Barn Conversion Insurance

barn conversion buildings insurance

Home insurance for converted barns

Through its partnership with a specialist insurance broker, QuoteRack can help you with your converted barn insurance, for your converted barn buildings insurance, contents insurance or both. They understand that no two barn conversions are identical and as such, each one will be unique in terms of how the building has been converted.

Converting a farm building

Despite having its own rustic charm, living with a barn conversion brings with it the need for specialist barn conversion home insurance; insuring these properties is rarely straightforward and invariably requires the skills and knowledge of an expert insurance broker who specialises in providing buildings and contents insurance for converted barns.

"Most barn conversions are done to a very high standard but from an insurance point of view, insuring a property that has been converted from a former farm building means that it usually falls outside a standard household buildings and contents insurance policy"

Specialists in barn conversion insurance

QuoteRack has partnered with an insurance specialist who is able to offer cover for these properties and who fully appreciates that each property will be unique, both in design and in the construction materials and processes used in your particular property. They will take full account of these factors when offering you highly competitive quotes for your barn conversion insurance.

"Brick, stone and timber are all used in the construction of a converted barn and each property will invariably have undergone some significant structural alterations - further reasons why many insurers will shy away from offering cover for barn conversions"

Converted barn insurance - resources

English Heritage - a guide to good practice in converting farm buildings

With due acknowledgement to English Heritage and all relevant copyrights, you can download their excellent 2-part Guide to barn conversion - part 1 and Guide to barn conversion - part 2 here

"By their nature, most barn conversions will typically have a wooden frame with brick infill - as an insurance risk therefore, many barn conversions will need to be underwritten by expert insurers"


"Before converting any farm building, it is wise to check the insurance situation for the proposed barn conversion in terms of the construction methods and materials used"