What a whole-home appraisal actually covers

1. Finish a room-by-room digital inventory with photos and notes.
2. Decide which categories belong in the package, such as furniture, jewelry, art, and electronics.
3. Request the whole-home appraisal package at $399 so multiple items are coordinated in one visit or virtual session.
4. Independent licensed appraisers prepare item-level documentation across the scope you selected.
5. Keep the inventory as the ongoing record after the reports are delivered.
6. Update entries when pieces sell, donate, or move so the package and the inventory stay aligned.

A whole-home appraisal is not a single blanket number for the house. It is a coordinated package of item-level valuations prepared by independent licensed appraisers across the rooms and categories you choose to include. Breadth is the point. The documentation standard stays the same as a single-item report: photos, descriptions, and a written third-party valuation for the pieces in scope.

Choose this path when you are moving, downsizing, settling an estate, or otherwise need documented numbers across many pieces without running a separate Item Appraisal at $149 for every object. Apogee Asset organizes the request and the inventory. Apogee does not buy, sell, broker, or consign any item, and does not guarantee any appraised value or sale outcome.

The package saves coordination time. It does not lower the need for clear photos. An incomplete inventory slows every appraiser on the list and weakens the record you will rely on when boxes are sealed or pieces have already left the house.

What typically sits inside the package

• Multiple items covered in one coordinated session
• Visit or virtual appointment options depending on the work
• Independent third-party valuation, not an Apogee staff estimate
• Written documentation you can keep beside the inventory photos
• The free digital inventory included as the everyday system of record
• Room and category level scope you define before the work begins

Whole-home versus a single item

Request a single Item Appraisal when one piece drives the decision, such as one watch, one painting, or one necklace that needs a number before you act. Request the whole-home package when the list is long and the calendar is short. Either way, finish the photos and descriptions first.

A useful rule: if you would need more than a handful of separate item checkouts to cover what matters, the package is usually the cleaner path. If only one object is on the critical path, do not buy breadth you will not use.

The package organizes the work. It does not turn Apogee into a marketplace, and it does not guarantee what any piece will bring if you later sell or consign it.

Scope decisions that save pain later

1. Include categories you would actually need documented, not every teaspoon in the drawer.
2. Exclude pieces you already plan to discard without a number.
3. Photograph borderline pieces anyway; you can leave them out of the appraisal scope and still keep the inventory entry.
4. Write condition honestly so the appraiser is not surprised on site or on a video call.

Compare plans on Pricing, or ask which scope fits your list: support@apogeeasset.com or (888) 338-7249.

After the reports arrive, keep using the free inventory. Appraisals are point-in-time documents. The inventory is the living record of what remains in the house.