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CostaBlancaPeople 6th-12th November
Playa Flamenca home owners not insured for house collapse The home owners of the eight houses on Calle Limon which collapsed after the land under them gave way a month ago have been told that they are not covered by the community insurer.
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he houses have been officially declared irreparable and must be demolished in order to protect the other houses on the urbanisation. Despite the fact that the cause of the damage has not been determined, the insurer has declared that the damage is not covered under the community policy and so the insurer will not pay for the demolition or pay any compensation to those affected. There is also no come back against the builder or promoters of the properties as they were erected 22 years ago and so are no longer covered by any guarantee. However, luckily there is help at hand
as according to the community administrator, Antonio Felices, the 134
owners will pay for the demolition from the community charges that are levied to cover the upkeep and maintenance of the urbanisation. It is thought that the total sum for the demolition project could reach as much as 60,000 euros but will not be carried out until the architect hired by the urbanisation and the municipal surveyor from the Town Hall issue their reports into the cause of the collapse. The priority is to clarify how the task is going to be carried out and to try to get the owners who are left with nothing, beyond an empty piece of land, some compensation.
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