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Leaving the workmen...

Postby caroljoyce » Sat Sep 15, 2018 10:06 am

When we have our new wet room installed I've been told to expect two weeks of disruption.

I'm sorely tempted to book a holiday and go away during the worst of it - the first 5 days probably.

I don't know if I dare leave them though.

Would you / have you?
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Postby maggieh » Sat Sep 15, 2018 10:32 am

I would be worried incase they didn't shut the front door when they have finished at end of day.
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Postby caroljoyce » Sat Sep 15, 2018 11:09 am

I'd give my son a key and ask him to check every evening.
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Postby Penny » Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:38 pm

No way would I leave the property. cheers Penny
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Postby laurie53 » Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:35 pm

We did, though not for the duration, just every day.

We let them in and then went out for the day.

They promised to leave a working toilet every day, which they did, and we went on all those day trips we'd been promising ourselves but never got around to.

Worked perfectly.

Make sure you inform your insurers.
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Postby twin1947 » Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:39 pm

Why would you need to inform the insurance people?
Carol i would leave them ,and get your son to check whenever he can and take anything valuble out of the house.
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Postby laurie53 » Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:08 pm

In case they cause damage and they're not insured for it, or in case they steal something.

i very much doubt if Carol's son could remove the television, or any computers, or her jewellery, or Tony's power too's out of the house.
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Postby Penny » Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:34 pm

Fully agree Laurie. Don.t take any chances Carol. cheers Penny
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Postby Andere Richtingen » Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:54 pm

We plan to have some work done next spring and, rather than live in chaos, my plan is for us to book ourselves into a local hotel or B&B for the duration so we can check up on work and progress during the day; lock up safely at night and so on. And yes, I shall inform the insurers.
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Postby ciderman_nz » Sat Sep 15, 2018 11:08 pm

I recently heard of insurance companies refusing to pay out when someone was away on holiday and made it public online on various forums and they were burgled . It's somewhere in the tiny print apparently.
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Postby laurie53 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:48 am

ciderman_nz wrote:I recently heard of insurance companies refusing to pay out when someone was away on holiday and made it public online on various forums and they were burgled . It's somewhere in the tiny print apparently.


There are black sites that sell this sort of information.

Some years ago my cleaner left without returning my key (or any notice!).

My insurance company will not now let me give a key to my current cleaher, even though she's CRB cleared.
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