Your home owner's insurance should cover just about all of your expenses and
usually will pay the "restoration company" what ever their bill is minus
your deductible. Why is that not the way to go in your case? $23,000 in
not out of line--taking to someone that went through this process.
MLD
"hvsteve" wrote in message
ups.com...
We had a furnace disaster that put four or five inches of hot water
into our basement. The place was filled with stored items. The water
was there for a day or two before being discovered. We cleaned up and
threw out a lot of wet stuff but some months have gone by and we have a
serious mold problem. We just had a specialist come in and we agreed
that he drywall has to be removed and the place cleaned up. For a clean
up,decontamination and sealing the walls we are looking at $23,000.
Does this seem out of sight?

We also realize we have to throw out most of what is left down there. I
have a large record collection and realize the cardboard jackets,though
looking fine,probably have to go. Are the vinyl records inside also a
lost cause,or can they be cleaned?