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Home buildings insurance - company not paying up

jaybee2151 · 2011-06-21 17:59:39

I have an old 15th century cottage which I renovated completely 12 years ago. I recently had a water bill for £2,500. Checks were made and leaks were found in the water pipes under property. I contact the Halifax who do my buildings insurance and they sent out appropriate drainage and plumbing company. They did some sonar…

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Ian_W Posts: 3,778 Forumite

23 June 2011 at 9:30PM

InsideInsurance wrote: »

The likes of Hiscox, however, do an all risks policy and therefore things are covered unless explicity excluded rather than the normal specified risk policies

Sadly though, Hiscox don't do that sort of policy at Halifax prices!

The point I was making is that the OP will be frequently disappointed (as s/he clearly is here) if they assume that their household policy covers "anything that may go wrong with it". "Generally" it won't.

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