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Name: Home Insurance
Rating: 3.64 (134 reviews)

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3.47

Based on 134 reviews, last reviewed 10th Oct 2024

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Latest highest rating:

4

Right level of insurance No-one likes it when your renewal quote arrives much higher than expected. After shopping around l decided to buy my home insurance from LV even thoug... Read more Reviewed on: 10th October 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Never had a home insurance claim. Never had a home insurance claim. My building and contents insurance doubled on renewal from 300 to over 600! Reviewed on: 11th June 2024

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Choosing the right insurance provider can be daunting with so many on the market. At Smart Money People, we collect LV= home insurance reviews from existing policyholders to help you make a better financial decision. Find out how customers rate the service they have received from LV=.

LV= offers a variety of insurance policies, with discounts available when you combine its home and motor policies. There are three levels of home insurance to choose from: essentials, home and home plus. LV= home insurance policies come with the benefit of a 24 hour helpline and a 12 month guarantee on repairs.

What do you need from a home insurance policy? Are you searching for a flexible policy, with a range of optional add-ons? Or are you simply looking for the most cost-effective premium? Are you prioritising buildings insurance, or do you only need contents insurance? Perhaps you’re planning to combine both policies? Whatever your needs, read our LV= home insurance reviews to see how genuine customers rate their policies.

Have you had a home insurance policy with LV=? Whether good or bad, give an honest account of your experience. Did you purchase buildings insurance, contents insurance, or both? What level of cover did you choose, and were you satisfied with your policy? Did you have any experience with the customer service team? Would you renew your policy and recommend it to family or friends? Write an honest LV= home insurance review. Together, we can help people like you make better financial decisions.

LV (Liverpool Victoria) Home Insurance reviews (134)

Review of the LV (Liverpool Victoria), Home Insurance:

If I could give you zero I would

My advice would be never go near this company. My parents are both nearly 80 and are in poor health found this out the hard way. A Leaking upstairs toilet, through to the ceiling. Several people came with different views, parents were given the option of paying for the bathroom tiles to be changed which would of cost them their £500 excess and a 50% contribution, the area is under 1 ms and they had 33 SPARE yes spare tiles so they said no, because they couldn’t afford it, LV agreed that the area could be re-tiled using existing tiles and the spares. First the kitchen ceiling was coated, not repaired. Next the toilet was removed, a new cistern fitted, original was slim line and whilst old was of good quality, what went back was neither, the toilet now being 9” further into the room, this left enough room for Dad to walk sideways with his sticks between the sink and toilet, LV agreed to change the cistern back to a slim line, the toilet had now been fitted at an angle, laughable if my mom wasnt stood there crying and saying sorry. 2 weeks then Gelder supervisor finally visited and said “I know it looks bad but it’s only 10mm” refitted and again another day of disruption, keep in mind my parents are nearly 80, Dad has terminal cancer and mom suffers with nerves. Again I visited on the weekend, next was tiling, pieces of cardboard from toilet role and pizza box’s had been used as spacers, none of the joints matched, the tiles were kicked out at the tops, sides, bottoms and gaps were between 2mm and 10mm, the tiles appeared to have been cut with a bread knife and the tile edges were snapped and the corners not even 45 degree joints, Gelder supervisor came out and said “I know it’s not his best work, but it might hide it when it’s grouted” he finally agreed to send round his tiler to redo the job, when I asked who the hell had done this then if it wasn’t his tiler he told me it was the plumber as the tiler was busy. A few days later, Gino a great guy came to look at it, called the Gelder group office and said it was the worst tiling job he had seen in 30 years, he then asked them to find out where the plumber had put the 33 spare tiles to which the reply “he errr used them all” he fought our corner for us for an hour with Gelder group, explained that this could not be redone and the standard was appalling. Gelder promptly passed it back to LV to deal with, after weeks of ignored emails finally insisted on sending a company round called “Magic Man” who could repair broken tiles and rebuild tiles that were cut short, they had ever confidence “we would hardly notice" The results:“no chance at all, never seen a job that bad and I’ve seen a few, who’s done that?" We were then offered a compromise,“how about we get some white tiles and make a feature out of that part of the wall?”the next compromise was “we noticed you had spare kitchen tiles, can we use those, I know the colour and size is different but if we mix them in it will look ok” we insisted on a retiling . We now choose our own contractor, LV agreed, they offered was £2100 for everything, this includes putting the leaking toilet right (still leaking a year on) replacing the floor, replastering and new tiles, the bathroom has to come out for tiling, shower, radiator, toilet, sink We had two quotes from bathroom fitters, around £4,500. For months now LV have delayed making a final decision on paying out, full of sympathy but it’s going from person to person, dept to dept. “there were mistakes on both parts”, my parents mistake being they couldn’t make up their minds quickly, partly because they are old and partly because that many different people came that told them different things they got confused to hell, the other mistake according to LV was my parents didn’t want to pay the excess or 50% contribution because of upheaval and finances, of course they wouldn’t?? Who would when you have a 1ms area and 33 spare tiles!! An unfortunate case of “their old, don’t worry about it” Think about this story before you take out a policy with this company. Reviewed on: 15th February 2022

excellent

Offers the highest cover for garden and sheds under the standard policy for the lowest annual cost. Reviewed on: 23rd August 2024

Never had a home insurance claim.

Never had a home insurance claim. My building and contents insurance doubled on renewal from 300 to over 600! Reviewed on: 11th June 2024

LV are bottom slicing their customer base

As a customer for 19 years I have migrated my house insurance. Last year they increased the premium by 50%. This year by 110% so adios. They did the same with my car insurance which they have had for 10 years. I had 3 cars insured with them and they will all move as the renewals approach. allianz now own LV and they are racking up the premiums of their loyal customers to see what they can get away with. I have NEVER made a claim for house or car insurance in 19 years Reviewed on: 10th June 2024

HOME INSURANCE DOUBLES.

My home insurance renewal was £680 last year, my renewal had just come through at £1,220!!! I have never had a claim. I will never use LV again and will also change my car insurance for another company out of principle. LV obviously don’t want the business. Reviewed on: 20th February 2024

LVdoes not value existing customers

Home insurance quote increased by 33% by LV. LV increased my home building and content quote by 33% despite no claims being made. Online comparison site offered an equivalent quote gir £225 which is ehat LV quoted last year. Clearly LV do not want loyal customers snd offer cheaper deals only to new ones. I won't be using LV in the future. I also will not renew my car insurance with them until they rmvakye existing customers as much as they do new ones Reviewed on: 5th October 2023

Almost doubled

My policy went up from £210 to £360 even with buildings only it was £310 gone with someone else for £155 your loss LV Reviewed on: 2nd October 2023

Renewal

No problems at renewal time. Making changes is easy with a phone call to customer service. Reviewed on: 17th September 2023

Very disappointed

Had to wait 9 months for them to sort out my claim denied my claim twice although I was clearly covered.If it wasn't for my persistence and going to the complaint department and getting the ombudsman involved i wouldn't of had my claim agreed..very unprofessional and incompetent... Reviewed on: 14th September 2023

Home Insurance

Good cover for contents at a reasonable price Reviewed on: 12th September 2023

So disappointed. Shame on you!

I have been with this company for 30years and only one claim 18yrs ago. They've never messed me about with hiked up fees before. My renewal quote this year was 33% higher. Was told it was non-negotiable and then rude person told me my situation must have changed. NO it has not, rude lady. Gone elsewhere, same cover for half the price. So much forrewarding loyal customers Reviewed on: 12th September 2023

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