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Subsidence Claim Rejected - Advice welcomed

billybrag · 2023-02-27 13:07:27

Hi All, We had a subsidence issue with an extension that was added to our property back in 2009. It started after the mega drought last year. We started a claim through nationwide who then pushed us to Crawford & Co to survey etc. 6 months after the claim they came back to us last week to say they were rejecting out claim…

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Annemos Posts: 1,134 Forumite

6 March 2023 at 1:18PM edited 6 March 2023 at 1:24PM

Yes DGG. I have also seen a lot of those where the FOS rejects.

There was a certain one which came to a different conclusion. With Tree roots, where the foundation was say only 75 cm. And the Insurance company said it should have been say 2 meters.

And the FOS ruled that because the building would have subsided anyway, even if the foundations had been 2 meters, that the claim should be allowed.

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