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Name: Home Insurance
Rating: 3.08 (90 reviews)

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3.08

Based on 90 reviews, last reviewed 27th Nov 2024

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Latest highest rating:

5

am doing a servay on a website that i dont evan see... am doing a servay on a website that i dont evan see the product that i need as yet. Reviewed on: 27th November 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Been with them a long time BUT will be leaving asap. Been with them a long time. Premium well over £1000 a year. Previous claims always dealt with speedily but something is going very wrong at the moment... Read more Reviewed on: 6th February 2024

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Before taking out your new home insurance policy, check customer reviews to be confident that the provider is reputable. We collect Halifax home insurance reviews to help you make an informed decision when selecting a new provider.

Halifax offers three levels of home insurance cover: bronze, silver and gold. Depending on your chosen level, various add-ons are available for extra protection. For example, away from home cover, accidental damage and legal expenses. Halifax policies allow you to choose your own excess, and give you access to a 24/7 emergency helpline.

What is your highest priority for your home insurance policy? Are you prioritising a high level of contents insurance, or a higher level of buildings cover? Perhaps you’re only looking to purchase one or the other? If you’ve had to claim against a previous policy, you’ll understand the importance of finding a professional and efficient provider. Read our Halifax home insurance reviews to see how Halifax policyholders rate the service they received.

Have you had a home insurance policy with Halifax? Share your experience with others on Smart Money People. Together, we can help people like you make better decisions. Tell us about the sign-up process, and if you thought your premium was reasonably priced. What level of cover did you choose, and did you select any additional add-ons? Did you make a claim on your policy, and if so, how was it handled? Would you renew your policy? Write a Halifax home insurance review today.

Halifax Home Insurance reviews (90)

Review of the Halifax, Home Insurance:

Fair price cover.

Quote for home and contents insurance are a very good price for cover provided. Very good cover and price for extra high value items. I have not experienced any claims, therefore not a full score. This may change my opinion if I do have a claim and the service is poor. Reviewed on: 11th October 2024

Always change at year end

I trusted the Halifax. I insured my home and contents for around £150 a year, This increased over 3 years though to over £450 and I failed to notice as they direct debited and if I did get the renewal, I missed the hikes. So on their website now, you can get the same for £150 or less. Just a third the cost. SO I queried it and their letter says they just added "reasonable "increments. TO me, over 300% increase in 3 to 4 years is somewhere between fraud or a protection racket. With interest rates at sweet nothing %, how do they justify the massive over inflation hike. Well is it the council building houses for newly released prisoners and they all live on my estate??? The local Insane Asylum closed and all the firestarters moved opposite in a halfway house. Or was I just getting ripped off. Now I have to go to the Ombudsman and waste all our times to get a refund of the "reasonable" overcharge. Beware this company. They are likely to take you to the cleaners and play loose with your money. Reviewed on: 6th June 2019

The worst of the worst

Awful company, the worst of the worst. My wife lost a 9 carat gold and diamond watch. The watch was no longer available new, only second hand. The value of this was set at £595. The policy says "new for old" however the tiny small print says when the product is no longer available they'll only pay out on the second hand value or nearest equivalent. So they have got out of paying new (where can you get a 9 carat diamond watch for £595!!) Its a minimum of £1500 for a new such watch. We've been well and truly stitched up - this will apply to lots of items - whenever these items are no longer made, they'll just offer you peanuts as second hand value not "NEW FOR OLD" at all. Beware and AVOID this company AT ALL COSTS Reviewed on: 4th April 2019

Excellent value & service

Easy to sign up, great value and would definitely recommend! Reviewed on: 6th September 2018

home insurance

been with them for many years and they have competitive prices Reviewed on: 19th August 2018

home Insurance

Have been with them many years and they have competitive prices Reviewed on: 19th August 2018

Unfair and unacceptable customer care from Halifax Home Insurance - Do not use them!

