UK Gardens: Candy Store for Thieves
If any of you are using your gardens and sheds as temporary storage for any of your properties and stuff because you converted your lofts and garages to something else then you should read this. Nearly 650,000 UK households had items stolen from their gardens last 2007.
Unfortunately, according to an insurance company, 11 percent of households will spend more than £500 on garden tools, equipment, ornaments, and furniture, but many still fail to properly safeguard their belongings.
Head of risk and underwriting, Mike Pickard, said: “Even household items are now being stored outdoors, blurring the distinction between home contents and outbuilding and garden contents. Homeowners should check the limits of their insurance policies because some are relatively low and in the event of an ‘outdoor’ theft not everything may be covered if your shed is bulging with valuables.”
Lesson? Store your items properly.
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