pulse Report This Comment Date: June 08, 2017 01:35PM
Sunrise, fog rolling in about to encompass all. This is one direction.
We've been relocated by insurance co for 6 months pending some repairs to our
house so living by the city. It's a nice change.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: June 09, 2017 05:53AM
Repairs? What happened to your casa dude
woberto Report This Comment Date: June 09, 2017 09:58AM
[sing]That's En-ter-tain-ment[/sing]
pulse Report This Comment Date: June 09, 2017 11:09AM
Between Xmas and NY our place flooded. Has taken them this long to start
repairs.
Slightly a complete fucking pain in the ass. But .. yeah.
So we're deciding if we should just put it back the way it was (they've ripped
the whole ground floor apart, taken the floor out, removed kitchen etc) or if we
renovate it etc. Then we need to decide to stay or sell.
Still got a pretty awesome view, from the city to the bay and right out to the
mountains.
jgoins Report This Comment Date: June 09, 2017 11:17AM
I would say renovate then if you decide to sell , it will sell faster and for
more money. I would check the 100 year flood plan for the area to see if the
flood was just a one time occurrence every 100 years and if the location fits
your needs.
pulse Report This Comment Date: June 09, 2017 03:32PM
It's definitely flood zone. Area has had two 1 in 50 year storms since
2011.
It's all a matter of price. House owes what we paid already so if we do work we
need to get more cash back. Insurance co reckons 150k damage. My builder says
300.
We'll see.. got a fight coming, getting second opinions from my own engineers
now.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: June 09, 2017 03:38PM
once a flood is on the house record history, the re-sale takes a slow and sure
spiral in worth.
i always say scrap just like a car salvage title situation.
pulse Report This Comment Date: June 10, 2017 02:48AM
Nothing like that here.
It wasn't a flood like thousands of houses damaged, it was the street drainage
not able to cope with a particularly heavy downpour, a handful of houses near
the intersection affected.
Water level on the street covered the footpath and ended up coming up the wall
to our house; came in through the air vents in the bricks, then up through the
polished wood floor and about an inch or so deep through the ground floor.
More annoying than anything else. At least we get a new floor and renovate out
the ground floor. The question is exactly what to do about it all. We don't know
if we want to move back in.
jgoins Report This Comment Date: June 10, 2017 10:40AM
Maybe you should just let your mortgage company and the insurance company
fight it out and just find somewhere else to live.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: June 10, 2017 11:59AM
i'd label that as a bit of water instead of a flood.
i think of feet when i hear flood.
gotta take a pic and post a story......................BRB
pulse Report This Comment Date: July 28, 2017 02:24PM
Yeah it wasn't deep or anything, probably half a foot through the ground floor;
but enough to destroy the solid wood flooring, skirting boards, kitchen
kickboards, make everything swell up, big sliding doors at the rear of the house
don't close anymore, bathroom is no longer watertight blahblahblah.
Going out to fight with the insurance assessor and their builders Monday. Wish
me luck
woberto Report This Comment Date: July 29, 2017 01:47AM
Break a leg.
