Independent assessment of damage to an apartment from the bay in Moscow

Damage assessment after flooding of the apartment

Has your apartment been flooded? The situation is not pleasant. Not only is the cause of the flood unknown, but also the neighbors refuse to compensate for the damage caused! This happens quite often, and in this case it is important to understand why the culprit of the unfortunate incident refuses to compensate for the damage caused? Is it possible that the damage was not his fault? To find out, just order a competent independent service.

This service will help you find out:

• What was the reason for the flooding?
• What compensation can the owner of a flooded apartment expect?
• What will the trial be like?

A flood damage assessment is a service that is performed by strictly following the necessary instructions. Every detail is important to account for and set the exact amount of compensation.

is a team of experienced specialists in the field of independent assessment. We carry out complex expert inspections of the condition of flooded apartments. The independent assessment is carried out by legal experts from Moscow who have extensive experience in providing assistance in cases challenging the cost of compensation for flood damage in court.

How do you know if you've been flooded?

An assessment of damage from the flood is carried out only after it has been accurately determined that the apartment has been flooded. It is not difficult to find out about this if the flooding is extensive and water stains are visible, or drops of water have already penetrated the ceilings. However, there are so-called gradual floods, when water leaks a little from neighbors above, or from a leaky pipe in the ceilings. In this case, flooding makes itself felt only after the occurrence of such unpleasant “symptoms” as a burst pipe and partial destruction of the wall.

Follow the law! The legislation of the Russian Federation guarantees you compensation for damage from flooding of your apartment if you act correctly!

In order not to make the situation more complicated, it is necessary to pay attention to some nuances in time. In this case, an assessment of damage from the flood will be carried out before the consequences of flooding become too severe.

Always call the emergency service and draw up a report from the technical commission! This is not a prerequisite for compensation in court, but it will be a huge advantage for you in front of the judge and will greatly speed up the process of making a positive decision on paying compensation for flooding your apartment.

Dampness. If there is a specific smell of dampness in the room, you need to urgently pay attention to the walls. It is possible that an expert check will be required to determine where the damp is spreading. This is the first sign of hidden flooding. It is quite possible that the neighbors above themselves do not notice how their leaky pipe is leaking.

Mold. The occurrence of mold on the walls and floors is a consequence of dampness. Mold itself is very dangerous to health, but it is also important to find out where it came from in a favorable apartment, where fungal infections of the walls or floors have never been noticed before. Most likely, this is also a consequence of water leakage.

Sagging suspended ceilings. Stretch ceilings are installed in many apartments today. Often apartment owners do not pay attention to their slight sagging; they consider this an installation error. In fact, suspended ceilings are an excellent indicator of water leakage. If they are sagging, it is quite possible that water may gushing out of them tomorrow! In this case, you must immediately call specialists and find out the reasons for the sagging.

In addition to obvious signs of flooding, it is worth paying attention to subtle ones, such as light stains on the walls that dry out over time. This sign may be evidence that your apartment is being “drowned” by your neighbors’ leaky pipes. Damage assessment after a flood can be carried out even in the presence of minor damage.

What to do if you are flooded?

The most pressing question from our clients is: “What to do when flooding has already occurred?” First of all, there is no need to panic. Let's take a closer look at what needs to be done in such cases.

Note! Simply agreeing with your neighbors to compensate for damage from the bay is not enough! You need to document the settlement agreement.

Sequence of actions in case of flooding of an apartment:

• Establishing contact with neighbors above
• Emergency call
• Recording the damage caused using photos and videos.

Establishing contact with neighbors above will allow you to control the situation. Most often, flooding occurs through no fault of the residents of the apartments located above. Therefore, neighbors willingly agree to assess the damage after the flood and compensate for it without claims.

After the neighbors have fixed the leak, you need to call the emergency service. The same must be done in the case when neighbors do not communicate, they are not at home, or they deliberately do not open the door. If the neighbors are really not at home, emergency service personnel, together with police officers, break into the apartment to prevent an emergency.

The assessment of damage from the flood will be better if the owner of the affected apartment takes photos and videos of the damage caused before the walls and floor are dried. This will allow the expert to draw a complete picture of the incident, and, possibly, draw certain conclusions about the cause of its occurrence.

