Selling your home

Buildmark covers the home during the life of the policy.

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Passing on your cover

NHBC warranty and insurance policy known as Buildmark is intended to benefit every owner of the home during the lifespan of the policy. So, if you sell the home and the Buildmark policy has not expired, the new owner gets the benefit of the remaining cover (although the limits of the policy may already have been partly or fully used up by claims from you and/or earlier owners).

Take a look at our Buildmark video guides

Watch our explanatory video series to find out more about your Buildmark policy and making a claim.

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Transferring the policy

Your conveyancer may request the Buildmark documents (typically the insurance certificate and policy booklet) from you at the start of the conveyancing process and pass these on to your buyers' solicitor with conveyancer. We also recommend that the new owner of the home contact us on 0344 633 1000 and ask for 'Customer Services' or fill out the form below after they’ve completed their purchase to provide us with their details.

Alternatively, your buyers’ conveyancer may use our online conveyancing portal to let us know about a purchase or change of ownership.

Can't find your policy booklet or insurance certificate?

Find out more about how to find your policy documents, including the policy booklet and insurance certificate.

If your query is relating to a claim, please visit our claims page.

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Get in touch

Please complete the web form below for any policy documentation queries and we will contact you within five working days. Depending on your query, we may need to see documents evidencing ownership of the property or your right to make a claim for the property. We will tell you if we need these and you can upload them below, please see a list of appropriate documents below.

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Upload proof of ownership if available (TP1 Land registration document – England | Disposition document – Scotland | Folio document – Northern Ireland)

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