Thatched Home Insurance

Open & Direct specialises in home insurance for all forms of thatched properties including cottages, buy to lets and holiday homes

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Thatched Home Insurance

  • Thatched roof properties whilst beautiful require specialist home insurance to cover their unique risks as there's a greater chance of serious damage than you'd expect from conventional slate or tiles.
  • Thatch material is also more vulnerable to fire, general wear and tear, extreme weather, pollution and bird/vermin damage.
  • Thatched Home insurance caters for properties that are fully, or partially roofed in a full range of thatch roof constructions including water reed, wheat reed, long straw and fibre.
  • Our Open & Direct team can help you with cover for a range of non-standard risks including unoccupied, let and Grade2 listed properties and holiday homes.
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Family Legal Protection

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Home Emergency

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Family Legal Protection

If you need to make a legal claim, you and anyone living with you can receive up to £50,000 for advisers' costs for certain types of legal action relating to your home from personal injury to faulty workmanship.

Benefits include:

  • 24/7 advice helpline and dedicated online legal assistance portal offering legal templates, legal advice booking service and claims system
  • Cover up to £50,000 for any one claim.
  • Covers personal injury, property infringement, property damage, faulty goods and workmanship.
  • Covers you and any member of your family permanently living with you.
  • Covers loss of salary or wages for the time off work to attend any court or tribunal hearing when pursuing of defending legal proceedings.
  • Covers employment disputes and costs to pursue legal action.
  • For Main Homes only. Exclusions and Terms and Conditions apply.

Home Emergency

Home Emergency Insurance provides insurance up to £1,000 ) for certain claims (including VAT, call out charges, labour, parts and materials) to cover specific types of home emergencies.

Benefits include:  

  • Cover for heating system failure, roof damage, burst pipes, plumbing issues, property damage and loss of keys.
  • Overnight accommodation in the event your property becomes uninhabitable, up to £250.
  • 24/7 Emergency Assistance Helpline.
  • Up to 4 call outs per year.
  • For Main Homes only. Exclusions and Terms & Conditions apply.
Claims

Claims

Support for every step of the claims journey.

Call: 08000 327 327
Email: homeclaims@prestigeunderwriting.co.uk

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