Billbofet
Member
Odd situation.
Our house was damaged in a hail storm last summer (roof). Everyone in the neighborhood seemed to be getting a new roof, so I reached out to a contractor whose sign was at every other house.
He came out, got up on the roof, found damage, and told me to put a claim in.
I put a claim in with insurance. An adjustor came out, met with the contractor, and they found extensive damage. A new roof and gutters were recommended by the adjustor.
We were quickly approved by insurance and sent a check for $17k. I reached out to the contractor to put us on the schedule, put $500 down.
Four weeks later, we got a new roof installed, and three weeks after that, new gutters - this was mid-August.
I was expecting to be contacted within a week of the gutter installation with an invoice, but this has yet to happen.
A friend in the neighborhood is in the same situation. His roof was installed a couple of weeks ahead of us. He even called the office and was told our PM was out as he recently had surgery - this was four weeks ago.
My question is: Am I doing something illegal by not reaching out to pay? I honestly forgot for the last several weeks and was reminded when I saw my neighbor/friend this weekend. He still has not heard back.
I fully intend to pay, and it's been nice earning interest on the money sitting in my account since it was approved in June, but am I doing anything wrong by not reaching out? Is it reasonable to assume they would be contacting me? I was never given an invoice or even an estimate of cost - the contractor based this all off the approved insurance amount..... curious to see how long this plays out.
Our house was damaged in a hail storm last summer (roof). Everyone in the neighborhood seemed to be getting a new roof, so I reached out to a contractor whose sign was at every other house.
He came out, got up on the roof, found damage, and told me to put a claim in.
I put a claim in with insurance. An adjustor came out, met with the contractor, and they found extensive damage. A new roof and gutters were recommended by the adjustor.
We were quickly approved by insurance and sent a check for $17k. I reached out to the contractor to put us on the schedule, put $500 down.
Four weeks later, we got a new roof installed, and three weeks after that, new gutters - this was mid-August.
I was expecting to be contacted within a week of the gutter installation with an invoice, but this has yet to happen.
A friend in the neighborhood is in the same situation. His roof was installed a couple of weeks ahead of us. He even called the office and was told our PM was out as he recently had surgery - this was four weeks ago.
My question is: Am I doing something illegal by not reaching out to pay? I honestly forgot for the last several weeks and was reminded when I saw my neighbor/friend this weekend. He still has not heard back.
I fully intend to pay, and it's been nice earning interest on the money sitting in my account since it was approved in June, but am I doing anything wrong by not reaching out? Is it reasonable to assume they would be contacting me? I was never given an invoice or even an estimate of cost - the contractor based this all off the approved insurance amount..... curious to see how long this plays out.