If you've built up your home and possessions and want to protect more of the things that matter to you, Extra provides you with more comprehensive cover against a wider range of risks than our Essentials cover. We will cover your home and its contents against loss or damage from a wide variety of causes.
Compare Essentials and Extra buildings and contents cover
| FEATURE | EXTRA COVER |
|---|---|
BUILDINGS COVER | Sum insured will be estimated, but can be increased. |
| Minimum compulsory excess | £100 |
| Alternative accommodation | £50,000 |
| Damage to buildings | ✓ (Including, but not limited to storm, flood, fire, smoke, earthquake) |
| Escape of water and leakage of oil | ✓ |
| Accidental damage | ✓ (Including, but not limited to accidental breakage of fixed glass and sanitaryware) |
| Extended accidental damage | Additional cover option |
CONTENTS COVER | Sum insured will be estimated, but can be increased |
| Minimum compulsory excess | £100 |
| High risk items | Up to 33% of your contents sum insured (a minimum £14,000) |
| High risk single item limit | Up to 5% of your contents sum insured (a minimum of £2,000) |
| Theft from outbuildings | Up to 10% of contents sum insured (min. £5,000) |
| Accidental damage | Included |
| Extended accidental damage | Additional cover option |
Please note that our home insurance is designed to cover certain unforeseen events and doesn't cover everything. It does not cover things like general wear and tear or damage that happens gradually over a period of time. There is also an excess on each claim.
These examples are only a brief list of your cover and exclusions. For more details of what is and isn’t covered, please read our home insurance essentials policy summary (PDF: 719KB) and our home insurance extra policy summary (PDF: 1.71MB). For full details please read our home insurance essentials policy document (PDF: 1.1MB) and our home insurance extra policy document (PDF: 1.16MB).
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