susie lawson
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- Jurisdiction
- Texas
During the TExas storm,m house suffered damages-attic pipes leaked and ruined my garage drywalls.
I hired a mitagation co to work on my garage,removing drywalls,cleanse the air,reintall new drywalls.
I signed a contract which just said emergency burst pipes and agreed to pay whatever the billing amount is,it will bill my insurance co,and if not enough,I pay the difference.
But my copy of the contract was not sign by the rep,just me.
It removed my dirty drywalls ,hauled them away,left me 2 fans and aircleaners and instructed me to leave it on for 48 hours to cleanse whatever filth is in the air (attic and garage).When I found out they will be billing me $499/day per cleaner for the two old dirty aircleaners ,I asked them to remove them after 2 days,there is not much dirt in my attic and garage to pick up.
The guy came to pick up the fans and cleaners and at the same time,sprayed into my garage to treat whatever ?
Then it billed my insurance co for $7k ,uploading photos and invoice,back and forth,it dragged on as my insurance co claimed they did not receive any files,but finally,my insurer cut me a check of $4k,saying it does not deal with contractor,it deals with the insured party,so here is the check and case closed.
I have the money $4k and never receive any invoice from the company,so it just sat in my bank account.
It never contact me to continue working on my garage -install new drywall.
When they knocked out the old drywall,it weakened the support of the garage door opener ,as time goes on,it gets weaker ,so I paid another company to fix the garage door opener,it cost me $1k which I paid out of my own pocket.
I also hired another company to install and paint new drywall,as this mitagation co said they would not continue working on my garage until they are paid for what they have done.
Now they hired a lawyer and threaten to slap a lien on my house if I dont pay them $7k.
I talked to their lawyer,he said he will contact my insurance co and get back to me.
My question is-
my copy of the contract is not signed by the rep of the company,what does it mean?
is the amount negotiable?I spent 1K on the garage door opener which we agree should be taken from the $7k.so now I owe them $6k.
But my insurance co only gave me $4k,as it does not believe some of the tasks are warranted and some are excessive,eg the $499/day machine rental.
so how should I proceed?
I am willing to turn over the insurance amount of $3k ($4k minus $1k for the garage door opener repair.
thank you for any help
sue
I hired a mitagation co to work on my garage,removing drywalls,cleanse the air,reintall new drywalls.
I signed a contract which just said emergency burst pipes and agreed to pay whatever the billing amount is,it will bill my insurance co,and if not enough,I pay the difference.
But my copy of the contract was not sign by the rep,just me.
It removed my dirty drywalls ,hauled them away,left me 2 fans and aircleaners and instructed me to leave it on for 48 hours to cleanse whatever filth is in the air (attic and garage).When I found out they will be billing me $499/day per cleaner for the two old dirty aircleaners ,I asked them to remove them after 2 days,there is not much dirt in my attic and garage to pick up.
The guy came to pick up the fans and cleaners and at the same time,sprayed into my garage to treat whatever ?
Then it billed my insurance co for $7k ,uploading photos and invoice,back and forth,it dragged on as my insurance co claimed they did not receive any files,but finally,my insurer cut me a check of $4k,saying it does not deal with contractor,it deals with the insured party,so here is the check and case closed.
I have the money $4k and never receive any invoice from the company,so it just sat in my bank account.
It never contact me to continue working on my garage -install new drywall.
When they knocked out the old drywall,it weakened the support of the garage door opener ,as time goes on,it gets weaker ,so I paid another company to fix the garage door opener,it cost me $1k which I paid out of my own pocket.
I also hired another company to install and paint new drywall,as this mitagation co said they would not continue working on my garage until they are paid for what they have done.
Now they hired a lawyer and threaten to slap a lien on my house if I dont pay them $7k.
I talked to their lawyer,he said he will contact my insurance co and get back to me.
My question is-
my copy of the contract is not signed by the rep of the company,what does it mean?
is the amount negotiable?I spent 1K on the garage door opener which we agree should be taken from the $7k.so now I owe them $6k.
But my insurance co only gave me $4k,as it does not believe some of the tasks are warranted and some are excessive,eg the $499/day machine rental.
so how should I proceed?
I am willing to turn over the insurance amount of $3k ($4k minus $1k for the garage door opener repair.
thank you for any help
sue
