Claims UK Garden Keep on Growing
By Alex Gregory

With summer just us, many home insurance providers to issue warnings about the threat of season UK Garden theft and now an insurance company has seen new figures showing the extent of our insecurities summer.

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According to Sainsbury’s Bank, the average claim paid in a UK garden theft home insurance in January 2007 to January 2008 was £ 291.30. Although more than one third of the stolen items, 34 percent, were valued at less than 50 pounds, more than one tenth of the stolen items had values ranging from £ 401 – £ 1,000 and three percent had a value even more than that.

Garden theft is on the rise and the value of the items we have in our gardens is also in place – expected to spend a staggering £ 3.6billion in the outfield this year. Therefore, it has become vital for owners to play particular attention to the UK garden cover aspects of their policies.

Make sure all items such as expensive potted plants, lawn mowers and garden tools are included in the terms of your policy. Check the value of the coverage you have in place and also make sure it is enough to cover all elements of your UK garden.

It’s worth contacting their home insurance provider to see if they offer savings if you install security devices. These could include the shed or house alarms alarms that extend to cover outbuildings, sensor lighting, and five lever mortice locks and key locks operating.

Try to make life difficult for burglars. Greens around windows obstructive shed, put a brick to weigh down containers, UK garden statues bolt on the floor, and spread gravel for roads so you can hear the intruders.

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