Short term home insurance

cadman1979 · 7 September 2013 at 7:55PM

Hi,

I need some advice on home insurance.

We are moving house next week and will be moving into a family property that is currently unoccupied.

As far as I know, the property has buildings but not contents insurance because there's nothing & nobody in it.

We will be living in it with our possessions for 1-2 weeks so we need some contents insurance.

Is it possible to get weekly home insurance (like the car insurance that you can now get)? The only short term policies I can find seem to be designed for homes that are unoccupied because the owners are away for long periods of time.

Any suggestions?

2013yearofthehouse · 7 September 2013 at 8:37PM

Could you just amend your current insurance? Or take out a new one and then amend it when you make your more permanent move? Or take out 12 month insurance, but cancel it early - if you can find a insurer who don't charge a fee for this, I think Lloyds are one that don't (or at least they used to be, not sure now).

fluffymuffy · 8 September 2013 at 7:57AM

We lived in the vacant property of a family member for a while - and were unable to get contents insurance as we did not own nor rent it. We even tried a specialist broker who couldn't find a policy either.