Remember insurance during renovation work
Published on : 30/07/2007
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It is very important to make sure that your property is insured when carrying out renovation work, an industry expert has claimed.
Jason Orme, editor of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, says that smaller-scale renovation work is normally covered simply by your existing home insurance provider - while more extensive work requires specialist insurance.
"If you are undertaking substantial work and you need to move out then you need to [obtain] specialist renovation insurance - that's very similar to the insurance people take out when they're building their house," Mr Orme comments.
"If you're doing a loft conversion or a small extension, that tends to be something that you can get specialist small-level insurance for, possibly from your existing house insurance provider. But it's very important that it is insured."
A recent study from the Department of Communities and Local Government revealed that 27.1 per cent of homes in the UK are classified as 'non-decent' for human habitation - with the average cost of restoring them to decent status listed at £7,489.
