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11 days for boiler repair??

GadgetGuru · 2023-03-06 11:53:28

After some advice on what do with the below? I'm not sure what my next step is? Financial Ombudsmen?? Brief version - boiler pump failed. Vulnerable people in household. No heating or hot water. A private gas registered company said could fixed next day. Decided to go via the home emergency cover that came with my LV home…

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Clive_Woody Posts: 5,957 Forumite

12 July 2023 at 2:04PM

IftiBashir said:

Just a small update on this - was able to recover all my costs as well as some compensation from the insurer in the end!
Case closed!

Good to hear a happy ending....not so great that you had to sit in a cold house for days

"We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
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