I am not usually one to write reviews on companies unless they are acceptionally good or acceptionally bad.. unfortunately this is for the latter... If you expect to get a decent and fair settlement figure when going through a claims process do not go to Halifax for home insurance. Having lost my diamond from my engagement ring I am over 12 weeks into a dispute where they are only offering me just over half of what my ring is insured for. It is valued higher than what it’s insured for too, which makes the situation worse. They are still dragging out the process and saying they need more time. Not happy at all as all I want is a fair settlement figure for a very valuable and sentimental piece of jewellery. They are also holding my engagement ring band until the issue has been resolved. It is my property. Customer service and communication has been very poor. I have on several occasions asked for proof of valuation stating all information in relation to the valuation they have been supplied by Goldsmith’s Jewellers, this has never arrived. I have provided proof on two occasions from a diamond merchant that it’s impossible to come up with such a low figure - they have chosen to ignore this information provided. I could go on with this review but I think this says enough in itself. I hope people will think twice about using this insurance company. Reviewed on: 11th July 2018

rude, shoddy incompetent service that you should never use if you value your safety

Have paid an extortionate amount for home insurance with Halifax for many years. The first time I needed to use it was 16 January 2018 when I had a break in, and the service I have been provided with has been poor and shoddy from start to finish. Insurance are supposed to support you, not further add to your headaches and distress. I was allocated building services from VPS following the break in. The break in happened on Monday 14 January, and the property was left vulnerable for 11 days, depriving the police the opportunity of completing forsensics in my garden. When the fitter eventually arrived, he was rude and unprofessional and failed to bring adequate materials with him. He "fixed" the door in a extremely poor and shoddy way using a £3 wood filler which I could have bought on ebay, not even matching the colour so that anyone would know that the door had been damaged. To make matters worse, he also broke an existing bolt on the door, whilst trying to prove that it still worked, so arguably left the door in a worse position than it was. I have no idea what I paid the £100 excess for, after such an extortionate spend on home insurance where they could not do something simple like replace a door. Even an employee at VPS said that she would not have been happy with that sort of work done on her home, and a subsequent builder commented that they cannot have spent more than 5 minutes doing what they did do. The VPS "professional" could not even state whether his £3 wood filler was waterproof, and also stated that his work could not be guaranteed, and the rain may have already damaged this wooden door, because of their own 11 day delay Another "professional" came to analyse the situation who was rude, incompetent and came with the attitude of trying to cover the poor workmanship. I was a woman alone in my own home and found his attitude terrifying and he came with another man and started opening my cupboards without permission to find out where I kept my outdoor keys, and insisted on coming at a time which suited him, when the home owner wasn't at home and I was on my own. I would never want anyone from VPS or Halifax entering my home again after that horrific experience. My door had been perfect before the break in, and this incompetent idiot just made it worse and refused to replace it. and, and he left the door in a worse condition by breaking the bolts. To add insult to injury, he then asked my Mum, a vulnerable woman in her 60s, to sign a document stating that the job was complete to her satisfaction whilst obscuring the terms and conditions so that she couldn't read that bit. She is not that stupid and obviously refused to sign. Never dreamed that Halifax and VPS would provide such a shoddy service, leaving a broken door, damaging it further and to top it off, trying to take advantaged of a widowed and retired woman They should be ashamed of themselves and have a good think about the lack of service provided. At the very least I should have my £100 excess refunded this was incompetent from start to finish.I have paid for this "service" for 10 years and it has been a total waste of money. You should have no customers based on this kind of attitude. Someone purported to try and resolve this for me, but made no difference and actually never returned my calls or refunded the access. Insurance being cancelled and never to be reinstated. I have been paying nearly £75 per month for absolutely nothing. This is a rude, shoddy incompetent service that you should never use if you value your safety or want to actually work with professionals. Avoid at all costs if you actually value your safety and professionalism. Reviewed on: 12th February 2018

Great Cover

Great and affordable cover for house insurance, also extremely easy to sort out online Reviewed on: 11th February 2018

Over Priced Home Insurance

Charging 5 times as much as other providers Reviewed on: 10th January 2018

Good

No problems at all when applying. Reviewed on: 6th January 2018

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