On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:25:58 +0100 Andrew May wrote :
Actually, thinking about it I am beginning to suspect that it is not
the work that has been done that the insurance companies are paranoid
about because that is guaranteed. Rather it is the fact that the work
has needed to be done and therefore in their eyes there is a greater
chance of them being liable for anything else that needs underpinning.

It's 25+ years since I had anything to do with this but IIRC the
guarantees merely guarantee that the underpinned wall(s) will not move.
More often than not only part of a house would be underpinned, so any
movement to the rest is not covered.

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