Affordable Housing
We work with you to develop new homes and manage development risk
If you’re a Shared Owner or Housing Association Tenant with a query about Buildmark cover on your home, you should refer to your Housing Association in the first instance.
Your partner in new home development
We work with you to help develop new homes and manage development risk. We give you strategic and technical expertise to support you through the whole house building process.
Plus, we're the leading new home warranty and insurance provider - giving you and your customers confidence in their choices. With over 80 years' experience in raising standards in new home building, we understand how to manage the risks of development.
Technical support and guidance
Online management of your developments
Building control and site inspections
Why choose NHBC?
Whether you are developing homes for sale, or contracting a third party to build homes for you to rent, NHBC is here as a partner to help build homes to the highest standards, and provide warranty protection for you as a landlord or for the buyers of your homes.
Strategic partner
We are a strategic partner in managing development risk - with tools to evaluate the viability of developments.
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Leading warranty provider
We provide warranty and insurance on new homes to protect you as a landlord and your customers who buy new homes.
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Technical expertise
We are the industry-leading source of technical house building advice, setting standards for the house-building industry.
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Training, analysis, quality
We can support your delivery of high quality construction through analysis, training courses and specific quality consultancy services.
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Manage risk
Our experts are with you at every stage, helping to reduce and manage risk right from the start.
Stay on top
We have unrivalled knowledge to help you and your contractors with technical advice and support in all areas of home-building, sustainability and compliance.
Satisfy lenders and insurers
Buildmark Choice is recognised and trusted by all major housing lenders, insurers and regulators.
Key features of Buildmark Choice
Buildmark Choice provides you, your tenants and homeowners with:
Builder warranty & NHBC Guarantee
A builder warranty and NHBC Guarantee for the first two years after completion. During this period, the contractor is responsible for putting right damage to the home(s) or common parts caused by their failure to build to the NHBC Standards. In the event of contractor insolvency in this period, we insure their obligations.
Full policy document
For further details, please see this Policy details page.
Post completion cover
In years 3 to 10 post-completion, you are covered for damage to specified parts of the home. We will also cover removal, storage, loss of rent and alternative accommodation if the occupier has to move out so that repair work can be done.
Contaminated land cover
Cover if you are served, or are likely to be served, a Statutory Notice about contamination of the land that existed at completion.
Options to extend Buildmark Choice cover
01. Insolvency cover before practical completion
Add insurance cover to protect you if your contractor is unable to complete the build due to insolvency.
02. Professional fees in connection with a claim
Add insurance cover for reasonable professional fees that you incur in connection with a valid claim.
03. Extended period of insurance cover
Extend the insurance period (including for Professional Fees if selected) by a further 2 years, giving 12 years' cover in total.
For full details of the Buildmark Choice policy...
