Hi guys,
Would love to get a gauge of what you think I should do. I bought my apartment brand new <6 years ago. Due to the constant rain, my Basement 2 storage cage, together with a whole bunch of other residents' cages have been flooded.
Now, I have spoken to our strata committee member but he is saying legally, it is not a requirement for basements to be waterproof and that hiring a structural engineer to find a solution for us would be too costly. What would you suggest I do?
Thanks,
May be the pump is failing and it is not something that builder is liable, also it be not be able to claim under building's I durance for personal item
Sue yourself
Bonus: represent yourself and claim the fees on tax.
The basement didn't get deeper over the 6 years.
It has a finite, limited capacity to pump water from below ground. In the last few weeks there has been record rain, and many power outages.
Would you have preferred paying an extra $50,000 for a pump 30 times more powerful with a redundant power supply and failover system to cope with the once in 100 year flood plus the possibility of a power outage?
Unlikely.
So you have insurance to cover rare disasters, time to make a claim.
most insurance excludes storage cage
What would you suggest I do?
Get some old pallets…. put them on the bottom of your cage to keep your 'goods' out of the water.
If the goods get wet again, repeat the above.
yup, am going to do that for my items going forward. just wanted to know if insurance/building warranty would cover, if at all
Buys some straws
Put things on pallets, store water resistant things in storage cage, surf boards bikes suitcases etc. that’s what they are designed for.
Can you claim the damaged goods under insurance? As for a fix wouldn't that again be under insurance to investigate the cause of the flooding.