Storing bike in the house

Lol, can't imagine it being a problem insurance wise. Probably awkward to bring in and out though

The bike insurance may not object but your house insurance certainly will. The bike would be a fire hazard.

You'd be surprised at what the house instance will pull out of their arses to avoid a payout.

I know from experience, a lady I dated for a while with an old Fire blade was told she couldn't bring her bike in. It sat outside the front window instead.

An attached garage is completely different to a utility room in regards to fire requirements etc.

What's more likely to go on fire, a motorbike, or a dishwasher?

Realistically, what are the chances of a bike spontaneously combusting? Probably close to zero.

The problem would arise if the room in which the bike was stored went on fire and the flames then set the bike on fire. That would almost certainly be an issue in the event of a home insurance claim.

The same sequence happening in a garage might be much less of an issue.

A garage has a fire resistant wall between it and the house. Higher specification than internal walls.

It doesn't matter what anyone here says or cites to you. Talk to your own insurer, they're the only ones that apply to you!

I bought an expensive bicycle and tried to add it to the house insurance, but they declined to add it. Then they told me that in the case of a robbery that the house would be deemed as uninsured as the bike would be seen as an attraction to potential thieves... Needless to say, that policy was terminated immediately

The bike will be venting petrol into the room through the hot cold cycle of day/night right? At worst, make sure you have really good ventilation.

for real??

We switched house insurer a few years back and when we got the policy I noticed they'd put in a condition that every time we were leaving the house we'd have to go around and lock every poxy little window lock on every window. F that. Policy cancelled and refunded. Never saw such a condition before or since. I just say we have no window locks now to avoid any of that crap - the locks are useless anyway.

@Sir Galahad Most of that £36k was probably just replacing the Miele 😛

Cans of paint, thinners etc.

Turbo fires, EGR fires… there are diesel BMWs going on fire on a regular basis all across Europe at the moment due to an EGR fault. Electric cars very rarely go on fire but the tabloids are all over it when it does happen.

what if it was a converted garage !! 🤔