Homeowner Insurance During Renovation: The Gaps Nobody Warns You About
About this episode
This episode discusses the gaps in homeowner insurance during renovations and how to address them.
Your homeowner insurance during renovation can quietly stop protecting you precisely when your home is most exposed. Standard policies are built for homes you live in, not construction sites, and the language that creates gaps sits inside the policy waiting for a renovation to trigger it. This episode reveals the four specific places those gaps open, introduces the specialized coverage built for homes under construction, and gives you the simple phone calls that close every gap before your project starts. GET YOUR RENOVATION INSURANCE CHECKLIST FOR FREE! WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER Standard homeowners policies fall short during construction in four predictable places. First, the work itself usually isn't covered — if your contractor does sloppy work or the remodel goes wrong, your policy looks at it as a workmanship problem, not a sudden accident. Second, vacancy clauses can reduce or suspend coverage when you move out during the renovation, which is exactly what sensible homeowners do. Third, the home may not count as your residence under the policy while construction is underway, turning what sounds like a technicality into a claim denial. Fourth, business activity exclusions can…
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