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Garage and Loft Inventory

A free printable inventory for boxed storage — box number, where it is, what is in it, whose it is and whether it is being kept.

First page of the Garage and Loft Inventory — Know what is in the boxes without going up into the loft, by numbering the boxes and keeping the list on paper.
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What this sheet is for

Know what is in the boxes without going up into the loft, by numbering the boxes and keeping the list on paper.

Who it is for

Anyone with a loft, a garage, a shed or a storage unit full of boxes nobody has opened.

How to use it

  1. Number every box and write the number on at least two sides.
  2. List contents in enough detail to be searchable by eye.
  3. Record whose things they are — it is the question that causes arguments.
  4. Mark keep, sell or clear as you go, so the list doubles as a plan.
  5. Note the date last opened. Boxes unopened in five years answer their own question.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: What is actually in the boxes in the loft, the garage and the shed, and which box it is in.

Number the boxes, then list them. The point of this sheet is the box number. Numbered boxes with a list on paper turn twenty minutes of rummaging in a cold loft into ten seconds of reading.

Write-on lines: Property · Area · Listed on · Listed by

Table, 12 rows: Box or shelf · Where exactly · What is in it · Whose · Keep, sell or clear · Last opened

Write-on lines: Anything here that should be insured or stored better · Reviewed

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