Alternative accommodation for Hinckley households

Hinckley has known disruption before. On 16 May 1941 a bombing raid killed eleven people in Merevale Avenue, the worst attack in the county outside Leicester, on the same night that Nuneaton was heavily bombed.

Today's claims are more ordinary but just as unsettling for a family: an escape of water, a kitchen fire or storm damage. A household from Wykin, Middlefield or Burbage usually wants to keep the same school and the same route to work while the repairs go on.

Sullivan Heights is about 11 miles by road from Hinckley, Stoke Lodge and Stoke House about 12 miles and Humber Hub about 13 miles. The M69 runs between Coventry and the town, so the school run and the commute stay manageable.

Arriva Midlands runs buses from its Barwell depot to Leicester, Burbage, Earl Shilton and Nuneaton, which helps a family sharing one car while theirs is off the road.

The insurer, the loss adjuster or the policyholder can book. The claim reference goes on the pro-forma invoice and the stay can be extended if the work overruns.

On a wet weekend away from home, Coventry Transport Museum holds more than 240 cars and commercial vehicles, about 100 motorcycles and 200 bicycles.