Insurance (rebuild portion of the house) - can I decline to accept the works?

powerful_Rogue

GrubbyGirl_2 said:

The house is only 9 years old so the developer will be able to say exactly what bricks were used to get an exact match, though the original bricks could be used if carefully removed.  I don't know if it's possible but could you not ask for the whole wall to be repointed to match the mortar.  If the insurance declines then maybe you could pay for it yourself if that bothers you?

It's not going to be an exact match though, as the other bricks would have had 9 years worth of weathering.

Aylesbury_Duck

yessuz said:

Ok..

What is the "repointed" part? What is the process and what will it achieve?

Asking this as I have no clue

It's the mortar - the sandy material between the bricks.  Pointing is the process to neaten the original mortar so it presents the "normal" smooth look you see on a brick wall.  Re-pointing involves raking out some of the mortar and applying new mortar.  In theory, the new mortar can be colour-matched, but it won't be easy because the new mortar will weather at a different rate to the original.

Personally, I think you're worrying unnecessarily about cosmetics here.  An approximate match will be fine, and I can't see how it would affect your house value.