With Christmas well on its way the Nottinghamshire based claim handling specialists at Claim Care Central are warning homeowners of a threat much worse than burglary.

With 35 per-cent of the British public jetting away for the Christmas period, Claim Care Central are warning homeowners that last year saw a 50 per-cent increase in burst pipe claims, totaling £35million and another cold snap this winter could see homeowners in the same position.

Tim Help from Claim Care Central said "Christmas is only a few weeks away, and with so many Brits going on their holidays they need to make sure that they are insured in case a burst pipe does occur. The worst thing to come back to around Christmas would be the widespread destruction of your house costing thousands pounds worth of damage. 

"Here at Claim Care Central we provide piece of mind to the customer by deploying our specialist teams within one hour of taking your call and aim to be with you within two hours. What's more, we are trained to deal with and minimize the effect of water damage as soon as possible

"Christmas can be costly enough, but with the average repair to damaged ceilings and walls alone costing around £11,000 it could prove a very expensive end to the year."