It's About Time

Our mortgage company finally released the last our insurance claim from Hurricane Ike. It has been a year and a half, but at least we have it. We also refinanced our house and in the process changed home owners insurance policies. We called Texas Windstorm to make sure that switching companies would not affect our ability to collect the residual monies from our claim. TWIA said they paid out our entire claim and the account was closed so we got out our paperwork and pointed out that they had not. Sure enough, they said they had made a mathematical error and they owed us money. They also said they will re-open our claim, issue a check, and close the claim without making us go through the inspection and extra paperwork processes. So we will be able to get a new air conditioner before summer (our old one has been limping for a few years) and install a new banister. We are hoping that we will also be able to replace the windows and front door, but the money may not spread quite that far. We'll see. At least it is VERY good news!