do it if you have a STUDIO because then you are business in their eyes and they don't insure business with a home owner's policy.

Truly if you have a large stash, machine collection, etc, you really need your insurance company rep. to come in and walk it/talk it out to make sure you are covered correctly!
We had to get a rider for my DH's wood shop, one for my quilting studio and one for my jewelry!
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