How to File an Insurance Claim for your Hurricane Drywall Damage.
The storm is gone and the damage your home has suffer has left you feeling hopeless. Now that it’s been a few days and you’ve caught your breath, you’re ready to put the pieces back together. So what’s the first step? Where do you begin? Hopefully you were able to take pictures of the drywall damage, but if not, don’t worry. We’re going to go over the process step by step on how to get the ball rolling with your recovery efforts. So much needs to get done and it’s time to define a starting point. Here’s where you need to begin:
Contact your insurance company and notify them of the repairs needed. It may still be tough to get through, but keep trying. Some insurance providers have a list of their preferred vendors, but you certainly have the right to choose who does the Expert Drywall Repair in your Orlando home. We certainly want to caution you about the door knockers going house to house. Most of them are not from your area and are just there to make a buck. They may even be from out of state. They have no regard for their local reputation because frankly, they don’t normally do business in your community and probably never will again. They work directly with the insurance companies and by doing that they can offer them the lowest price and the fewest headaches. You want your house to be repaired right and with the highest quality and this certainly isn’t the way.
Once you’ve contacted your insurance provider and gotten approval to move forward with your repairs, it’s time to research three reputable companies in your area to perform the work. You need to realize that these businesses are going to be busier than they ever have been before and that you may not be their first customers on their list. Stay patient. You want the job done right, not quickly. If the company has immediate availability, there’s a reason. They either just opened up to capitalize on the hurricane damage or they just weren’t any good to begin with. Take your time doing your research and only choose the companies that have been in business for a while and the one’s that have the best reviews. These companies have money in the bank and have no problem waiting to get paid from the insurance companies after the work has been completed.
Now that you’ve chosen your Drywall Repair Company in Orlando, it’s time to get on their schedule. Again, be patient and rest assured that you’ve chosen the right team of professionals for the job. It may take weeks or even months to begin work, but in the end, the repairs will be done correctly and your home will come out of this tragedy looking better than before. As we mentioned prior, beware of the door knockers and out of state contractors. They are there to line their pockets and could care less about their quality of work or their local reputation. If there is an issue with their work, you have little to no recourse. They are getting paid directly from the insurance companies which leaves you powerless to dispute their low-quality work. Stay patient and use local.
We hope this has set you at ease a bit and given you the ability to look forward to the future instead of dwelling on the past. Local companies will be doing business in your community long after all of the hurricane damage has been fixed and you can pride yourself on your patience and the fact that your home was repaired correctly by local service providers that care about their quality of work and their reputations.