Insurance
The UK has seen a massive increase in the number of property investors in recent years. As one of them, it’s crucial that you do everything you can to properly protect your investment, whoever your tenants are.
Whether you’re simply letting out a second home or have several properties ready for your retirement nest egg, you need insurance that’s totally tailored to your needs.
For more details about policies or to get an instant quote please click on the HomeLet logo below.
Comprehensive Buildings Insurance
Homelet believe that their Comprehensive Buildings Insurance is the best you can get. Not only does it protect you against all the things you’d expect, but it’s also there to help with a lot more besides.
Loss of rent and re-letting costs
Should something really serious happen to your property, such as a flood or fire, it could have a serious effect on your rental income. Not only will tenants have to move into temporary accommodation, but the damage could also take months to repair. As well as the cost of the repairs this policy will also cover you for the loss of rent and re-letting costs, up to 30% of the amount you’re insured for.
Protecting you, your tenants and your employees
The policy comes with owner’s liability of £5m and employer’s liability of £10m. That means should one of your tenants or your employees be injured at your property as a result of negligence, then your insurance will cover you.
90-day no-restriction cover when your property’s empty
Some insurers give you just a few days cover when your property becomes empty. HomeLet don’t think that’s fair, which is why their cover carries on protecting you for up to 90 days in between tenancies without restrictions.
Change of tenants
Some insurers don’t like it when your tenants change, say from being a professional couple to students or DSS. HomeLet don’t mind who your tenants are, they promise your cover will stay the same as long as you have a written Assured Shorthold Tenancy in place.
The rebuilding of your property following loss or damage
Covers you against fire, escape of water, falling trees, theft, subsidence and a lot more. It covers against malicious persons (excludes damage by the tenant unless you choose to extend the policy to cover this and accidental damage - see below).
Don’t miss out on these extras!
HomeLet can also provide add-ons for extra peace of mind:
- Accidental Damage: Accidents will happen. When they do, they might cost a lot more than a month’s rent. This also covers you if the property is damaged accidentally or maliciously by the tenant.
- Nil Excess: Adding the Nil Excess option means you won’t have to pay a penny when you make a claim.
Don’t forget, your insurance premiums are tax deductible. To get an instant quote or find out more about this policy please click on the HomeLet logo below.
Low Cost Buildings Insurance
If you’re on a tight budget or don’t feel you need all the protection of HomeLets’s Comprehensive insurance, they also offer a highly effective Low Cost Buildings Insurance policy.
Loss of rent and re-letting costs
Should something really serious happen to your property, such as a flood or fire, it could have a serious effect on your rental income. Not only will tenants have to move into temporary accommodation, but the damage could also take months to repair. As well as the cost of repairs, this policy will cover you for the loss of rent and re-letting, up to 20% of the amount you’re insured for.
Protecting you, your tenants and your employees
Your policy comes with owner’s liability of £5m and employer’s liability of £5m. That means should one of your tenants or your employees be injured at your property as a result of your negligence, then your insurance will cover you.
The rebuilding of your property following loss or damage
Covers you against fire, escape of water, falling trees, theft, subsidence and more.
When your property is unoccupied in-between tenancies HomeLets Low Cost policy covers you without any restriction for seven days. If longer periods are required please consider the Comprehensive policy above.
Don’t forget, your insurance premiums are tax deductible. To get an instant quote or to find our more about this policy please click on the HomeLet logo below.
Contents Insurance for Furnished or Unfurnished Properties
If you’re letting an unfurnished property, you need to know that contents like curtains, carpets and kitchen appliances are insured. And if your property’s furnished, there’s a whole lot more to cover!
Contents Insurance for Furnished Properties
HomeLets Landlord’s Contents policy is also suitable if your have an unfurnished property but want to insure items such as carpets and curtains for more than £5000.
Contents Insurance for Unfurnished Properties
Homelets Limited Contents policy insures items such as kitchen white goods, carpets, curtains, interior sun blinds and light fittings for up to £5000.
Both Furnished and Unfurnished insurances give you:
New-for-old-cover
You get new-for old replacement cover on all your insured contents.
Loss of rent and re-letting costs
Should something really serious happen to your property, such as a flood or fire, it could have a serious effect on your rental income. Not only will tenants have to move into temporary accommodation, but the damage could also take months to repair. As well as the cost of repairs this policy will cover you for the loss of rent and re-letting, up to 30% of the amount you’re insured for.
Protecting you, your tenants and your employees
Your policy comes with owner’s liability of £5m and employer’s liability of £10m. That means should one of your tenants or employees be injured at your property by any of your contents (electric shock from a faulty oven, say), then your insurance will cover you.
90-day no restriction cover when your property’s empty
Some insurers give you just a few days cover when your property becomes vacant. HomeLet don’t believe this is fair which why their cover carries on protecting you for up to 90 days in between tenancies without restriction.
Don’t miss out on these extras!
We can also provide add-ons for extra peace of mind:
- Accidental Damage: Accidents will happen. When they do, they might cost a lot more than a month’s rent. This also covers you if the property is damaged accidentally or maliciously by the tenant.
- Nil Excess: Adding the Nil Excess option means you won’t have to pay a penny when you make a claim.
Don’t forget, your insurance premiums are tax deductible. To get an instant quote or find out more about this policy please click on the HomeLet logo below.
Emergency Assistance Service
If there’s an emergency at one of your properties, it could take you up to 48 hours to sort it out. With us, it takes you no time at all - because HomeLet manage it all for you.
The Emergency Assistance Service policy covers the cost of calling out an approved, reputable contractor, labour, and parts and materials up to £500 per incident (inc VAT).
This means you’ll never be disturbed at inconvenient times. The tenant can arrange for help simply by calling the HomeLet 24/7 Emergency Assistance helpline. HomeLet can do the rest, arranging for an approved contractor to deal with the issue within four hours of it being reported.
Emergencies covered include:
- door and window security
- plumbing
- lost keys
- cooking systems
- roofing, down piping and guttering
- electricity supply
Portfolio Insurance
Looking after several properties can be a handful, so let HomeLet help you out. With the Portfolio insurance, all your properties can be covered by one simple policy.
Save up to 45%
With Portfolio Insurance you could save almost half the cost of your buildings insurance compared to individual policy premiums.
Add or remove properties
You’ll probably want to buy or sell properties from time to time, which is why you can add or remove properties at any time.
One quote, one policy, one renewal date.
Don’t forget, your insurance premiums are tax deductible. To get an instant quote or find out more about this policy please click on the HomeLet logo below.
