insurance company refusing to pay with water leaking in wall damage
I hopefully can alert others to the nightmare I am living with/facing now! After years of paying ALLSTATE for my condo homeowner's coverage, I find they have abandoned me. Assume all other policies/companies are the same. I take EXCEPTIONAL care and precautions against leaks under my sinks, laudry tub, etc. Plastic pans that I check regularly in case of a drip.
BUT, after I noticed mold, possibly, on the opposite wall (4" wall) to my shower plumbing side, I tore into it at the base board and there was mold, heavy smell within the wall, and it even seems my shower pan (bad construction to begin with) may have leaked.
The ALLSTATE rep tells me that they are not responsible to cover damage to rebuilding the walls and my small shower... that I should have KNOWN it was leaking!
I informed him, though trying to be civil, that 'Sir, my walls are not glass, nor do I have x-ray vision'. Only once the evidence of it came through the wall could I tell! (a drip from the top of my shower pipe when my shower was turned on is the one known cause).
So, I had stopped using that shower and have quite a mess to deal with, and with a very limited budget. Bad timing as I had been the victim in a car accident months ago (was using the shower a lot since the hot water was my only pain relief). Also, I am quite hearing disabled.
Be warned... check your policies, go to your agent in person and see if you can change it (I doubt). I have only $10,000 mold remediation and some other coverage that ALLSTATE is trying to evade even that by saying I had neglected my duty! My condo is all I have in this world.