Depreciation on fixtures & furniture

[Maarten Stevens]

Hi folks,

I am developing my universal model in excel for quickly analyzing deals. One question I have is how to incorporate depreciation of fixtures (kitchen, bath, floor) and furniture (including curtains, etc). I am not active in the US, so not really asking for the tax implications, but I have not seen this in models around nor in reference books.

Fixtures and furniture loses value, and need to be replaced at certain intervals. How do you guys include this in your models? (depreciation period, or replacement of the kitchen every 15 years, or not at all)?

thanks!