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Contractors Lit Our House On Fire

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Location: Baltimore, MD

Hi all!

In January this year we had roofers working on our house and they set our house on fire - specifically in our nursery where our 8 month old was sleeping. Everyone is fine but our house is severely damaged by smoke, water from the fire house, and the fire itself. 10 months later, we are still not back in our house.

This week my husband called the roofing company to ask them to remove supplies they had left in the back. Today they called updating on removing all their supplies and also mentioned they were going to send us an invoice for the work with a “generous” $1,500 taken off.

Do we have to pay this? The company working on repair is noting that there’s actually problems with the roof they installed - air pockets and a leak causing further damage to the nursery - that we will likely have to pay out of pocket for. Additionally, we already paid $6k (1/3 of the price) as a deposit before the roof work. In my ideal world, I would actually want this money back so I can use it to fund repairs.

Any advice would be much appreciated!!!!

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