Hi. I've never made a claim on my house insurance before and I'm wondering whether or not it's worth doing now. I have a 3 seater settee and chair set from DFS. My niece, during a birthday party we were hosting, managed to tip of pot of paint all over the 3 seater. We've tried pretty mych everything the Internet has to offer to remove it and nothing doing.

Where I'm dithering over claiming is that I'm being told we won't be able to claim for the settee as a set only the 3seater, and will have to choose from a pre chosen list of sofas pre authorised by the insurance company.

Does anyone know if this is how it works pls?