06-10-2013, 02:53 AM | #22666 |
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After the fire Friday my sister and I planned on looking for a place to rent for us both. This both so my parents don't have to worry about us but also so we're out of the smell. We've discovered cleaning up soot isn't as easy and the smell is hard to get rid of. My sister can't go to work smelling of smoke. We hoped we could get emergency status so we get priority when looking for our own place.
My sister called this morning and they told her that because my parents stay at home that means that the house can be lived in so we can't get emergency status. I'm going to call the victims helpline to see if they can help us and we're going to the council today to see them in person and ask what they can do to help us. It's so frustrating! |
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Good luck to you Rumpelteazer. Can't the insurance provide the services of some company used to clean after a fire? This is a though job, indeed (there had been an intentional fire where I was working several years ago).
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We'll just have to wait and see. I've signed up for two apartments, one with one bedroom and one with three, the latter one is the cheapest (probably because it isn't in Utrecht) but I'm seventh in line and for the small apartment I'm first in line. Both have a closing date of the 17th so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we can get some emergency status or can get bumped up on the list so we can move into the bigger one. |
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I guess I don't understand emergency status? Does that help cover the cost?
I hope that you are able to move into the new apartment and get out of the smell. Fire damage is awful and tough to clean. I know it is too late for you guys but I hope that others take away the importance of insurance. It might be expensive but it sure is useful when something goes wrong. I had several friends in grad school who had fires and were not insured. It was awful. My renters insurance was $10 a month for a two bedroom apartment so it was not onerous and I carried it from day one. Home owners insurance was a requirement to get a mortage so we carry it. I have actually insisted that we carry flood insurance (not likely but possible, we have a sump pump in the basement that has been triggered). In California, I would insist on earthquake insurance. It is expensive but if an Earth quake hits and takes out or damages your house, it is worth it. I guess I look at insurance as a must have, if I cannot afford the insurance, I cannot afford the thing. |
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Both my sister and I have urged my father to get more insurance in the past, but he doesn't trust them. The stupid thing is is that the building is owned by my grandmother so my father wouldn't have to pay (everything) when getting an insurance. My uncle has now arranged insurance for the house since the is part of the inheritance when my grandmother dies both he and my aunt will benefit from good insurance. Earlier this afternoon the forensic expert from the insurance of the landlord next door came by. He says it's highly unlikely that our electrical installation was the cause (since it's switched off) so it was either the electrical installation from the lingerie store, or, something I thought was highly likely from the beginning, that the fire started underneath the light well because it looks like the fire was very hot in that area. It was bricked up except for some venting holes, somehow a cigarette butt or something could have gotten into to there and set the basement on fire. |
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Social services called back. They can't help getting us a house quicker either. The reason: both me and my sister have been on the waiting list for social housing longer than 5 years. I have no idea how that has anything to do with our current situation but that's probably because I'm dense.
Then she basically accused me of being too picky. I wanted to smack her through the phone, I've signed up for two small apartments, both with only one bedroom and one even without central heating. How can you call that picky?! She is going to send me some flyers about how to search for a house.... |
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Maybe it was the places that did not have good transportation
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Could be, but if we choose a house in those places we can both apply for benefits because we haven't got a driver's license. But even those far away places I'm low on the list so it's no use applying for them.
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The system you are in is totally foreign to me. We just rent apartments and buy houses. Public Housing is for people who live below the poverty line. I have never gotten the impression that that is you.
Just a different way of doing things. |
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I live at home so I have money to spend. I also work for my father, not an official job. If you earn less than €34.229 a year you can apply for social housing. Renting non-social housing is very expensive, at least in our area. I'm now also looking for a job, if that doesn't happen soon, I'll apply for benefits until I find something.
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Vent & Rant: random school violence and threats of violence. In December schools in Coeur d'Alene,where several of my grandchildren attend, were closed for a day because the fear and rumor levels were so high the kids were afraid to go to school. Now this morning Princeton University, where another granddaughter is a graduate student, is evacuating due to multiple bomb threats. I am so sad and tired.
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How is working for you Dad not an offical job?
Not trying to be a wise ass but kind of confused. Different systems and all that. In the US, you might work in the family business but you still get a pay check. Well, if things are being done legally, you are getting a pay check. You pay taxes and all that fun. The fact that it is a family business is irrelevant. |
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