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Just bought new house - now what?
blitzdemanwedders_2
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Hi there,
My girlfriend and i have just been accepted on a mortgage for our first home. The question i am asking is what happens next - where do i go about getting contents insurance etc..Do i stick with Northern Rock (the mortgage lender) or shop around..and if so where?
My girlfriend and i have just been accepted on a mortgage for our first home. The question i am asking is what happens next - where do i go about getting contents insurance etc..Do i stick with Northern Rock (the mortgage lender) or shop around..and if so where?
2015 Goals:
To be debt free which at the start of the year will be approx 10K. One holiday win and some cash to help along with the debt payments. Anything else will be a bonus that i can then pay it forward with.
Law of Attraction really works
:)
Shine your light so others may see in the dark :heart2:
To be debt free which at the start of the year will be approx 10K. One holiday win and some cash to help along with the debt payments. Anything else will be a bonus that i can then pay it forward with.
Law of Attraction really works
:)Shine your light so others may see in the dark :heart2:
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Try looking on Martin's best buys, I'm sure he's posted a few good deals on there. You could also try https://www.motleyfool.co.uk (hope i'm not stepping on anyones toes) but thats also a good place to startWhat goes around - comes around
give lots and you will always recieve lots0 -
Yeh shop aroudn for your insurance, UNLESS theres something wrong with the property i.e. if its had subsidence in the past .. in which case stick with Northern Rock.0
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I did some shopping around using the links from this site and the price went from around £600 PA for building and contents down to £270 ish.
Worth doing if you ask me.0 -
You also don't have to accept the Building Insurance offered by your mortgage lender;you can shop around,but the company you pick has to be approved by your mortgage lender.(My quote for Building Insurance from my last lender,Coventry Building Society,was twice as high as NatWest's,so I opted to go with NatWest.)0
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