Calculate the value of your contents for home insurance

Home insurance policies

30 March 2021

Home contents insurance is one of those things that helps give you added security and peace of mind – but to get the right cover, you’ll want to know the total value of your contents and valuables. Luckily, AXA home insurance is here to help with our contents insurance calculator tool. This will help take any potential stress out of protecting your bubble.

Knowing the financial value of your personal possessions is vital to ensuring you get an effective estimate from our contents calculator. It’ll help you get a home contents insurance policy that works for you.

How to work out the value of your contents

Here are some top tips to help you to estimate the value of the contents of your home:

  • Go into every room in your property and make a list of all your possessions. Cover everything from furniture to decorations, including the curtains, carpets and soft furnishings. Don’t forget anything else that might be contained in an attic or an outbuilding like your shed and garage.
  • Once you have prepared your list, make a rough estimate of the cash value of each item, being realistic as you go. If you’re struggling to come up with figures, a bit of online research for the value of a similar item can help.
  • Remember to use up-to-date valuations for expensive single items. There can be a substantial increase in the value of items such as watches and jewellery in the years you’ve owned them. Conversely, some items may actually end up costing less to replace as new.
  • You should base your value estimates on the basis of replacing items as new and not their value in their current state.
  • Add up the full cost of your list across every room in your property, and you will have a ball-park for the level of cover that you need.
  • It’s important to make sure that you don’t underestimate the value of your valuables and contents. If you do, any home insurance claim may only be settled up to the limit set out in your policy or you may only receive a proportionate settlement. For example, if the value of your contents in your policy only represents 70% of the full replacement cost, then insurers won’t pay more than 70% of your claim.

Contents insurance calculator

To get an idea of what your contents are worth, use the dropdown boxes to select the rough value of each type of item in your house, room by room.

Living room

Sofas
£
Other furniture
£
Laptops, computers and IT equipment
£
TV and other electricals
DVDs, video games and books
£
Carpets, curtains and soft furnishings
£

Kitchen

Fridge freezer
£
Oven and cooker
£
Microwave, toaster and other electricals
£
Pots, pans and utensils
£
Crockery, cutlery and glassware
£
Washing machine, tumble dryer and dishwasher
£

Dining room

Table and chairs
£
Other furniture
£
Electricals
£
Carpets, curtains and soft furnishings
£

Bedrooms

Beds
£
Furniture
£
Shoes and clothes
£
Bedding, carpets and curtains
£
Laptops, computers and IT equipment
£
TV and other electricals

Jewellery and valuables

Jewellery and watches
£
Silverware
£
Pictures and ornaments
£
Antiques
£

Bathroom

Cabinets, shelving and mirrors
£
Soft furnishings
£
Electricals
£

Garage, shed and garden

Bicycles
£
Exercise equipment
£
Outdoors gear
£
Gardening equipment
£
Tools
£
Lawnmowers
£
Garden furniture
£
Play equipment
£
Toys
£

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
£
The total cost of your belongings are:
£

Get a home insurance quote

Now you have a good idea of what your possessions are worth, why not get a contents insurance quote from AXA? It’s quick and easy to do, simply start your quote online today.