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Hi - can anyone recommend an alternative to British Gas Homecare 200. I'm now paying around £365 a year for a ten year old boiler and am wondering if I can find cheaper cover?

I have a reliable plumber instead. He charges a lot less than that but there is the risk that he is on holiday when the thereis a problem and you have to get someone in. This happened in Decemeber but it still cost less than you are paying and I am talking central London. I use contacts through my agent

Switch to British Gas new homecare agreement, its £204 a year for homecare 200 but with £99 excess on each repair.

Currently offering £40 high st voucher deal too.

The rest are rubbish and not worth the £9.95 a month and £50 excess....

Many thanks for your replies - had thought about using my own plumber but, of my tenants, one is in in her nineties and the others have young children so I need someone who will attend asap. Will stay with British Gas on the same plan I think. The boilers are ten years old so don't want to be paying £99 call out charges.

I discover my boiler wasn't working this morning at around 8.30, the engineer is here now, that's not bad is it!

Bloody cold mind!

We have the home care from British Gas and it's been a godsend.  It's worked out fab for us, as we had to have the entire cylinder replaced...... I was like you, complaining that it was costing a lot, but in the end it has worked out for the best for us

BobOff,

Does homecare 200 cover for BTL properties? It looks like for your own home kind of package.

Actually I use homeserve on the BTL ones.

They are good ish.

Thanks BobOff

BG Homecare 200 is pretty good value as they provide a gas cert on their landlord schemes for just £2 a month extra. Only issue I have come across is that they have an exclusion about repairing boilers if they are over a certain age and on their reduced service list because of the difficulty in getting parts. As a managing agent even with good plumbing contacts I sometimes struggle to get plumbers out in an emergency and we recommend our landlords take out cover if their boiler is under 7 years old.