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UK garden lovers
(10 August 2005) 80% of green-fingered homeowners spent money on their gardens over the last 12 months with one in ten investing over £600 on accessories, flowers and shrubs, according to research from ". A third of garden lovers (32%) bought new garden furniture 20 and a third (31%) decorated their backyards with ornamental pots in the last 12 months. Check your policy documents and ensure that you're suitably covered for garden theft. Read more...
Unsafe homes exposed
Less than two thirds (63 per cent) of homeowners and renters would have the locks changed if they lost their keys, and less than nine in 10 (86 per cent) know exactly how many people have keys to their home. Ian Parker, Managing Director of Privilege Home Insurance says:. Checking all doors and windows are closed and locked.  Switching on the security alarm, if you have one. But homeowners confidence is unfounded, it seems with reality painting a 28 very different picture. Read more...
White elephant gadgets.
In this year’s poll, 63% of people said they would never use a juicer even if they received one as a present and almost three quarters (73%) of adults gave ice cream makers the cold shoulder by saying that they would definitely be unwanted gifts. Sources ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 1015 adults aged 18+, by telephone between the 17th and 18th of August 2005. Nikki Sellers, Head of Home Insurance at esure.com, said:. 36 23.4m UK adults have banished a useless object to a drawer or cupboard and 10.6m have used their loft or garage to store their dust gatherers. Read more...
Surrey gardeners have greenest fingers.
Outside of the South East, Somerset and Frome and Tiverton and also see large 54 sums spent on gardens and home 54 improvements. 26 May 2006 - Barclays People in the South East have the greenest fingers in the UK, spending the highest amount of money on visits to garden and DIY stores, according to research by Barclays Home Insurance. Other top garden spending areas are North East Hampshire, Mole Valley, Surrey Heath and Tonbridge and Malling. Read more...