Owner of apartment ‘not fit for habitation’ takes case against insurer

After engaging a local solicitor to work on the case, the owner was advised to have an engineer carry out an inspection of the apartment.

“The severity of the mildew is a risk to human health and the apartment is not fit for habitation in its present state,” the report states. It recommended substantial remedial works to upgrade the insulation and ventilation in all of the walls, through a combination of pumping external cavities with insulation, dry lining the exposed wall and insulating the exposed balcony floor.

In a letter to O’Donovan’s Solicitor’s office in April 2015, Homebond reiterated its stance that it would not be covering the damage and did not agree to arbitration.In June 2015 O’Donovan’s wrote to Homebond informing it of Plenary summons in the High Court. They are awaiting a hearing date. Homebond did not respond to a request for comment from The Irish Times about this case.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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