Landlord legal expenses insurance
If your tenants are causing you trouble, property let legal expenses insurance could help.
What does it cover?
We will appoint a solicitor to represent you and pay their costs to protect your rights as a landlord arising from:
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Repossession;
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Property damage, nuisance and trespass;
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Recovery of rent arrears;
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Property-related prosecution defence.
We will also pay alternative accommodation and/or storage costs while trying to gain possession of your property.
Rent indemnity cover is also included so you do not end up out of pocket if repossession is being sought and your tenant defaults on rent due.
Assistance when you need it
Landlords’ Legal Solutions includes useful assistance services providing helplines and online help. Here is a summary.
Legal and tax advice
You can call our legal advice helpline and get immediate advice on all tenancy-related legal problems within UK law 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
You also have access to our tax advice line, open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays), which will answer your personal tax queries subject to UK laws.
Your query will be dealt with by a qualified specialist who is experienced in handling legal and tax-related matters. Services are subject to fair and reasonable use.
Landlords’ legal services website
Your policy unlocks free access to our landlords’ legal services website, this provides a range of useful tools to help you. You can access our law guides which offer guidance on a wide range of legal topics, as well as videos and claims examples that demonstrate how our cover can help.
Various levels of cover
We offer a number of different products; for example, more comprehensive policies will offer extra areas of cover, including cover for contract disputes and tax protection.
If you want to know more about what we offer and discuss which of our property let products would be suitable for your customers, please get in touch.