Home inventory

Whatever the purpose, an inventory consists of drawing up a list of the items in your home, describing them in detail and estimating their value.

It's also an opportunity to learn about the history of your objects, or even to discover some treasures!

 

 The advantages of Rennes Enchères
 

Courtesy call
Un commissaire-priseur ou un clerc vous donne un avis rapide sur la valeur de vos biens, directement à votre domicile.

The courtesy visit is an alternative to the photo-based estimate that we will initially offer you. An auctioneer or clerk will come to your home to visually assess the interest of the items you have in your possession. This is an effective way to avoid selling hastily at a low price, or throwing away items with an unsuspected value.
If the latter are of little interest at auction, we will direct you to solidarity recycling circuits.

At a cost of €60, this personalized service includes:
• The visit of a clerk or collaborator to your home
• The selection of items of interest at public auction
• Taking photos on site
• The estimate of the goods by an auctioneer or an expert based on photos

The estimates are then transmitted to you orally by telephone.

If you subsequently wish to put your items up for sale, we will tell you the procedure to follow and will assist you in the process.

We offer these trips in the Rennes area and its close surroundings.

If following the courtesy visit, you wish to put your goods up for sale at Rennes Enchères Bretagne, the costs of the service can be reduced or offered to you.

The auctioneer or an expert will come to your home on prior estimate.

This is established from a fixed price corresponding to the service provided and any travel expenses.
If possible, we invite you to send us by email photographs of your goods to be appraised in order to assess the time needed to devote to the inventory.

During the inventory, each object will be:
• Described: nature, material, artist, period, condition, dimensions, etc.
• Photographed
• Authenticated

Following the inventory, additional research is carried out in order to provide you with the most precise appraisal possible. Other external experts may also be consulted in specific fields.

Finally, within a period of 15 to 30 days depending on the volume of objects to be appraised, a written inventory file will be given to you including:
• The numbered descriptive list of the goods
• The corresponding photographs
• The estimates of the goods

This inventory file can have different purposes depending on your situation.
 

1. The inventory for the purpose of estimation

The primary interest of the inventory is to draw up a list of the goods located in your home in order to know their nature, quality, and current value on the art market. The inventory can be limited to this desire for information on the history and the estimate of your goods.
 

2. The inventory for the purpose of sale

If you call on Rennes Enchères Bretagne with a view to putting them up for sale at public auction, the inventory of your goods is a first step.

We will offer you a public auction sale protocol presenting you with a strategy adapted to the nature of your goods, accompanied by our conditions of sale. A turnkey service ranging from the appraisal of your objects to their sale at Rennes Enchères Bretagne.

We will advise you on the opportunity to sell or not certain goods and, if necessary, will direct you towards solidarity recycling circuits.

Once this protocol has been validated and signed by the parties, we will set an inventory date and a future sale date.

If following the inventory, you wish to put your goods up for sale at Rennes Enchères Bretagne, the costs of the service may be reduced or offered to you.
 

3. The inventory with a view to sharing

If you call on Rennes Enchères Bretagne with a view to sharing, the inventory of your goods is a first step.

The auctioneer carries out, according to the list drawn up during the inventory, a division into several lots, depending on the number of parties concerned. The latter is based on the nature, quantity and intrinsic value of each object, so that the shares between the different beneficiaries are equitable. This service is a major asset in certain delicate contexts.

The lots made are allocated in different ways: by drawing lots or mutual agreement if the situation allows it.

Sharing is useful in several situations:
• In a foresight approach: this allows you to serenely ensure your succession, on the wise advice of professionals.
• In the context of an inheritance: sharing ensures the heirs a fair succession
• In the context of a divorce: sharing ensures the parties a fair divorce
 

4. Inventory at insurance value

If you have valuable goods (paintings, jewelry, precious stones, etc.), the auctioneer or an expert can establish an inventory "at replacement value in the art and antiques trade".

An auctioneer or an expert carries out the inventory and gives a price to these valuable objects. The file submitted at the end of the inventory gives an irrefutable value of your goods.

In the event of theft, fire, or any type of loss, the insurance will compensate you up to the price indicated in the inventory.

Do not hesitate to consult your insurer, who will inform you on the relevance of calling on an auctioneer to draw up an inventory of your goods.
 

5. Inventory of succession

Called "appraised" in legal terms, the inventory after succession is carried out by the auctioneer, in collaboration with the notary.

During an inheritance, it is necessary to value the movable property, in order to know the inheritance tax to be paid. The law provides 3 ways to determine the value of these movable assets:
• Proceed to a public auction within two years of the death. The value of the assets will be that realized during the sale.
• In the absence of a sale, carry out an inventory of the movable property: carried out by a court commissioner or an auctioneer, the inventory consists of drawing up a list of the assets and setting a price for them. The sum of these prices then serves as the basis for calculating inheritance tax.
• In the absence of a sale and valuation, apply the 5% furniture flat rate: the value of the movable property corresponds de facto to 5% of all other movable and immovable assets of the estate.

Thus, the estate inventory carried out by the auctioneer is of tax interest when the value of the movable property that belonged to the deceased is below the 5% threshold.

The notary will tell you whether or not it is appropriate to draw up an inventory, and will be responsible for contacting the auctioneer if necessary.
 

6. Inventory of the assets of a protected adult

In the context of a reinforced guardianship or curatorship measure, if you are appointed as guardian or curator, you must carry out or have carried out an inventory of the protected person's movable assets within 3 months of the opening of the measure.

It is up to you to request the auctioneer or the court commissioner, and you must be present on the day of the inventory.

You will be responsible for transmitting the inventory file to the guardianship judge.