Buildings insurance
- Get 2 months’ free cover this year and 1 month’s free in each of the next 2 years when you renew with us 1
- Plus and average 15% online discount 2
- 24/7 claims line to UK-based call centres
A house is more than bricks and mortar – its your home. We want you to be able to choose the level of cover that suits you best. Once you've entered your details, we'll offer you three levels of cover (Less, Standard or More) with prices to match. You can take one of these off-the-shelf options or you can tweak it further to add on the extras you need for your home. We'll then offer you a new quote. You control; you choose.
| Buildings insurance 2 – What you get as standard | |
| Buildings cover | Up to £500,000 |
| Cost of alternative accommodation | Up to £100,000 |
| Legal liability cover | Up to £2,000,000 |
| Tracing and accessing leaks | Up to £5,000 |
| Optional buildings features for an additional fee | |
| Accidental damage to services, fixed glass and bathroom fittings and the option to cover all other accidental damage to property. | |
| Home emergency cover 8 – £1,000 for call out, parts and labour in the event of a domestic emergency. | |
| Legal expenses cover – £50,000 to pay for a qualified person to act on your behalf in a legal dispute. | |
| Proteted no-claims discount – safegaurd your accumulated no claims discount if you have been insured and claim free for 5 years. | |
| Matching items – cover for undamaged items that form part of a set, suite or pair, should one item get damaged and cannot be repaired or replaced with a match. | |
| We also offer | |
| 24/7 claims line | |
| Paper free claims notification | |
| Dedicated claims handler with direct telephone number for you to speak to them throughout your claim | |
Get combined buildings and contents insurance
Buy buildings and contents insurance together and get a 10% combined discount plus an average 15% online discount 2. Find out more about buildings and contents insurance
Switching home insurance promise
Also – as part of our Switching Promise – we’ll pay any fees your existing insurer charges you to switch your home insurance to Barclays 4.
Call us
For help or to apply by phone, call 0800 068 8097 5.
Find out more about what's covered and what's not covered
Full policy wording 4.94 MB
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Summary of cover limits 350 KB
Guide to home insurance 1.75 MB
It's your home. Why shouldn't it be your home insurance? We’ll present you with three popular packages to start off with. Then, if you choose, you can add, remove or change the excess levels of the features shown below.
These are our three standard packages, which you can customise, this may affect your premium.
| More | Standard | Less | |
| Accidental damage | Full | Standard | No |
| Protected no-claims discount | Yes | No | No |
| Matching items | Yes | No | No |
| Excess | £100 | £100 | £200 |
Use our simple Get a quote form to build your policy with only the cover you need and the optional extras you want.
Home insurance key exclusions
These are some of the things that aren’t covered:
- Excess. You will have to pay the 1st part of most claims – this is known as an excess. Your schedule details the excesses that apply to your policy.
- Claims beyond your limits. Limits apply for certain covers – they are shown on your schedule and in your policy booklet.
- Certain loss or damage (for example theft or malicious damage) caused by you or members of your household.
- Damage caused by chewing, scratching, tearing or fouling by domestic animals.
- Replacement of any undamaged items forming part of a pair, set or suite where replacements can’t be matched – however wider cover is available to replace certain undamaged items under the matching items cover options for both buildings and contents insurance (including personal belongings). See policy for full details.
Find out more with our guide to Barclays Home Insurance 4.94 MB Remember it's important to know exactly what's covered and what's not.
Home insurance eligibility
As long as you are 18 or over and the following statements are true, you can complete a Barclays buildings insurance quote online.
The property to be insured:
- Is your main residence
- Isn't a listed building
- Has no more than five bedrooms
- Is in good repair with no past subsidence or underpinning and is of standard construction (ie brick, stone or concrete and roofed with tile or slate) if this is not the case we may still be able to offer you cover if you call 0800 068 8097 5
- Has no special exposure to flood or storm damage
- Isn't used for business, except for home/office work that involves no employees or visitors
- Is not left unoccupied for more than 40 consecutive days a year
Neither you nor anyone you usually live with:
- Has more than £80,000 of contents or £10,000 of valuables
Even if you can't confirm all of these statements we may still be able to give you a quote for buildings insurance. Call us on 0800 068 8097 5.
If you're a tenant or your property is a maisonette, we can't offer you buildings insurance but you can get cover for your personal possessions with our Contents insurance
Find out more about what's covered and what's not covered
Full policy wording 4.94 MB
Summary of cover limits 350 KB
Guide to home insurance 1.75 MB
This could suit you if:
- You want buildings insurance only
- You want 2 months’ free cover this year and 1 month’s free next year when you renew with us 1 , plus an average of 15% online discount 2
Try our other options if:
- You want contents insurance too
- Your re-build value is more than £500,000
- You live in a flat or maisonette
- You're a tenant
Get a buildings insurance quote
To get a quote you'll need to provide us with:
- The age of the property
- The rebuild cost of your property (as opposed to the market value)
- Your past 5 years' claims history
The offer is not available for policies purchased from an aggregator or other price-comparison website. Prices on aggregator sites may be lower.
The loyalty offer in the second and third years of your policy is only available if your policy is renewed from the day after the end date of your previous year’s policy.
If you pay your premium in monthly instalments, you will not pay for the final 2 months of the first year of your policy. If you renew your policy, you will not pay for the final month in the second and third years of your policy.
If you pay for your premium in a lump sum at the start of your policy, your premium will be reduced by 2/12ths in the first year of your policy. If you renew your policy, your premium will be reduced by 1/12th in the second and third years of your policy.
If you cancel your policy, you will be entitled to a pro-rata refund of the premium paid, less the cancellation fee. Home emergency and Legal expenses are exempt from refund of premium. Full cancellation rights are available in the policy document.
This offer may be withdrawn or amended at any time. If the offer is withdrawn, any quotes previously obtained will be valid for the original 90 day period.
2. Discount between 10% to 22% depending on your personal circumstances and subject to minimum premiums. Home Emergency Cover and Legal Cover are excluded within the online discount offer.
Don’t be. We promise to reimburse you for any cancellation fee that your existing insurer may charge for switching to Barclays.
- Purchase a Barclays Home Insurance policy (either single or combined cover)
- Cancel your previous home insurance policy and pay the insurer's cancellation fee
- Send a copy of your previous insurer’s cancellation confirmation together with confirmation of the cancellation fee you have paid to Barclays Customer Service Centre, PO Box 7463, Perth, PH2 0YX
