Second homes
Listed second homes require specialist cover, and expert advice
If your second home is listed, insuring it isn’t quite like insuring other properties. Listed buildings are unusual, often older, and frequently made of hard-to-find materials or using rare and specialist building techniques. That’s why it’s essential that your insurance properly reflects all of the potential risks and covers you no matter what happens.
As an owner of a listed property, you may be held to strict requirements for materials and methods when repairing, and under an obligation to return it to its former condition. That makes it essential that your policy has adequate limits to fully cover the true cost of rebuild work, so you aren’t left having to meet any shortfall.
“In the worst case scenario, owners could be required to restore a building using original
materials and techniques, at a cost far greater than the value of the building. That’s why it’s so important to make sure your insurance cover is sufficient.”