{"id":63,"date":"2013-10-22T12:58:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T12:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insurance.curnockestate.com\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2024-12-04T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:41:57","slug":"other","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/?page_id=63","title":{"rendered":"The Fire (Dec 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burning-window.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-68 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burning-window-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"burning window\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burning-window-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burning-window-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burning-window.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>On the 05th December 2012<\/strong> I received a call from a neighbour in Camden Town who told me about the fire in my flat during the early afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>On the way to my home, I saw this picture on the left that was taken from the flat below. The fire was very fierce, and I was very happy that I was not inside the flat.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived outside the building, I couldn&#8217;t enter my home until the fire brigade guys finished their job.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the fire brigade investigator asked me to contact the Camden Council to ask them to turn the heating system off and stop the hot water from coming out of the completely destroyed radiator. I had contacted the &#8216;Right First Time&#8217; repairs team three times under considerable stress and agony at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1st call<\/strong>\u00a0at 16:25 \u00a0<strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a002mins 48secs\u00a0<strong>Result:<\/strong>\u00a0They disconnected me<\/li>\n<li><strong>2nd call<\/strong>\u00a0at 16:28\u00a0<strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a019mins 46secs\u00a0<strong>Result:<\/strong>\u00a0They disconnected me<\/li>\n<li><strong>3rd call<\/strong>\u00a0at 16:48 \u00a0<strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a016mins 15secs\u00a0<strong>Result:<\/strong>\u00a0They said: &#8220;Nothing we can do!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/itemised-bill-Dec-2012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-251 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/itemised-bill-Dec-2012-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"itemised bill Dec 2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/itemised-bill-Dec-2012-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/itemised-bill-Dec-2012-1024x819.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/itemised-bill-Dec-2012.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the itemised bill which clearly shows my attempts to contact the Right First Time\u00a0team after the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Camden Council still insists that there are no evidence of my calls and that their team did a superb job!<\/p>\n<p>They never apologised or took action to minimise unfortunate incidents like that.<\/p>\n<p>Later I followed the police suggestion to call my building insurance. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zurich.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zurich Insurance Plc<\/a>\u00a0told me that because it was later I had to either find a hotel by myself for the first night with a cost of \u00a3100 or less per night for every room or stay with friends and they would arrange some temporary accommodation the next day. \u00a0In the end we stayed with a friend in Camden Town until next day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the 06th December 2012<\/strong>, the <a title=\"Zurich Insurance Plc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zurich.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zurich Insurance Plc<\/a> company called me three times trying to organise the temporary accommodation via Countrywide Managing Agents as well as for appointing a Loss Adjuster (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabrobins.co.uk\/\">Gab Robbins<\/a>) to visit the property.<\/p>\n<p>Later Countrywide called me and asked me which hotel would be better for us. Unfortunately the local hotels were very expensive (\u00a3250\/night or more) and since everything had to do with cost they booked us two rooms in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierinn.com\/en\/hotel\/LONCOU\/london-county-hall\">Premier Inn<\/a> behind the London Eye. The hotel reservations were for a few days every time and they were extended if and when it was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, the Zurich Insurance had\u00a0appointed a\u00a0cleaning company to visit my property and organise the cleaning of the walls and fixed furnishings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/outside_damages.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1096 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/outside_damages-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"outside_damages\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This is the\u00a0photo I had taken on the day after the fire (06th December 2012). The window as well as the building&#8217;s roof were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed on the hotel until the 17th December 2012 and then we moved to a rented accommodation until the 17th July 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Below you can see the damages inside the property after the fire. Most of the flat had extensive damages from the fire, smoke and water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2..jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2.-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5..jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1087\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5.-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"5.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115516-e1392812499252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115516-e1392812479448-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"User comments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115312-e1392812362889.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115312-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"User comments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_114804-e1392812333280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_114804-e1392812333280-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"User comments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115400-e1392812457295.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115400-e1392812433131-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"User comments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12..jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1093\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12.-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"12.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115328-e1392812403720.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1413\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20121207_115328-e1392812386764-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"User comments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dsc01866.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dsc01866-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dsc01866\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC01813-Copy1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC01813-Copy1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01813 - Copy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read the next chapter &#8220;<a title=\"Initial Inspection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeafterfire.co.uk\/?page_id=176\">Initial Inspection<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 05th December 2012 I received a call from a neighbour in Camden Town who told me about the fire in my flat during the early afternoon. 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