cheap building and contents discussions (Merged Discussion)

leftieM

I was trying to get quotes for building and contents insurance. We live in an ex-housing executive house. Does anyone know if this adds a lot to the cost of insurance? One of the companies I phoned was very surprised at how much our insurance came out at.

payless

forgive my ignorance
whats "ex-housing executive house"

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The firm I seem to find competitive for a lot of areas in England *does not seem to have a problem with NI postcodes- albeit can't say they are always the cheapest for all areas


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HowMuch_4-2

forgive my ignorance
whats "ex-housing executive house"

Its the same as an ex council house on the main land the housing executive look after public housing over here and have a simlar right to by scheme as you have over there.

HTH

payless

thanks, assumed as much

Over here, that type of property does not generally lead to a premium on the insurance price, so long as construction is standard

( a quick look at my quote engine - threw in an example Belfast postcode , premium looked fairly good, although they do use the full actual postcode to rate)

IvanOpinion

Have you tried the Legal and General online quote system. I have always found them to be very competitive.

Ivan

jonny_from_the_bro

£25000 accidental including fire and theft £155.81 including buliding insurance up to £150000

bulidings insurance only, £97.66 up to £150000 in value

got these quoted today from abbey, cheaper than legal and general. the girl on the other end of the phone was surprised at that herself!

02893325170 lisburn office , dont be put off by the 93 code for lisburn

arkonite_babe

Have found the link, which relates to an earlier discussion on this board.

I had to remove the old link earlier due to the forum move. Here's the link back in working order again......

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SnowyOwl_2

Hi all

I recently bought a brand new house - I got a good quote off Ensleigh and went with them. My house is timber frame, and quite a few of the others turned their noses up at it! Endsleigh had no such qualms. It's cheap too, though I am more used to London prices so I may be getting ripped off and not know...

Snowy Owl.

DesG

jonny_from_the_bro wrote:

£25000 accidental including fire and theft £155.81 including buliding insurance up to £150000

bulidings insurance only, £97.66 up to £150000 in value

got these quoted today from abbey, cheaper than legal and general. the girl on the other end of the phone was surprised at that herself!

02893325170 lisburn office , dont be put off by the 93 code for lisburn

Strange that the Lisburn office would have a Ballyclare area code?

Those prices look pretty good, can I ask roughly what area you live in?

Cheers, Des.

not-so-civil

The main office for Abbey is in Carrickfergus and all calls are routed through their internal call centre at Carrick.

I use Abbey for several insurances, but found Marks and Spencer the best option about 6 months ago.