First round of "will you fix my house"?
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
May 17, 2016 10:20am CST
We got the first check from the insurance, and a referral to someone they have worked with before, who IS insured, bonded, and has passed background checks. These guys are also roofers AND general contractors, so that means a better chance more can get done with less out of pocket costs.
We can't handle too many of those. About to start a gofundme, help us fix our house fund or something, sheesh. The deductible alone is nasty for anyone, let alone people on one income. I know, I should have had that in the bank, and I would have, if he hadn't lost his job. Blar. Life needs to send us good luck!!!!
In about an hour they will be here to do a walkthough and start their bidding process with the insurance, I hope they can manage to work something out where they inflate a tad to help us recoop the costs of the deductible or something. Some places will do that.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 May 16
thanks dear, I keep saying we need some, then something even worse happens. Oh I know each time it could have been worse, but it would be nice to have a string of GOOD things happen, not bad things that could have been more bad.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
so far not sure, he has to go back and counter what the insurance said, he found some more things that needed done for sure
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@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 May 16
@Jessicalynnt I hope it all works to your advantage.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
17 May 16
hope you get a good bid from them and the work is all done soon
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
18 May 16
@Jessicalynnt hope it all goes ok and not too expensively for you
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
@arthurchappell I hope so, but I doubt it, considering how much needs to be done. I know it will costs in total 3-10K, now 3-5ish insurance covers, so hopefully we get get stuff done for that
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
eh, it's so so, and we are going to have issues coming up with the 1.4k deductible, so we may have to pay someone to do a bit at a time
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
so far iffy, we need more to fix it than they think is needed, plus the whole 1 job no money for a deductable thing. We shall see
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
18 May 16
So, what have you found out now? Is that company willing to work with you or not?
Good luck!
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
25 May 16
@Jessicalynnt And have they come to a working decision yet, Jess?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 May 16
@DaddyEvil nope, waiting on the second group to reach out to the insurance with a re bid and then contact me back, I will call them tomorrow or friday for updates if I havent heard back
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
not sure yet. They are working on a revision of the initial bid for repairs, the inspector overlooked structural damage that MUST be repaired on the porch. We are waiting to hear back
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
so far iffy but we are waiting for him to resubmit some things that werent on the original one
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 May 16
Years ago we put in a claim for a damaged roof that caused damage inside. The roof, we found out many years later, cost $10K.....My husband told the ins. co. that he would fix the interior damage and they returned our deductable to us. That happened with a car also - we had the damage fixed at a Chevy place and they gave us the ded. back....we were lucky.
I must have missed something - what is the damage from?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
was from a storm, tornado hit town, as best we can tell it went over us, but we still have damage for our porch fence and roof.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
keep it coming, nowhere near done yet
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
he missed stuff! lol, so the contractor is resubmitting the stuff to the insurance, pointing out what they missed and what HE thinks it should cost to cover
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 May 16
I do believe it will be lots of work by the time we get it all worked out
