[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by macafee2

thank goodness for insurance. not sure I'd know where to start to rebuild

macafee2

Thank you for those thoughts....

We had a battle with the insurance company as they said we were under insured. Eventually when they agreed to the amount for a payout, it was capped and we had to rebuild in accordance with the restrictions they set, we had to keep to the original footprint of the buildings. We had to get 10 quotes from 10 different builders. It took us 3 years to rebuild everything and we have insured everything up so there will be no more arguments next time there is a fire and a claim. Here are some photos of the rebuild. We are hoping to fly to South Africa next month to do the fire breaks. The property is 14 miles east of Cape Town.



atrium upstairs by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



atrium chimney by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



new build atrium by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



master en suite by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



Landscaped. Some of the rocks were too big to remove, so we left them in. by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



New drive by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



garden by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr



Though the vines... by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr