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How to keep a buildings insurance valuation up to date

It’s more important than ever to keep a buildings insurance valuation up to date.

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The Impact of Rising Building Costs on Insurance

We cannot escape the talk in the media about rising building costs. Even buying a tin of paint for a DIY job…

What is the rebuild cost of my house?

The cost to rebuild your house for insurance purposes is based on your house being rebuilt from scratch.

What does a ‘hard’ insurance market mean to us?

The hard market in insurance is undoubtedly leading to higher premiums and a tougher stance on claims. This is not a good time to be underinsured, as policyholders may suffer a shortfall in pay-out on an otherwise valid claim at a time they can least afford it.

The valuation of listed and historic buildings for insurance purposes

BCH experience is that listed buildings cost significantly more to rebuild following an insured loss than unlisted buildings.

Property insurance valuations and the underinsurance issue

In the majority of commercial or non-standard property insurance policies, the declared value (building sum insured or rebuild value) is critical to…

Buildings insurance rebuild values : How to support your clients

As an insurance professional, you have an obligation to inform customers about the importance of setting the correct buildings insurance cover when…

Historic Building Restoration

Tourism is a vital part of our economy and historic buildings lie at the heart of the industry. Planning for the cost…

Greenhouses & Property Insurance

Gardening and greenhouses have become second homes to many during this pandemic, getting our hands dirty and growing our own produce. Just…

Non-standard buildings insurance valuations

Due to their unique nature, non-standard buildings insurance valuations can be much more complicated to establish – making it difficult to get the correct buildings insurance cover.

World Theatre Day: Spotlight on Theatre Buildings

Our theatres are part of our heritage, our memories and home to the creative industry which accounts for 1.9 million jobs and…

Underinsurance: Protect Your Livelihood

“If underinsurance is discovered, then it is likely that the claim pay-out will be reduced”
How does underinsurance occur?

Why has my recommended property insurance sum insured changed?

The reinstatement value of your property forms the basis of your building’s insurance cover.

Beware the valuations of commercial buildings based on average prices

We are often asked why our assessments may differ from a so-called ‘average prices’ found on search engines. At BCH we carry out fully compliant Reinstatement Cost Assessments.

Valuation of flats based on ‘average prices’ – what you need to know

It is rare that two blocks of flats look the same externally and almost impossible for the internal lay out and finishes to be the same. So why would they be valued identically using average rates?

The valuation of buildings within prime Central London

Reconstruction costs within Prime Central London far exceeds any published data.

A dissertation which investigates reinstatement cost methodology for historic buildings

The development of a methodology to present reinstatement costs for historic and/or listed buildings, with particular reference to family dwellings.

Case Studies

Canada Water Library

The key concern when rebuilding is the site location; this building structure leans right over Canada Water basin.

Blink and you could miss something!

The Sainsbury Centre is a modern building, that looks to the future whilst looking after the past. It was also one of the first buildings designed by Norman Foster and opened in 1978.

Went for the wine, stayed for the quandary…

There are a number of factors that would cause concern when reinstating a property that are common to Central London and other cities.

Stepping into the past at the Black Country Living Museum

The Black Country Living Museum is unique in every respect. There are approximately 100 buildings of a variety of ages on the site, as well as external structures including a lime kiln, canal basin and bridges…

Luxury apartments converted from a 19th Century library

Luxury apartments converted from a 19th Century library.

Building valuation survey includes a chapel

One of the most unusual occurrences I’ve ever come across whilst looking at properties.

Valuation survey for Passivhaus new build

A building which has been designed to comply with Passivhaus principles.

Factors that show the importance of bespoke buildings insurance assessments

Site-specific factors that impact reinstatement cost assessments.

Apartment development in a prime central London location

The specific location was critical…

Waterfront location affects a buildings insurance valuation

Waterfront situation affects the re-instatement valuation for this development.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir demands unique valuation survey

A self-load-bearing building…

Tackling Twickenham – assessing the cathedral of rugby

This cathedral of rugby has evolved over time with improvements, enhancements and the odd conversion.

Business News

Read all the latest BCH news articles and updates here.

BCH announces Mark Briggs as Managing Director

BCH announces Mark Briggs as Managing Director

Risky business: don’t risk underinsurance in a tough market

Mark Briggs discusses Benchmark, the cost effective e-valuation service from insurance valuation specialists BCH that ensures your buildings insurance cover is set…

Barrett Corp & Harrington achieves government-backed cybersecurity certification

Barrett Corp & Harrington has reached a major milestone, achieving Cyber Essentials Plus certification from the independent certifying body, Aristi.

Commercial Director celebrates and reflects on 2 years at BCH

A driving force of BCH, our Commercial Director, Mark Briggs celebrated his 2-year work anniversary last month.

Insurance Rebuilding Costs in a Post COVID-19 Britain

Mark Briggs considers what might happen to rebuilding costs when normality returns to the building industry.

Introducing our new management team

The last few years have been especially busy for us. We have grown our in-house team to 20. A strong management team is in place to meet customers’ needs and to assist in the growth of our business.

BCH are exhibiting at the prestigious Historic Buildings, Gardens and Parks Event 2014

Extend your knowledge of insurance valuations for historic buildings and be able to appreciate the challenges faced by owners of historic buildings.

Barrett Corp & Harrington exhibiting at Flat Living Live 2015

Flat Living Live! will give you the chance to connect with key decision-makers and senior property managers from some of the largest managing agents in the country.

Celebrating ten years!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers, current and past, for being part of the success and growth of Barrett Corp Harrington.

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