Category: UK Holiday Homes Insurance

Have your dreams of owning a holiday home taken a knock by worries about the falling pound if you are looking to buy abroad, or the uncertainties which continue to surround Brexit? Then you might take heart from the apparent boom in the purchase of holiday retreats much closer to home – in Britain itself. Read the full article…

You are probably quite familiar with home insurance – as an owner occupier you are already likely to have taken the precaution of arranging home building and contents cover. If you own buy to let property, you may also know about specialist landlord insurance, which protects not only the bricks and mortar of your let Read the full article…

According to government statistics last updated in August 2016, some three and half million people in Britain own a second home. The great proportion (almost 60%) of these are holiday homes and the other main purposes are: investment properties – in other words, buy to let properties (47.7%); living away from home (19.9%); use as Read the full article…

For many people, the idea of a home in an area of natural beauty and/or historic interest is an attractive one. However, it can lead to some insurance issues in situations where you start to let it out for holiday use. A holiday home Some property owners are lucky enough to live in a property Read the full article…

Do you need specialist holiday home insurance? To uncover the answer, it might be helpful to consider some of the basic principles of property insurance. If you are a property owner, there is at least one simple and compelling reason for your insuring it: you are likely to have made a significant investment in its Read the full article…

To answer that question, it might be helpful to consider some of the possibilities in order to narrow down the definition. On the face of it, for example, it might seem that UK holiday home insurance is likely to share many similarities with the following. Home insurance Home insurance is the name generally given to Read the full article…

Whether you are new to owning a second home or have had one for a while, there may be times when you want to find out something you are not sure about, or connect with like-minded people as to their own holiday home experiences. If this is you, then you are in luck! There are Read the full article…

As holiday homes are typically left unoccupied on a regular basis, it means they are more susceptible to burglary and theft as well as damage caused by maintenance issues that could go unnoticed. Here are some pointers on what you can do in order to keep your second home safe … Maintain your property It Read the full article…

Below are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to our UK holiday home insurance cover. While some of the answers apply to all types of second home insurance policies, some are specific to our own products only. What are the differences between a UK holiday home insurance policy and a second home insurance policy? There Read the full article…