Your home insurance cost cutting tips

payless · 5 June 2004 at 9:08PM

Norman, many policies around that have unspecified / v high block limits on building insurance.

Like Halifax they are postcode/ propery type assessed.

System · 7 June 2004 at 6:38PM

shared house? Almost no insurers seem to do it (except endsleigh, who always cost a fortune) and it never seems to be an option in online forms/comparissons...

Surely there must be a lot of people out there in shared houses and people to insure them?

angela110660 · 8 June 2004 at 3:21PM

Received my Direct Line renewal today for Home and Contents Insurance. They were "delighted" to tell me that my cover for next year would be better than before!! So was the quote- over £370 for the year and over £390 if I paid by instalments! An increase of £100 from last year and I have not even made a claim!
So I went on Egg and got a quote from them. Because I am an existing customer the quote was.....£210 and just over £220 if I paid instalments.
Thank you very much!!! ;D ;D

ashmit · 11 June 2004 at 7:08PM

I think it was More Than that I used when I was in a shared house. I had the same problem and was enthralled to discover that Endsleigh wasn't my only choice!

angela110660 · 12 June 2004 at 4:23PM

Following on from my last post about my good deal with Egg insurance for house and contents... I have also been given a year's free travel insurance for the family for travel within Europe too. It can be extended for world cover at a small extra charge. Well done Egg.

Highland_Lass_2 · 12 June 2004 at 9:19PM

Thanks Steve for the tip to use Lloyds TSB. I managed to get my buildings/contents about £35 cheaper. Also mentioned if they still did the offer with the vouchers and will also qualify for £40 of these. Not a bad saving for 10 minutes work.

payless · 15 June 2004 at 2:55PM

LloydsTSB sent me a flyer-
£30 M&S vouchers etc, just in time for my renewal next week.
Promise of Double the discount max £100 - well even that was not enough to make them the cheapest!

Tried to say typical 3 bed semi needed around £19000 contents cover. ( currently I have unspecified to £40K, and think I need it)

Chap said they were quoting the best on the market-
( later clarified under questioning as "top 10 insurers"- a bit vague on how they work out which companies are the top 10)

Their building insurance alone was more than my renewal quote for Building and contents combined.
( and thats ignoring that my firm / I then get 25% commission on my own plan as well !)

Suzz_2 · 19 June 2004 at 5:20PM

For home & contents insurance I'd recommend the Bradford & Bingley Market Place at:

http://www.bradford-bingley.co.uk/insurance/home.asp

You can get quotes from a panel of insurers.

Last year for building + contents, I paid £69 for the year for a 3-bed semi + £15,000 contents (I did take some voluntary excesses).

VickyA_2 · 6 August 2004 at 3:01PM

Don't quite understand this, but I've just got a quote from Bradford and Bingley Market Place (thanks for the link Suzz) for home contents. Anyway, put my boyfriend in as the main holder and the quote came out at £143.08. Put the same details in but with my name as main holder and it's £138. Not much difference, but a pint each in the pub!

But, my boyfriend is in full time employment, and I'm going to be a student (which I put in the quote). How does that work?!

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