Maroon from a property management company

The insulation inside the wall will need to be replaced too.
Have your insurance guy not close the claim after the repairs are done. Then have your house tested for mold every year until you are satisfied there is none.

By not closing the claim any future mold repairs will be covered, if related to the original claim.

There is naturally occuring mold in the environment, so testing will result in a mold positive. Once you get rid of the water, the mold will also go away. It's only dangerous when you distrub it.
 
Responding to an emergency situation is not breaking and entering. What if there was an injured and incapacitated person inside that needed help? I live in and own a town home condo and it is in the by-laws that the association may enter my home in just such an instance, when others are being put in jeopardy. If the fire department or police broke down the door is that breaking and entering?

It is a little different YOU kicking a door in and the association or Police doing it.

I think EVERY burglar in the world would use that line " I was worried someone inside may be hurt.":rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Just because I'm a condo owner, what was the cause of the leak? Maybe a frozen burst pipe, bad faucet, broken hose to washer, or my favorite of all cracked commode tank?
 
Being both a former Realtor and a current Property Manager, as well as a General Contractor, I can tell you, don't get caught up in the "mold" hysteria. Mold requires 2 things to grow, food and water (kinda like most living organisms). If you eliminate the water, the mold will die. (The food is the paper on the back of the sheetrock or drywall) Mold has become the latest and greatest of the scare tactics out there today. Before that it was radon and before that it was UFFI.

Do you know what the cure for radon is? Open a window. :eek: If you read the study that was done that created the radon panic, you will find that your kids would have to live in the basement, never go outside, never grow over 3 feet tall and then they will have a 3% higher chance of getting cancer. Hell, if they stay in the basement that much, they will probably have mushrooms growing out of their ears.

Let the insurance company handle it and due to the "moroon", make sure not to forget the $6,000 oriental rug that had to be thrown out and the 80" flat screen TV that was laying flat under the tree and not yet installed that was ruined by the water. :D
 
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