Cheap Home Insurance Quote
Cheap Home Insurance Quote
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Help with homeowners insurance. Do these number look right?
I am buying my first home and am looking up quotes online. So far farmers insurance is the cheapest. Is this a good compnay? My home appraised for $230,000 and I was told I need at least $155,000 in coverage. I was thinking of doing like $180,000 is that too much? Here are the other numbers on my quote, do they look like the standard stuff? I am so confused by this stuff!
Dwelling $180,000
Separate structures $18,000
Personal property $135,000
Loss of use $72,000
Medical Payments $1,000
Personal Liability $300,000
Deductible $500
According to these numbers my yearly premium would be $469.47. Does all this sound right???
Just a word of warning, those online numbers don’t stick.
You need to write the house for the cost to rebuild, either 80%, 90%, or 100%, depending on what the policy requires. If you have a kitchen fire, the insurance company doesn’t just buy the kitchen at market value. They have to FIX it. If you underinsure, that means, you’re sharing part of the loss. If you are WAY underinsured, according to policy terms, you could end up getting $10,000 on a $20,000 kitchen fire, and then being mad at the insurance company, because YOU messed up.
This isn’t something you should be doing yourself. I’m sure you’re going to skip some VERY important things, because you don’t realize they are important. What things? Here’s a partial list, an AGENT will be able to explain why you should have them:
Replacement cost on building
GUARANTEED replacement cost on building (if you can find it)
Replacement cost on contents
Backup of sewers & Drains
Building Ordinance & Law coverage
AND, any special personal property floaters that might be applicable.
Homeowners is a PACKAGE policy. Typically, the other structures are 10% of the dwelling, the personal property is 50% to 75% of dwelling, loss of use is typically 20% of dwelling.
Then, you have to consider COVERAGE form. At that price, you’ve probably got a crappy coverage form, maybe an HO2 or HO8. That can leave you uninsured for LOTS of things.
Don’t do “do it yourself” open heart surgery. Or “do it yourself” homeowners insurance.
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