by Jay Silver | Mar 9, 2015 | Residential Blog Posts
Most of us have heard about Florida’s “Sinkhole Alley.” Located in West Central Florida — Pasco, Hernando, and Hillsborough counties have much higher incidences of sinkholes when compared to the rest of the state. With each passing year, the number of sinkhole...by Jay Silver | Mar 4, 2015 | Residential Blog Posts
Preventing Catastrophic Collapse Sinkholes One of the ways of preventing sinkholes, is to make sure you don’t pump huge volumes of water out of the ground in a short period of time. An independent geotechnical company recently confirmed that the work crew who was...by Jay Silver | Feb 11, 2015 | Residential Blog Posts
If you live in Florida and have sinkhole coverage, must you prove to your insurance company that the sinkhole was the cause of damage to your home? In the past, the legal answer was, “Yes.” The burden of proof lay squarely on your back. Recently, however a Florida...by Jay Silver | Jan 9, 2015 | Residential Blog Posts
It started with one sinkhole that opened between two mobile homes in Pasco County on November 10, 2014. In recent days, another sinkhole and possibly a third have formed nearby. News footage showed geologists walking around the perimeter of the original sinkhole...by Jay Silver | Dec 15, 2014 | Residential Blog Posts
Perhaps you’ve received a piece of mail from an obscure insurance company stating that your current homeowner’s policy has been switched. Or, perhaps you were unsuspecting enough to have thrown the letter out because it looked like junk mail that appears in your...by Jay Silver | Nov 24, 2014 | Residential Blog Posts
Several years ago a friend noticed cracks in the walls of her new home. As time passed, more cracks appeared. Frightened that she might have a sinkhole problem, she contacted her insurance company. The house was indeed “sinking” but the problem wasn’t a sinkhole...