https://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/floor-area-of-your-property/ Campaigning for fair settlements and accountability in Christchurch Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.25 https://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/floor-area-of-your-property/#comment-23 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:57:25 +0000 https://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/?p=374#comment-23 My mother moved to Tower in 2011. Her house insurance premiums rose dramaticaly to be about $1500 for this 2014 year. On checking this year and previous years (2012, 2013) it appears they have calculated the premium on the basis of a floor area of 340sqm! She is one of two joined units and I suspect the 340 is the total of the two. So they have been overcharging and we are trying to get the overpaid premiums back. They suggest that it would have been my mother who told them 340sqm. Most unlikely – how would she know? Tower say they do not have access to data concerning the size of the dwelling. Do they? Who does? They acknowledge the overcharging and also state they would never have rebuilt a house that size even if was insured for that size but are trying to avoid repaying the overcharged premiums. Very interesting.

]]> https://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/floor-area-of-your-property/#comment-14 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:32:36 +0000 https://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/?p=374#comment-14 When pricing a house to build, it is usually an aerial footprint taken to give you a guestimated building / m2 price as there are many building elements required within eaves, (which of course are outside the floor area). We also need to remember to include exterior a7 Interioer wall thicknesses, which can vary depending on the age / constructuin style of the building.

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