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find online home insurance owners Churchill’s Head of Home Insurance, Martin Scott said, “Collecting and trading of belongings is clearly a favourite of the nation with millions of pounds worth, being collected every day. This compares to over half of women who just stack randomly. The nation’s commitment to these collections is so significant that 20% of respondents declared that their partner’s collections were often the source of arguments. Read more...

Surrey Gardeners Have Greenest Fingers.

 
 

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Winter 2004/5 Winter 2002/3 Main heating system 46% 40% Plumbing and drainage 31% 34% Roof damage 14% 1% Domestic power supply 4% 7% Home security 3% 10% Toilet unit 1% 3% Household - others 1% 4%. Nikki Sellers, head of esure home insurance, says:. Find the stopcock and make sure it works. find online home insurance owners Read more...

 
 
 
   
 
 
 

Surrey Gardeners Have Greenest Fingers.

Surrey gardeners have greenest fingers.



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.

This Saturday will be the busiest day of the year for the country's amateur gardeners, handymen and home improvers with over 1.2 million people expected to visit their local DIY or garden store, a 50 per cent increase from the average number of shoppers on a normal Saturday.

 
 
 
 

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Over 50 million is expected to be spent as gardeners are inspired by the Chelsea Flower Show and the prospect of a long weekend with, hopefully, some fine weather.

The research from Barclays Insurance reveals that residents of South West Surrey, covering towns such as Farnham and Godalming, spend the most on their gardens (Over 350 per capita per year, see table in notes for editors). Other top garden spending areas are North East Hampshire, Mole Valley, Surrey Heath and Tonbridge and Malling.
 
 
 
 

British Women Waste
find online home insurance owners “The research clearly shows that many householders are guilty of buying new clothes in the sales which will never get worn. However, few are likely to realise how much money they are spending over the years in this way.” And when the unwanted clothes are finally removed from the wardrobe, the big winner in the billion pound unworn clothes business is revealed – the high-street charity shop. Read more...

 
 
 
 
Outside of the South East, Somerset and Frome and Tiverton and also see large sums spent on gardens and home improvements.

Londoners spend the least on their home and garden and make the fewest visits to garden and DIY centres, perhaps unsurprising given the shortage of green space in the capital. However outside of London, Yorkshire and the North East are the two regions which spend the least on with less than 180 a year spent on DIY and gardens in these areas.

 
 
 
 

British Singletons are a nation of closet hoarders.
Victoria Beckham had a six per cent vote*. Women spend on average 778 a year in comparison to men who spend 456 updating their wardrobes and women find the need to go shopping three times as often as men**. By only throwing away five per cent* of their wardrobe each year many are living in denial and underestimating the true cost of their entire wardrobe should they need to replace it. find online home insurance owners Read more...

 
 
 
 


Mark Till, Barclays Insurance marketing director, says: "Our research shows that we spend a huge amount of time and money on our gardens and homes each year but many people never think of insuring their gardens even though they may have thousands of pounds worth of plants, garden furniture and garden tools.

"Many policies cover basic levels of insurance but you can always add further garden insurance to your schedule to make sure you are fully covered in case of accidents and theft - after all your teak garden furniture probably costs more than your nice leather sofa.".

For more information go to barclays.co.uk

 
 
 
 

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