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Old 01-23-2012, 09:43 AM
 
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I"m a tottal Newb when it comes to Home Cost. I'm coming from renting an apartment in Manhattan for over 20 years to owning a home in LI.

Is ~1300 a good price for 100 percent replacement cost coverage on a new home?

I'd like to hear thoughts.

The appraisal on the home we are moving into was 351K replacement cost.
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:46 AM
 
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Its ok with no car on the policy. If you had cars too I would think thats a tad high.

Im at like $900 but I have a car on it too.
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:52 AM
 
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Due to a ban business investment my wife made (Brought a house and land in Florida right before bust) I'm the only person on the Mortgage and car is in her name. I take it that the mortgage has to be under the same person as the car for it to work correct?
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:56 AM
 
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We have a split level home with no mortgage,a $500 deductable,full replacement cost and jewelry rider attached and it is almost $1300. You can increase deductable to $1000 to save a few $$.
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:04 AM
 
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Ours is roughly in that ballpark or slightly less. I did some quoting around recently to get it lower and instead of better pricing, each tried to scare tactic me into more (and unnecessary) coverage. I like my agent and the price is competitive. However, even with the discounts, adding cars to it was a net loss so my autos are still with the talking lizard company and home with someone else.
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:22 AM
 
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Default insurance

Pointless to talk about price of insurance without knowing how much the policy is for. 1,300 premium is high if you're covering $200k house and is decent if you're covering $400k
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:38 AM
 
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Pointless to talk about price of insurance without knowing how much the policy is for. 1,300 premium is high if you're covering $200k house and is decent if you're covering $400k
OP said it was $351k
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:54 AM
 
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Sounds ok. YOu should still be able to bundle the car. It's about who lives in the household.
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Old 01-23-2012, 11:14 AM
 
Location: Village of Patchogue, NY
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I'm in the shopping boat too.

best I got so far is State Farm.
Quote: $1550
W/auto: $1250
Auto: $2400
w/ Defensive driver: $2200

I'm looking at ~$3500 annum with the defensive driver courses.

$2500 Ded and 300k replacement cost. 5% hurricane Ded. Not in a flood zone. 2 cars 09' and 11', no tickets or accidents, age 26&27.

The reason for the high deductable is I don't plan on making claims for anything less than $2500. I'm assuming that HOI works like auto, where they raise your premium if you make claims even for small stuff?

Either way, I guess I better keep shopping. Should I reach out to small name and local companies too? I don't want to have some natural disaster to hit and have them go belly up...
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Old 01-23-2012, 11:16 AM
 
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State Farm was the best deal when I was shopping too.

From what Im hearing tho ya need to shop yearly to keep the price competitive.
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