Property owners may be thankful of their
home insurance policy should damage occur to their home due to renovation work.
Cover for accidental damage is an option on most home insurance policies that could be worth getting if homeowners plan to employ people to work in their property.
PR and marketing manager at TrustMark Stuart Carter said that cowboy or rogue tradesmen are a problem and homeowners should make sure they are employing certified workers.
With a registered tradesman, "you know you're not going to get ripped off and you know the work that is going to be done is going to be done to the necessary industry standards", said Mr Carter.
Recent research from HomeServe suggests that 2.26 million people have paid cash for a home improvement job which they believed to be incomplete.
Paying with cash leaves "little chance" for any compensation, it is noted by the poll.
The survey also found that during the last two years, Brits have forked out £8 million to rectify unfinished and unsatisfactory jobs in their homes.
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