For instance a 10 year old roof covered in 20 year shingles will be depreciated by at least 50 if it s in excellent shape.
Standar depreciation for roof.
An item that is still in use and functional for its intended purpose should not be depreciated beyond 90.
The irs states that a new roof will depreciate over the course of 27 5 years for residential buildings and over the course of 39 years for commercial buildings.
The replacement cost of the roof and the expected lifetime of the roof for example the average cost to replace a roof is 10 000 and asphalt roofs generally have a lifespan of 15 years.
Calculating depreciation begins with two factors.
Life expectancy of building components will vary depending on a range of environmental conditions quality of materials quality of installation design use and maintenance.
The recoverable depreciation also happens to be 5 000 10 000 replacement value less 5 000 actual cash value.
The insurance adjuster depreciated the roof 50 an arbitrary number based on its age so the actual cash value of the roof is now 5 000.
If the roof is in decent condition for its age there may be little to no adjustment for the condition.
When a claims adjuster looks at a roof he will consider the condition of the roof as well as its age.
The policy owner s deductible is 1 000.
Let s say your roof is supposed to last 20 years and it s 5 years old when damaged.