Home Safety Tips: Understanding Home Owners Insurance with Allstate 

Allstate Homeowners InsuranceBuying a new home is a major decision, and you’ll want to be sure you’re protecting what is likely your biggest investment. Designing Spaces brought Allstate Agent Jennifer Barrett to Kristen’s new house to have a home safety tips review, and talk about homeowner’s insurance. You should not only have proper coverage, you should take precautions to maintain a safe and secure home. Your policy is made up of three component parts. First, is the dwelling you live in, along with attached and unattached structures like a garage, shed, patio or porch. The second component is your personal property. And the third is Liability Family protection; which covers damage or injury to someone on your property. Safety Checklist and some basic tips to help prevent any of the possible problems in the three components mentioned. Anyone looking to expand their homeowners insurance, or purchase a policy, should see this portion of Designing Spaces.


Get Moving with Allstate

Moving into a new home can be stressful and chaotic….until your family experiences the Goodlife!

Moving is near the top of the list of most stressful events in a person’s life. With so much to do and think about, sometimes very important things can be overlooked during the process. Well, you may have heard the phrase,

“You’re in good hands with Allstate” when it comes to car insurance, but did you know that Allstate offers new homeowners more? Much more.

Allstate knows how stressful and chaotic moving can be, and wants to help you through this busy time, which is why they offer tools that not only help you choose the best insurance policies for you and your family’s needs, but also provides guides and tips that can help you avoid the very situations that could cost you more time and money.

Welcome to the Goodlife by Allstate. At www.goodlife.allstate.com you have all the tools you could think of, and some you probably didn’t even think of, all at your fingertips and customized for you and your family. Allstate is committed to helping you keep your family safe not just by insuring you against life’s accidents and mishaps, but by offering tools and advice on how to avoid them as well.

Allstate provides its members with special discounts and offers for various services; from storage to lawn care, lock smiths to moving companies and much more to help with the moving process. Tips and advice such as:

  • Did you remember to change the locks to your new home before you moved in?
  • Did you bring in an exterminator and cleaning service before moving in?
  • Have you located circuit breakers and shut off valves?
  • Checked all air filters?
  • Made sure that the smoke and fire detectors are all current and operational?
  • Did you put up window covers or blinds to dissuade prying eyes?
  • How about a security system with timers for indoor and outdoor lights?

These are just some of the things you can do to increase the safety, comfort and even cost effectiveness of new homeownership because making sure you have taken care of these things and more can even amount to savings on your homeowner’s insurance policy.

Options for affordable and comprehensive homeowners insurance for damage, theft, liability and more are just the start of services you can benefit from by being an Allstate customer. Your local Allstate insurance broker can visit and help guide you through this hectic time and provide you with peace of mind that you are, indeed, in good hands with Allstate.

Visit www.allstate.com before the big day to learn more and find your local Allstate agent.

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