Objections to damage assessment
Out of more than 300 owners who have received a formal notification about the results of damage assessment, 42 have sent in objections to the result of the damage assessment. The comments that have been received are primarily three-fold: First, the owners believe that the condition of the houses has worsened since the damage assessment was carried out, but a large part of the damage inspections were carried out before the eruption at the beginning of January. The destruction of the fire had some effect on the properties closest to the cracks. Secondly, the owners believe that the calculated damages are not enough to repair the property in question.
Thirdly, owners do not agree with assessors about whether the damage is caused by a natural disaster or by other causes, e.g. due to construction defects, dampness or inadequate finishing of the property.
When objections have been received to damage claim cases in Grindavík, the assessors have been brought back to the site to revise the previous assessment. Out of the 42 cases where objections have been received, damage assessment has yet to be carried out in seven cases.