Homeserve Gas Boiler cover £45 for the year including free service - seems a no-brain

podgy

er to me, or am I missing something?

Lgas

I've had an objective look, this price only covers your boiler, not your pipes or radiators, you're not covered for the first 28 days (so effectively only 11 months cover), there's a £95 excess per claim, and...i've not heard good things about the company to be honest.

2010

Maintenance company Homeserve is being warned it faces a fine of £34.5m from the City regulator owing to historical sales problems


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25711053

podgy

Lgas wrote: »

I've had an objective look, this price only covers your boiler, not your pipes or radiators, you're not covered for the first 28 days (so effectively only 11 months cover), there's a £95 excess per claim, and...i've not heard good things about the company to be honest.

plus 11 months boiler cover. I know that they've been done by the FSA but wont that mean that they put their house in order - in any event £45 for the year is low risk, given that I wouldnt take out such cover if it werent for the free boiler service anyway.

podgy

2010 wrote: »

Maintenance company Homeserve is being warned it faces a fine of £34.5m from the City regulator owing to historical sales problems


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25711053

in any event a boiler service for £45 is not to be sniffed at. Thx.

C_Mababejive

Pay peanuts,get monkeys...

citykid5

I believe the £45 cover doesn't include a free service
If you sign up through quidco they're currently offering £15 cash back

podgy

citykid5 wrote: »

I believe the £45 cover doesn't include a free service
If you sign up through quidco they're currently offering £15 cash back

http://www.homeserve.com/insurance/gas-boiler-breakdown-cover-with-annual-boiler-service-flexi-95

podgy

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Pay peanuts,get monkeys...

credentials when he/she turns up to do the service.

ollski

It'll be ok, it's just discounted hoping you will forget you have it when it auto renews at a much higher cost after the 12 months.

S_A_S

podgy wrote: »

er to me, or am I missing something?

Having had the need to call Homeserve out three times this year for two different problems my advice is, don't touch them with a bargepole. My latest experience was a wait of 42 hours when my boiler broke down for the second time in three days (the first time I waited 22 hours and on the very first call I was left for twelve hours with a blocked toilet - the only one in the house. Find a better service provider. I'm going to.