big bear
A bear on a mission!
Ok my H (ex) came round the other day to see the kids but was going to have a bath. He put the bath on, sat on the sofa & fell asleep. Needless to say the bath overflowed & went to the flat downstairs. It went into their electrics (fuse box) the bathroom, kitchen & hall ceilings.
I got an electrician out (Thurs) who said that it needed to dry out and he'd come back on Sunday. He came back on Sun & all the electrics worked except for the lights, so he said that they'd need to dry out till this morning. He came this morning & fixed the problem also putting in a complete new fuse box (it was old) which we didn't need to pay for but did.
I've spoke to the insurance dept as its the same company for the block of flats & they said that we can't claim for the electrician. We've paid £650 for the 2 call outs & todays work.
The family that live there had to move out of the flat as they had no electrics till Sunday. They had to go to Cheltenham to stay with family as they'd no one to stay with here.
The H had to take Friday off work and the lady had to cancel a cake decorating course on Sat as she was away.
I'm going to speak to them tomorrow but what realistically should we pay them for?
Should we pay loss of earnings? Can I say that as we paid for a fuse box that's it? Can they claim of their insurance?
I just want to know where I stand really before I speak to them.
Thanks in advance.
I got an electrician out (Thurs) who said that it needed to dry out and he'd come back on Sunday. He came back on Sun & all the electrics worked except for the lights, so he said that they'd need to dry out till this morning. He came this morning & fixed the problem also putting in a complete new fuse box (it was old) which we didn't need to pay for but did.
I've spoke to the insurance dept as its the same company for the block of flats & they said that we can't claim for the electrician. We've paid £650 for the 2 call outs & todays work.
The family that live there had to move out of the flat as they had no electrics till Sunday. They had to go to Cheltenham to stay with family as they'd no one to stay with here.
The H had to take Friday off work and the lady had to cancel a cake decorating course on Sat as she was away.
I'm going to speak to them tomorrow but what realistically should we pay them for?
Should we pay loss of earnings? Can I say that as we paid for a fuse box that's it? Can they claim of their insurance?
I just want to know where I stand really before I speak to them.
Thanks in advance.