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I am in between properties and am moving out of my flat this weekend and
putting my flat contents into a storage facility.
QUESTION:I'm not sure if I've come to right place, but I'm hoping I'll find someone
with some insurance knowledge.
I am in between properties and am moving out of my flat this weekend and
putting my flat contents into a storage facility. The storage people demand
that I insure my stuff, but they are asking 15 a week for insurance -
which is more than the cost of a month's contents insurance for my flat!
Does anyone know of any companies that offer insurance for belongings kept
in storage facilities, I've had no luck whatsoever finding anyone so far !
ANSWER: IME Yes (though they may not make it compulsory).
What really annoys me about the ones local to me is they
give you a first two weeks free deal.
You store stuff for 4 weeks and you pay 50% of the bill.
Store somethings for 400 weeks and you pay 99.5%
of the bill, that seems the wrong way round to me.
They should be discounting the long periods, not the short
ones.
It also doesn't seem to encourage booking an 'oversize'
room to fill over several months. It is cheaper to take the
smallest room for 4 weeks (getting two free), when it is full
book a larger room for 4 weeks (getting 2 free) and move
into that, when it is full book the next size room for 4 weeks
(getting 2 free) etc.....
ISTM that the policies followed by these companies are
designed to make them uncompetitive, god knows why
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