Re: Empty house insurance
Posted: December 29th, 2023, 12:28 am
melonfool wrote:No-one will pop by, they are all a min of 3 hours away, one is a 7 hours drive (plus an hour for changing the car....).
Therein is perhaps a market niche for someone to provide a weekly-visit service?
FWIW, my brother dealt successfully with insuring our late father's house. Haven't posted about that 'cos I don't have useful details, but I think his existing insurer was happy to continue provided someone visits at intervals no longer than a fortnight.
Windows don't have vents, it's a very old property, no double glazing, sash windows with that weird internal frame secondary glazing stuff. I'm going to have to set the heating higher than 10deg, probably 16 to ward off damp.
Damp comes from people: our metabolisms and our activities (the latter almost entirely when hot water is involved - especially the bath or shower). If there's noone in the house then there should be no significant source of damp. Of course if you burn gas, that produces water.
my sister keeps saying 'when you come to sell x, y or z', I'm just ignoring her).
Have you invited her to do the legwork of selling things?