In the past month we have been asked several times to secure Vacant home Insurance for cabins. A cabin, in this instance, is defined as a remote house of any kind of construction, not just log construction, that has no access to public water and sewer. Also, in most cases, a cabin is in a remote location that is more than 5 miles from a Volunteer Fire Company and more than 5 ,000 feet from a fire hydrant.

In all cases, cabins without access to electricity and running water, and / or using a propane or gas generater are not eligible for vacant home insurance. Cabins with electricting and running water from a well, will be looked at on a case by case basis.

Cabins with access to well water, septic sewer, and electricty and often hard to insure for vacant home insurance because it's quite common for them to be over 10 miles from a volunteer fire company and well over a mile away from a fire hydrant.