Here goes.
It will be 4 months since Hailmaggedon on Saturday.
For Insurance repairs so far we have had tarps put on and..... well that’s it.
They did a minor asbestos clean, pick up of visible debris around the house, emptied our garage and wiped clean what they could, bagged the rest and put everything back in.
I’m not convinced some of the items they said are fine will actually be. There was chunks of asbestos sheet on my mower engine, surely it would have gotten be down inside the engine cover. Snowboard bags and travel bags kept in the garage as well had debris all on them.
The house itself is livable, but with the volume of water that came in every ceiling has to be replaced, every wall except the kitchen will be stripped of gyprock and insulation to be replaced. Carpet all comes up. Electrical has been tested but will be reassessed when walls/ceiling are open.
The roof will come off but the biggest issue there is our existing roof structure isn’t sufficient for current construction standards. This means structural upgrades. Due to our proximity to the bush, Structural upgrades mean meeting BAL FZ requirements. BAL FZ requires DA approval from council.
So at this stage we are looking at minimum 3 months BEFORE any work starts.
Secretly we are hoping it all becomes too hard and they deem it a total loss and we can build a new house with the settlement.
Our house with the 2 vans out front.
Kids are making the most of it.
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