winchman 12 Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM Just wondering been looking at a building, its currently with planning as industrial use we are looking at using it as a private workshop for repairs / storage of the fleet, so any issues? How do you insure it? Just need the building and tools, vehicles will be insured separately Quote Link to post Share on other sites
galooph 10 Posted Sunday at 08:33 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:33 PM Took me ages to find insurance for my rented unit. Plenty of options if I was using it for commercial purposes, but as soon as I mentioned it was for private use only, insurers didn't want to know. In the end, I found https://www.insuranceprotector.co.uk/ and have been with them for several years now, though I've never had to make a claim. The policy they sorted out for me is with Commercial Express, and they were happy to amend some of the clauses, like allowing me to weld on my own without a second person as a fire watcher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scammell4199 13 Posted Monday at 03:25 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:25 PM We own an industrial unit for our vehicles and its insured with Coversure, with an allowance for tools, equipment etc. Just make sure you get one that comes in under the floor area limit at which business rates kick in, because that gets expensive. Good luck, Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andym 29 Posted Tuesday at 08:19 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:19 AM 16 hours ago, Scammell4199 said: We own an industrial unit for our vehicles and its insured with Coversure, with an allowance for tools, equipment etc. Just make sure you get one that comes in under the floor area limit at which business rates kick in, because that gets expensive. Good luck, Richard Surely if it's "industrial use" it will attract business rates anyway, or does that depend on the opinion of individual councils? Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scammell4199 13 Posted Tuesday at 10:32 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:32 AM (edited) Apologies i previously said it was done on floor area, its actually done on the rateable value, which your local council will have. They estimate this for all buildings in their area every few years, and then the rates you pay is a percentage of that. If your rateable value is below a certain threshold, i think its £15k you don't pay anything. There are also various reliefs for different reasons. Its all on the gov website. Edited Tuesday at 10:34 AM by Scammell4199 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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