insurance

 we are spending 6 months in spain from the end of october can anyone help with regards to insuring our home in the uk while we are away

there are specialist brokers and lloyds underwriters who can help you. always go to professionals and not try and do it on the cheap yourself as you will probably make a mistake and then if you need to claim you might find it refused as you had done something wrong.

Many insurers will not insure your house if you are going to be away from it longer than 1 month. If you just go and not tell them your  policy is invalid.

 thanks for the help i will try lloyds

You should also speak to your current insurers.  If you have good physical protections they may well provide full cover without additional premium, but possibly with an excess, if you undertake certain minor precautions such as draining your water system and turning off at the mains.  Have someone calling in every few days to remove mail from the letterbox etc.