DD and I are isolating with my parents, for various reasons. This means we're 250 miles from home. My parents are not shielding but are certainly more vulnerable to Covid-19 than most (early 70s with medical conditions) so we were careful to fully quarantine for 14 days before joining them and we are all isolating carefully here, only going out for a daily walk.
My home insurance requires that the property isn't left unoccupied for more than 60 consecutive days. By the sounds of it, the lockdown won't end before my 60 days run out so I feel the need to travel home and spend a night there to start a new 60 day period, before coming back to join my parents.
It would additionally mean I could pick up a few things that I wish I'd brought with us (medication, some food supplies, summer clothes, DD's scooter).
I think I would leave DD here with my parents and go on my own.
I have two questions really:
Is it acceptable for me to travel such a long distance for the purpose of resetting my home insurance and to pick up clothes etc.?
I would need to put petrol in the car at a pay at pump station, but otherwise would avoid stopping (ie I wouldn't set foot in a service station). Would I need to quarantine for 14 days after going to the petrol station to mitigate the risk of bringing the virus into my parents' house or is that majorly overcooking it?
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Traveling home to reset home insurance max 60 days unoccupied
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INeedNewShoes · 30/04/2020 12:45
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