Matt Harwood Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Just to let people know. We've just had to renew our house insurance. Initially I used confused.com's website, (which I have to say was longwinded, but worked quite well). Anyway, Barclays came out the cheapest, AND had one of the best covers available, (I don't always go directly for the cheapest). Confused.com's link to purchase the insurance was a duff link, so I went directly to Barclays site and saved myself another £20! Anyway, seeing as Barclays have knocked of £80+ pounds from our previous insurance company and were £25 cheaper than all the others, AND offered monthly installments at no extra cost, I thought I'd give them a quick plug. For anyone about to require home insurance, I'd certainly recommend getting an online quote from http://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/BRC1/jsp/brccontrol?site=pfs&task=channelFWgroup&value=7391&target=_self :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 hi mat , changed mine to barclays last month , halifax was ripping us off big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Er, then you probably don't want to hear my experiences following our house fire on the 30th December We've been with Barclays for years, and this is the first (and hopefully only) claim. Took them two weeks to even agree to accomodation, let alone sort it ! The house still isn't cleared and so building works can't start either and it's now almost two months ago. They've been rubbish at just about everything Workers walked off of site because of not getting paid, house left insecure, oh there's loads of it Now this may be just one bad experience in a world of good ones, but gotta tell it like it is. To be fair, it's not Barclays themselves but the loss adjusting firm they employ. Sorry to mention this after you've paid up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 On a slight my insurers brokers (Swinton) offered a cut-priced home repairs cover option when I last renewed so I took them up on it. The actual premium PLUS the extra cover was lower than I paid the year before so it seemed like a no-brainer. I suspect it will be more dear next year. Sprat to catch a mackrel, so to speak. Anyone had any experience with these deals? They are supposed to cover callouts and repairs for breakdowns of essential equipment like central heating and boilers. I'm pretty sure I read the small print and it seemed worth having. After having a hot water tank split after hours on the Thursday night before a bank holiday weekend, I don't want to have to call an emergency plumber out ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 sorry to hear of your house fire hope it all gets sorted . we have been with the halifax for years , house and contents . we have never claimed for anything , but the premiums kept going up , and because we payed it with the mortgage we didnt notice . when i pointed this out to them they didnt want to know , so i told them to stick it , and the barclays promotion came through the door the next day . just hope i dont need to claim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 To be fair, it's not Barclays themselves but the loss adjusting firm they employ. It's still down to Barclays for employing these monkeys. You paid Barclays not the loss adjusting firm. Barclays should sort it. Anyway hope it gets sorted soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 To be honest, I've never made a claim that went through with ease. It's nearly a year on from having a guy hit me whilst I was stationary in a queue of traffic, and whilst the car has been repaired, we still haven't got our excess back. - That's Direct line. I had a Ferrari stolen from work a few years back. The thieves broke in to the building and used a brand new unregistered Mercedes to ram-raid thair way back out of the shutter door, before driving off in the Ferrari. The insurance company at the time tried every possible angle to not pay out, and even suggested going down a route that would have left us bankrupt. - That was Cornhill. - That year I was paying just over £2.3k for company insurance. After that claim, they quoted £11.5k to renew. I went with Norwich Union after that and have been with them ever since..... Until we need to make a claim and they mess me about. All I really look for is what I class to be reasonable cover for reasonable money. I've had 10 years with no claims on house insurance, 2 claims on car insurance in 18 years, and 1 claim on business insurance in 7 years. So I'm not really a phantom insurance claimer, but I'm sure any insurance company will try their hardest to wriggle out of any claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I found More Than to be the best premium, Barclays wouldn't offer me a high enough contents cover or individual item cover Hope I never have to claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 same old story , they take your money but dont want to know when it comes to giving some of it back , i hate insurance firms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 How much do people pay then in relation to length of cover/house price/contents etc.? We just did ours through AXA (I think) and it's about £20 a month!! Unlimited house cover but only £13k contents cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Combined buildings and contents was £260 ish I think?? 60k contents 1.5k per item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feakins Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 sorry to hear of your house fire hope it all gets sorted . we have been with the halifax for years , house and contents . we have never claimed for anything , but the premiums kept going up , and because we payed it with the mortgage we didnt notice . when i pointed this out to them they didnt want to know , so i told them to stick it , and the barclays promotion came through the door the next day . just hope i dont need to claim I'm surprised they didn't offer you the chance of a new quote. I find that with all insurance if you don't shop around yearly the price always drifts up. Especially if its with your mortgage payment as you won't know the monthly amount. Good thing about Halifax home insurance is it doesn't have a limit on what it pays out. Its unlimited cover they don't cap your contents at say 40k like some companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feakins Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 *Old thread ressurection* Jesus just realised I was searching when I replied to this and its not a current thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 *Old thread ressurection* Jesus just realised I was searching when I replied to this and its not a current thread. You were searching a Supra forum for house insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feakins Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Lol no actually car insurance I was searching "Recommend Insurance" to narrow it down. Don't know why I carried on reading this one LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 You were searching a Supra forum for house insurance? Hey, I fixed my boiler with advice from this forum:d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Er, then you probably don't want to hear my experiences following our house fire on the 30th December We've been with Barclays for years, and this is the first (and hopefully only) claim. Took them two weeks to even agree to accomodation, let alone sort it ! The house still isn't cleared and so building works can't start either and it's now almost two months ago. They've been rubbish at just about everything Workers walked off of site because of not getting paid, house left insecure, oh there's loads of it Now this may be just one bad experience in a world of good ones, but gotta tell it like it is. To be fair, it's not Barclays themselves but the loss adjusting firm they employ. Sorry to mention this after you've paid up ! from my experience, all insurance companies do is try to figure out ways to not pay out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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