Guest Guest 47403 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 How much have people valued there goods at for the average 3 bed house, for insurance and customs purposes? Just after a rough general figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomthepom1 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I spoke to a shipping company the other day and they suggested about £35k for our 3 bed semi. Sounds an ok number to me. works out about £1k insurance cost using the shipping companies insurance. Hope that helps. tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest62720 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I am a Director of Insure Your -Move Ltd. We are constantly asked this question and deliberately shy away from making any suggestions - sorry, but we are insurers not valuers (nor are the removers). Suppose we suggested you value your goods for £ 30k having never seen them, there is then a catastrophe and all your goods are lost and upon settlement of your claim you discover £ 30k was no where near enough to replace your entire consignment. Whose door would you be knocking on for giving you bad or inaccurate advice?? Equally, how do we know if you have a state of the art TV/Music system or a valuable collection or a set of work tools which may distort the overall value of your shipment. The only guidance we give is that you might consider assessing the approx. UK replacement value of all the items being shipped and then apply the cost of living ratio between the UK and Oz. You will be surprised how quickly it all mounts up. Sorry to put a negative slant on this question but we can recount numerous occasions where the claimant has stated 'we were told only to insure it for that amount' ......' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomthepom1 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I am a Director of Insure Your -Move Ltd. We are constantly asked this question and deliberately shy away from making any suggestions - sorry, but we are insurers not valuers (nor are the removers). Suppose we suggested you value your goods for £ 30k having never seen them, there is then a catastrophe and all your goods are lost and upon settlement of your claim you discover £ 30k was no where near enough to replace your entire consignment. Whose door would you be knocking on for giving you bad or inaccurate advice?? Equally, how do we know if you have a state of the art TV/Music system or a valuable collection or a set of work tools which may distort the overall value of your shipment. The only guidance we give is that you might consider assessing the approx. UK replacement value of all the items being shipped and then apply the cost of living ratio between the UK and Oz. You will be surprised how quickly it all mounts up. Sorry to put a negative slant on this question but we can recount numerous occasions where the claimant has stated 'we were told only to insure it for that amount' ......' You are absolutely right, when it comes to signing on the dotted line you need to have a good idea of worth. but I got tje impression that Baz was just looking for a number to think on/ chuck in a budget. Thats whst I was greatful for when a removal company told me 35k UK. It gave me a guide which I could then increase or decrease, depending on what my gut feel told me. Saved me spending a fair few hours working it all out correctly. Each approach has it's time and place. Buy the way, what percentage do you charge for insuring a packed by removal company 20' container? Cheers. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tina0101 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Would it not be the same as when you get contents insurance in the UK for your household insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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