Period Property home insurance

All properties built before 1700 count as heritage homes, as do the majority built between 1700 and 1850. Although many insurers won’t cover properties that were built before 1850 because these homes tend to be of non-standard construction, here at Homeprotect we aim to provide cover for all heritage homes, whatever their age.

Heritage and listed homes are usually categorised because they are of special importance to the UK. If they are architecturally of special interest or are nationally important then you cannot live in the property as you would in a normal home. Your insurance must protect the building and maintain its original features. It is for this reason that it can be difficult to find the correct level of insurance.

Homeprotect aims to provide online quotes for homes built with a wide range of non-standard construction techniques including half-timbering.

Your home buildings insurance premium is affected by a large number of factors including the rebuild cost of your home. This is generally higher for a heritage home or period property, even if it is constructed from the ‘standard’ building materials of brick or stone and roofed with slates or tiles, because the particular types of these tend to be rarer and more expensive to buy. In addition, rebuilding or even repairing a heritage home usually requires craftsmen with very specialist skills which are more costly than standard trades.