Home and Content insurance free tools from Google

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Part 2 of 2




A simple and free way to keep a perfect inventory of your household items safely using Google Sketchup and Picasa, two free downloads from Google. We thought of this post after reading how recently so many people suffered the terrible loss of their homes due to flooding and bushfires in the USA and here in Australia so we hope that these free suggestions may help slightly.

Your home and contents policy will have a list of all of your insured items but do you have a photo of all of these items? What about those paper receipts you kept when you bought that last sofa or chair? Go on and scan those receipts and take those photos then upload them to your own private online photo album using Picasa 3, which is free from Google.
These records are now safely online and only you can view them however be sure to check that you mark your online photo album private. This is usually enough however this second tip is also very useful especially for rebuilding or replacing items for your home.
Download Google Sketchup 7 FREE from Google then with your list of household items, from the File menu, choose 3D Warehouse then "Get Models". Search for your existing household items and click "Download Model".
Even if you have no experience with Google Sketchup, you don't need any for this example because after you click on "Download Model", you can simply click "Yes" to load the model directly into the already open session of Google Sketchup. Just remember to save the final file you create once you have downloaded all of the models you choose!