Buildmark Choice is our warranty and insurance product for properties being built or converted for rent and shared ownership
We are recognised and trusted in the affordable housing sector and work in partnership with many registered providers providing structural warranty and insurance to protect new build homes. For housing associations and local authorities developing homes themselves, we have a range of services to help manage the risks of their developments. If you’re building in this sector, we can support you and your client with:
Comprised of expert NHBC project managers, surveyors, engineers and building inspectors with a wealth of management experience on complex developments. The team knows the Building Regulations and NHBC standards inside out and will work directly with your project design and management team.
Our underwriting team will help you manage the commercial terms of your project, including risk analysis and share warranty and insurance solutions. The product(s) depend on the tenure of the homes being built. If homes are to rent then it will be Buildmark Choice, if they're for sale then it's Buildmark. Commercial units could be covered by Buildmark Connect.
We are the UK's leading new home warranty and insurance provider, recognised by consumers and institutional leaders. With over 80 years' experience in helping to improve the construction standards of new homes and protecting assets from major defects, we understand how to manage the risks of development.
For consistency, quality and efficiency many of our customers also choose to work with us for Building Control (and where relevant, our specialist Commercial Building control team) as well as services such as health and safety consultancy, sustainability and land quality endorsement. We are a unique source of information, data and support.
Sovereign Housing has insisted on NHBC warranty and insurance for all its new homes since it was formed in 1989. Working with NHBC provides a measurable standard for quality across all of our new home developments. It ensures that our contractor and developer partners understand our expectations and it provides consumers with a recognised warranty scheme.
Buildmark Choice is specially designed to protect landlords of newly built or newly converted homes which are built to be rented out or for shared ownership in the private, affordable or social housing sectors
Policy also includes
The above applies to policies for plots registered with us from 1 October 2019. Please see the full Buildmark Choice policy document below for all the conditions and exclusions that apply. Homes registered prior to 1 October 2019 may benefit from insurance protection for certain breaches of Building Regulations if NHBC Building Control Services Limited is appointed for and carries out building control for the property. If we have provided this cover, it will be clearly shown on the Buildmark Choice insurance certificate, and a description of the cover included in the policy booklet. Please refer to your own policy documents for all the terms and conditions that apply to your home.
Elements of communal developments can sometimes carry additional risks, which may not currently be covered by Buildmark Choice. So, in conjunction with Arthur J. Gallagher and HSB Engineering Insurance, a market-leading underwriter of engineering risks, we are able to introduce you to two types of Machinery Inherent Defects Insurance, for either apartments or for district heating.
NHBC Services Limited is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Ltd, registered in England and Wales: 01193013, The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AW. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
You need to be registered with NHBC to offer Buildmark warranty and cover for your new homes. If you’re not yet registered with us, please visit the NHBC registration section first. If you’re already registered with us, you can send us the details of your new site straight away.