At the stage of photo and video shooting, it is very important to record damage to furniture, household appliances, and electronics, which were also damaged by the emergency. It is better to capture all this immediately after the incident, since later it will be much more difficult to prove equipment breakdown due to flooding.

Damage assessment is also carried out with an accurate recording of the time and date of the incident. The owners of the damaged apartment must remember the time of the flooding. If they were not at home at the time of the emergency, it is necessary to establish the estimated time of the incident.

Assessing damage from an apartment flood will help the owner obtain funds to compensate for the damage caused. At the time of fixing the exact amount of damage, it is important to establish good neighborly contact with the culprit of the incident. However, in rare cases, neighbors do not want to make contact and withdraw themselves. Then the assessment of an independent expert will allow the owner to defend his right to receive compensation in court.

We have enclosed for you an example of a refund agreement that MUST sign after you have agreed on the refund amount.

With a management company, the settlement process will take longer. The company only has to tell you in writing within a month whether it will pay compensation or do the repairs itself.

Sometimes the culprit for flooding an apartment is the housing and communal services, which did not carry out a timely inspection of the pipes in the ceilings and risers. In this case, only legal proceedings will help to recover compensation, which is why assessing property damage after a flood is an important procedure!

Sequence of expert assessment of the amount of damage from an apartment flood

Before submitting claims to the party responsible for flooding the apartment, you must select an appraiser and arrange a meeting with him. Independent offers you the services of an appraiser at any convenient time.

The person responsible for the flood must be present during the assessment. The assessment is carried out in the most transparent manner possible. During the procedure, the specialist explains the criteria for assessing damage caused to a particular object.

The expert is engaged in recording the consequences of the incident using photography. He draws up an act, detailing all the criteria for assessing the damage caused. This procedure is carried out after visiting a flooded apartment. The drawing up of the report takes some time, because the appraiser in his work resorts to regulated standards and describes the full picture of what happened.

Also, our independent assessment of damage will be needed in the event of severe dilapidation of communication equipment in a building, which, due to its breakdown, causes damage to the premises and the property located in it.

In addition to recording visible damage, the appraiser will need the following package of documents from the owner:

Certificate of registration of state property rights. This document indicates that the customer of the expert assessment of damage caused by flooding of the apartment has the authority to collect material compensation. This document can be replaced by a power of attorney from the owner (if the owner is incapacitated or is abroad).

Document about the bay from the management company. The company managing the multi-storey building must also conduct an inspection and issue a corresponding document, which must clearly indicate the following nuances: the cause of the incident and information about the person who is responsible for it.

Floor plan of an apartment building and explication from the BTI. These documents are also necessary to ensure that the damage assessment is carried out correctly, but they are not absolutely necessary.

How to get compensation without going to court

Receiving compensation for damage caused by flooding most often occurs through a settlement agreement. To do this, after a competent assessment of property damage has been carried out, contractual acts are signed.

Using the services of an appraiser and a lawyer, the owner of the damaged apartment is offered to draw up a pre-trial claim. This claim is based specifically on a damage assessment carried out by an independent company. Most often, this document is handed over to the person responsible for the incident, but if contact with him has not been established, you can send it by registered mail with notification.

In addition to the result of assessing the damage caused, a pre-trial claim must include the following data:

• Exact circumstances of the bay, including time and date
• Copies of documents confirming the legality of your claim for compensation for material damage due to flooding of the apartment
• Damage assessment data
• Confirmation of the legality of claims for damages with references to existing regulations
• Request for reimbursement of a certain amount
• Deadline for compensation of damages.

If the assessment of the damage caused was carried out in the presence of the culprit, and he admitted his guilt, then compensation for the damage caused is made by signing a compensation agreement drawn up with the help of lawyers. Such an agreement may be notarized.

Often the amount of damage is quite significant for the culprit of unintentional flooding. In this case, the owner of the affected apartment may agree to payment in installments. In the case of large amounts, installment payment is a truly effective service. It allows you not to waste time on repairs and is guaranteed to receive compensation from the culprit, while within 10 working days a really large amount is unlikely to be paid.

