Registered builders can request a Buildmark or Buildmark Choice guide price with no obligation.
For a detailed quotation or to buy Buildmark or Buildmark Choice please complete a Site Notification and Initial Notice (SNIN) form.
To discuss your requirements in more detail please call us on 0344 633 1000 and ask for 'Customer Services' or send us an email to cssupport@nhbc.co.uk.
To offer NHBC warranty and insurance cover, you are required to build in accordance with the NHBC Technical Requirements, which are contained in the NHBC Standards and provide a benchmark for acceptable levels of design, material specification and workmanship for newly-built homes registered with NHBC.
Our premium rating scheme works on the same principle as a 'no claims' bonus for car insurance. We look at how long a builder has been on our register and the number of claims that have been made against them in that time.
NHBC registered builders who have kept up high standards of build quality over many years will have a better premium rating and will benefit from lower prices when taking out warranty and insurance cover. Because we value good building practices, the typical fee for a good, long-serving builder will be significantly less than that for a long-serving builder with a bad claims record.
We have 3 main products to choose from:
Buildmark covers newly built or newly converted homes developed for private sale. It’s also the product to use where you are commissioned to build a house for someone on land they own (custom-build or build-to-contract).
Buildmark Choice is for newly built or newly converted homes that are developed for rent or shared ownership in either the private or affordable housing sectors.
Buildmark Connect is for the commercial premises in mixed use schemes so that you can obtain warranty and insurance cover for both the homes and the commercial premises you’re developing from the same provider.
NHBC is unable to register plots if the Beneficiary of Cover and either the developer or builder are related companies or parties. If this applies please contact NHBC Customer Services for guidance.
Our warranty and insurance products are available to all builders and developers registered with NHBC. See NHBC registration.
NHBC is unable to register plots if the Beneficiary of Cover and either the developer or builder are related companies or parties. If this applies please contact NHBC Customer Services for guidance.