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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Figure out why before fixing. Insurance likely will not cover if its due to rainwater, so don't let them delay your response. And check your policy.

The immediate fixer people (we called ServPro) are MORE than happy to install some dehumidifiers and leave them for days on end without giving you a quote for how much it costs... and then charge an arm and a leg. Wish we'd just said no. We ripped everything out anyway. What a waste of $.

Drywall, floors, insulation -- it all has to go. At least the bottom few feet. It's a huge expense. We are dealing with this part now. And no one will quote the repair until the "water mitigation" people come first. (They also charged $$$.)[/quote]

Going through this now! Restoration Doctor charged us $27k (just for the water mitigation and partial demo).... after stealing some of our items and breaking a lot of stuff while moving it all around.

Insurance did not cover it because it's water from "the outside", i.e. rain. [/quote]
I'm the PP who called ServPro. We went with another company for mitigation and it was around 5k for one room and a hallway. I'm not sure how big your project is, but that sounds crazy. Also, we got them to lower the cost when we explained insurance was not covering any of it. I think a higher # is baked into all of these water mitigation folks' estimates, as they anticipate negotiating with insurance. Even our repair contractor (who we like and used before for other things) took 10k off the quote once we told him insurance was not covering it.[/quote]

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