We've been flooded & had to evacuate :(

[Maza]

Thinking of you. Hope you get as much help and support as possible. x

[charlottenash]

Been keeping an eye on this thread but didn't really know what to say. I hope things will be sorted soon for you. Absolutely horrible thing to happen xx

[lisbet]

[Lottie]

Oh gosh that's bad. I feel for you! Hope you're ok. There's a lot of very bad flooding, evacuations up the road from where I am.

Whereabouts are you?

[MessybutHappy]

Oh gosh that's bad. I feel for you! Hope you're ok. There's a lot of very bad flooding, evacuations up the road from where I am.

Whereabouts are you?

I've been wondering if any of the pictures on the TV are your area too!

[dawn100]

Oh no that's awful, but you do sound remarkably positive in your posts! Hoping the damage isn't as bad as you fear. X

[Toothfairy]

Thanks to a team of family & friends, we have managed to clear the flooring out, empty cupboards & pump out the water.
We now have electric & heating so will be able to move home tomorrow and live upstairs for a few months until everything dries out.

If you look at the front door & the wooden fireplace, you can see the water level.

[PixiePetal]

Glad you can get back in, will be a long slog getting it dry and back to normal but you will get there. Some houses in my town in 2000 had water up to the first floor! One of those was one we looked at to buy a few years earlier - so pleased we didn't go for it.

Hope all goes well now x

[Rick]

Thanks to a team of family & friends, we have managed to clear the flooring out, empty cupboards & pump out the water.
We now have electric & heating so will be able to move home tomorrow and live upstairs for a few months until everything dries out.

If you look at the front door & the wooden fireplace, you can see the water level.

Hopefully you can get back to normality soon x

[Mouse]

That's bad enough, but I guess it could have been so much worse.

I really hope you get everything back to normal asap xx

[Chimps Childminding]

I am so sorry to hear what has happened thinking of you and sending hugs xx

[ziggy]

so sorry, hope its not too long till u can get back to normal xxx

[FussyElmo]

Thanks to a team of family & friends, we have managed to clear the flooring out, empty cupboards & pump out the water.
We now have electric & heating so will be able to move home tomorrow and live upstairs for a few months until everything dries out.

If you look at the front door & the wooden fireplace, you can see the water level.

Are your insurance company sending the industrial dryers in. It would speed the drying time up. My friend had them.

Sending hugs xxxx

[Kiddleywinks]

What a horrible thing to have to go through. Hope it can all be sorted quickly x

[tulip0803]

Are your insurance company sending the industrial dryers in. It would speed the drying time up. My friend had them.

Sending hugs xxxx

Agree with fussy - keep at your insurance company and get the driers in - you are saving them money by moving back in and not into rented accommodation/hotel!

[Toothfairy]

Unfortunately, as we have been flooded a couple of times before, we can no longer get insurance. This is the same for most of our neighbours too

[FussyElmo]

Unfortunately, as we have been flooded a couple of times before, we can no longer get insurance. This is the same for most of our neighbours too

Oh no as I was typing I was wondering if this may have been the case

Are you back home yet?

[MessybutHappy]

Oh no, that makes it worse, is there anything we can do to help? We're you able to rescue all your cm stuff? Or would a parcel of craft stuff or toys help?
I find it unacceptable that you should be stuck with no insurance in a property you probably can't sell because of no insurance, even if you wanted to, and that property either shouldn't have been built where it is, or had been put in jeopardy by some other hair brained engineering upstream. The government should step in and make insurance companies help you, and cap what they charge. maybe then the insurance companies would cough up for better flood defences on each property and so prevent this misery. Rant over! Sorry!

[Supernanny86]

Unfortunately, as we have been flooded a couple of times before, we can no longer get insurance. This is the same for most of our neighbours too

I heard this on the news today! How awful! Surely insurance companies should be for this sort of thing?! It disgraceful!

[Supernanny86]

Oh no, that makes it worse, is there anything we can do to help? We're you able to rescue all your cm stuff? Or would a parcel of craft stuff or toys help? I find it unacceptable that you should be stuck with no insurance in a property you probably can't sell because of no insurance, even if you wanted to, and that property either shouldn't have been built where it is, or had been put in jeopardy by some other hair brained engineering upstream. The government should step in and make insurance companies help you, and cap what they charge. maybe then the insurance companies would cough up for better flood defences on each property and so prevent this misery. Rant over! Sorry!

Have to agree with you!!! I was listening how flood defences were built to save a twin and flood the village instead! How is that right! Then people can't get insurance and lives are ruined!! I felt so sorry for one family who'd tried to build their own flood defence but the water was so high this time it went over the top!! Why when people try to help themselves are they never helped by others??! Rant away!!