The matter becomes more complicated when the person responsible for the situation refuses to make contact. It is not possible to hold him accountable in this case. However, there is no need to be disappointed - a real estate damage assessment is an excellent evidentiary tool in court.

Receiving compensation for damages in court

Going to court for compensation for damage caused by flooding of an apartment is a common practice. Despite the fact that most perpetrators of property damage do not want to get involved with the judicial system, in approximately 20% of cases it is not possible for the injured party to obtain compensation on their own. In this case, preparation for trial will come to the rescue.

Sample telegram for inviting neighbors to the process of independent assessment of damage from the bay

Address of the recipient:

Recipient's name:

We ask you to take part in an independent examination of the damage to the apartment damaged as a result of the flood. The inspection will take place on _______________(date, time)_________________ at the address _________________ (address)_____________ In case of your failure to appear, the independent examination report will be drawn up without your participation.

Watch a video that clearly explains the entire process of assessing damage to an apartment from the flood.

The damage assessment document is key here when going to court. That is why it is important to entrust its preparation to an experienced specialist.

To apply to the judicial system of proceedings, the owner of the affected apartment will need the following documents:

• Certificate of registration of state property rights
• Application to the management company (housing association, housing department)
• Document about the bay from the management company
• Document on expert assessment of the damaged premises
• Written refusal to compensate for damages on the part of the culprit (if any)
• Receipts for payment for apartment repairs after flooding
• Receipt for payment of state duty.

Along with this package of documents, an application for recovery of the amount of damage is submitted to the court. If the judge considers the case materials to be insufficiently reliable, he has the right to order a forensic examination of the damaged property.

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An independent assessor is a true expert in assessing flood damage. Our company has a practice of successfully resolving court cases to recover damages from the unscrupulous culprit of the incident.

Even if the apartment was flooded three years ago, and the culprit never returned the funds spent on restoring the apartment, an expert assessment of the damage caused will make it possible to collect debts even after a while.

You can contact our company for help right now. An assessment of property damage after flooding will be carried out in no more than three working days.

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Where can I order restoration repairs after a flood?

If an “opportunity” occurs: you are flooded, your neighbors above you are flooded, or it turns out that the roof of a high-rise building is leaking while expert work is being carried out, you should immediately find someone who will treat the apartment after the flood.

, as well as the restoration itself.

When contacting Repair Masters, remember the following:

• we can cope with any task;
• we work with different materials;
• speed of service provision - maximum at a price affordable for Moscow and the region;
• each member of our team has not only theoretical, but also practical experience of at least several years;
• all employees of the Master of Repair company have their own rating, by which you can evaluate whether you are ready to “work” with this person in the team that will be sent to you to restore your apartment;
• We have 7 years of experience in the construction services market.

Legal and correct

In accordance with Order No. 257 of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, assessment of the cost of damage can only be carried out by those appraisers who have passed the qualification exam in the real estate valuation procedure. Without a qualifying exam, it is prohibited to perform assessments, prepare reports, or sign them.

An important rule that you need to know: documents that are submitted to the defendant for consideration in pre-trial proceedings or in court proceedings must be supplemented by the qualification certificates of the appraiser who performed all the work to assess the damage from the flood.

It is important to be careful when choosing a company that will assess the damage. REAL-A.K. specialists It is recommended to be guided by the following points when choosing an expert or appraiser:

• business reputation check;
• clarification of the date of creation of the official website;
• presence of positive reviews;
• competence of specialists;
• verification of certificates and certificates.

All REAL-A.K. specialists have the appropriate qualifications and can conduct valuations in a specific area of ​​work - valuation of business, movable property or real estate. Contacting the company’s specialists allows you to quickly resolve numerous issues and problems. Among the most common positive aspects are the following:

1. The costs of conducting an assessment after the apartment is flooded are paid by the defendant.
2. Everything happens officially and is documented.
3. The assessment is carried out by specialists with appropriate qualifications.
4. An independent assessment is an impartial opinion without taking into account the interests of the injured or guilty party.
5. The expert's conclusion demonstrates the seriousness of the victim's intentions in obtaining full compensation for damage from the flood.

You can spend a lot of time trying to prove your case in various instances. Or you can save nerve cells and your own time by contacting REAL-A.K. specialists and get professional help.