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Yep. Good work fl lawmakers. It's not a sinkhole that the insurance company needs to stabilize until this happens. Open your eyes my neighbors. I guarantee you this house had cracking and signs of sinkhole activity but no way to stabilize the ground because our elected officials with the insurance companies in their back pocket decided this is a made up problem created by greedy homeowners seeking a quick payday.
I had a house in that area that developed cracks in one of the walls that were so wide daylight showed through them. My HO insurance company -- Auto Owners -- fought my claim for 3 years! The ins. co. finally settled for the full value of the home after I retained an attorney and did my own geologic survey. Both the atty's fee and the cost of the study (about $47 k combined) came out of the settlement amount. I don't begrudge the attys and the geologists one dime -- if I hadn't hired them I wouldn't have gotten a thing from the ins co -- but am still furious that the ins co made me go through all that angst for 3 years when it was *obvious* there was a sinkhole there. The wall with the cracks subsequently collapsed after I had moved.
Originally posted by KamaSutra
Where in Florida? I'm from Florida visiting out of state right now. Florida is big, its weird the OP doesn't say where yet.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I have a stupid question...but don't these things take some time to develop below the surface?
Originally posted by SheopleNation
I feel bad for this guy, and his brother. Must have been a horrible way to go.
Apparently, Weathered Limestone was the culprit. ~$heopleNationedit on 1-3-2013 by SheopleNation because: TypO
Originally posted by Infi8nity
I dont understand why their are 2 post about the same topic and why they are both on the new topic page.
Originally posted by groingrinder
The devil always claims his own. You cannot run and hide when it is time to pay up.
Originally posted by groingrinder
The devil always claims his own. You cannot run and hide when it is time to pay up.
Originally posted by groingrinder
The devil always claims his own. You cannot run and hide when it is time to pay up.
Nowadays, sinkhole coverage is "offered", but denied on a policy. As stated, "a crack in the driveway" is all it takes. The only homes anywhere in the USA that don't have a crack in the driveway are brand new homes with driveways poured last week. You can find a crack any a driveway anywhere in the USA, and no recordings of sinkhole coverage anywhere within 1000 miles, yet because of that single crack, they can legally deny coverage. Bottom line, sinkhole coverage is a thing of the past. Nobody can get it. You have to hope that if you get a sinkhole, it swallows up the whole house so it can be condemned. Even then, the insurance company will fight you.
Originally posted by sad_eyed_lady
This is freaky for me because just the day before yesterday I found out that my sister's house in Tampa is showing major cracking in the foundation and has a depressed area in her back yard. Until I heard this story I didn't know it was a sinkhole. Sounds like they are going to have to go through foreclosure on the house they bought about 18 years ago. Sucks for them and their neighbors whose property value just nose dived, too.