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Home Contents Insurance
Imagine the devastation in your life emotionally and financially if you lost all of the contents or even part of your home. It would be very traumatic and could be avoided if you had the correct home insurance policy covering your entire contents of your house. |
Items that can be covered by a contents insurance policy
- Electrical Equipment
- Soft furnishings (carpets, curtains, bedding etc)
- Furniture
- Cash
- Clothing
- Valuables (jewellery and expensive items)
Always make sure you value your entire contents correctly. Undervaluing your contents could cause a smaller payout in the event of a claim so make sure you have chosen the correct home insurance options.
How can you lower your home contents premium?
There are sveral things you can do to get the cost of your premium to a minimum:
- Make sure all windows and doors are fitted with the correct locks
- Ensure you have smoke alarms fitted upstairs and downstairs
- Install a burglar alarm
- Become part of a neighbourhood watch scheme
- Install a security camera system.
If you cannot do all of the above as it can prove expensive, there are cheaper options. Fake cameras and burglar alarm units are avialable on the internet at sensible prices and act as a great deterrent to thieves.
Questions an insurer will ask that will directly affect your premium:
- Has subsidance ever taken place on your property
- Has your property been built on a flood plain
- Do you run a business from the property
- Do you live in a high crime area
Running a business from home can affect your home insurance. If you run an office for administration purposes you generally should be covered. However if you have customers regularly visit the property you will require specific business insurance.
Visit www.aph.org.uk and let us find you home contents insurance. | 
