“And if you ignore overflowing gutters, there’s a chance any home insurance claims for damp could be denied meaning you’d have to pay for any repairs out of your own pocket.
With this in mind, home insurance experts at MoneySuperMarket have issued a pressing warning to homeowners to make sure to clean out their gutters.
Since water damage accounts for a third of all home insurance claims made in the UK, this may well have a damning impact on your finances.
MoneySuperMarket’s home insurance expert, Alicia Hempsted advised: “A blocked gutter might seem like one of those tasks that can be done later, but not tackling this small job can lead to big problems if left for too long.
This is because failing to keep your gutters unclogged could actually void your home insurance policy.
