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You and your home

John Lewis Specialist Home Insurance is designed for a wide range of homes and lifestyles, including (but not limited to):

Homes with high-value contents, such as total valuables over £40,000 or individual items worth more than £20,000
Larger properties with 7 or more bedrooms
Listed buildings or homes built before 1800

Please note all fields are required to be filled in.

1. About You

Title

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Telephone number

We will send confirmation of your policy to this email address.

Confirm email

Do you have a promotion code?

2. About Your Home

Please fill in details of the property you wish to insure and the address you wish all correspondence to be sent to.

Postcode

Is your correspondence address different from above?

Please note that your insurance quotation is related only to your residence address and not to your correspondence address.

Year the property was built?

Is the property a listed building?

The property is built of?

The property is roofed with?

3. About Your Cover

What type of cover would you like?

When would you like cover to start?

Your policy should start within the next 90 days.
If your renewal date is more than 90 days away, please put today's date.

Do you want to add a joint policy holder?

Full rebuild cost of your buildings

This should represent the amount it would cost to rebuild your home, including an allowance for professional fees and removal of debris.

A surveyor will be able to advise you of the appropriate figure for the buildings sum insured, which will be different to the market value of your home. The market value includes the cost of the land and is affected by factors such as the location, amenities, employment, etc.

Or alternatively, you can visit http://abi.bcis.co.uk for more information and a calculator to help you work this figure out.

The home is defined as the private dwelling, garages, domestic outbuildings and greenhouses, it should include: The home and its walls, fences, gates, hedges, permanent fixtures and fittings, alarm systems, driveways, paths, steps, terraces, patios, permanently installed swimming pools and hot tubs, ornamental ponds, fountains, swimming pool covers and accessories, hard tennis courts, solar panels and associated power-generating equipment, wind turbines used for domestic purposes and service tanks all on the same site including the underground services, inspection hatches and covers all supplying your home.

BCIS House Rebuilding Cost Calculator

4. Any Previous Claims

Have you or anyone living with you made any household claims or suffered any loss or damage, whether insured or not, in the last 5 years?

Please answer this question before you continue

Have You or your spouse / partner living with you held home insurance for at least 1 year which will expire immediately prior to the commencement of this policy?

If you do not currently hold home insurance which has been continuous for at least 1 year then you will need to speak to one of our underwriters. Please continue with the quote to generate a unique reference number.

5. Assumptions

Please confirm some details about you and your home

Do only you and your family occupy the property as your main home?

Is the property in a good state of repair and will you continue to maintain it as such?

Will you leave the property unoccupied for more than 60 consecutive days or unfurnished for more than 30 consecutive days?

Is the property used for any business, trade or professional purposes, other than clerical or office work?

Has the property ever been damaged by flood or flood as a result of storm and / or is it located within a potential flood risk area?

Is the property in an area where neighbouring properties have suffered damage caused by subsidence, heave or landslip?

Has the property ever suffered damage as a result of subsidence, heave or landslip or does it have any visible cracking to the walls internally and/or externally?

Has an insurer ever refused insurance or applied special terms to you or anyone living with you?

Do you or any other person residing in the property have any unspent convictions or pending prosecutions (other than cautions received for motoring offences)? This includes lodgers and family members

If you are unsure whether a conviction is spent or unspent please visit www.disclosurecalculator.org.uk. Alternatively call the Unlock helpline on 01634 247350 (Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm). Unlock is an independent charity which provides self-help information for people with convictions.

Have you or anyone living with you ever been declared bankrupt or been subject to bankruptcy proceedings, been served with any county court judgements (CCJs) or other judgements related to debt or entered into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)?

Are you or anyone living with you employed in the following trades or industries: (Please click to view list)

Airline employee
Amusement arcade worker
Antique & coin dealer
Artist
Bodyguard
Bookmaker
Casino employee
Circus employee
Entertainer
Fairground worker
Framer & jeweller
Haulage contractor
Journalist

Market trader
Money Lender
Motor trade
Nightclub employee
Oil & Gas rig worker
Pawnbroker
Professional Sportsperson
Property developer
Scrap merchant
Shipping
Street trader
Turf accountant

We've made some assumptions about you and your home. Please read and confirm the following statements or amend as necessary:

Only you and your family occupy the property as your main home
The property is in a good state of repair and you’ll continue to maintain it as such
You won’t leave the property unoccupied for more than 60 consecutive days or unfurnished for more than 30 consecutive days
The property is not used for any business, trade or professional purposes, other than clerical or office work
The property has never been damaged by flood or flood as a result of storm and isn’t located within a potential flood risk area
The property isn’t in an area where neighbouring properties have suffered damage caused by subsidence, heave or landslip
The property has never suffered damage as a result of subsidence, heave or landslip and doesn’t have any visible cracking to the walls internally or externally
An insurer has never refused insurance or applied special terms to you and anyone living with you
You and any other person residing in the property do not have any unspent convictions or pending prosecutions (other than cautions received for motoring offences). This includes lodgers and family members

If you are unsure whether a conviction is spent or unspent please visit www.disclosurecalculator.org.uk. Alternatively call the Unlock helpline on 01634 247350 (Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm). Unlock is an independent charity which provides self-help information for people with convictions.
You and anyone living with you have never been declared bankrupt or been subject to bankruptcy proceedings, been served with any County Court Judgements (CCJs) or other judgements related to debt or entered into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)
You and anyone living with you aren’t employed in the following trades or industries:

Airline employee Amusement arcade worker Antique & coin dealer Artist Bodyguard Bookmaker Casino employee Circus employee Entertainer Fairground worker Framer & jeweller Haulage contractor Journalist Market trader Money Lender Motor trade Nightclub employee Oil & Gas rig worker Pawnbroker Professional Sportsperson Property developer Scrap merchant Shipping Street trader Turf accountant

Are all of the above assumptions correct?