What's my next course of action

[jackreacher]

I split up with my ex and allowed her to stay in the jointly owned jointly mortgaged house for the last few years.

Recently a labourer burnt a very valuable grade 2 listed oak floor .

He's admitted doing it through my x solicitors but said in his opinion it was rotten.

I have dealt in reclaimed flooring for 25 years it was not rotten.

Either way it was my floor on my land.

But I don't know what to do next ?

Or legally where I stand.

Thanks again.

[atticus]

Please tell me you are insured.

[des8]

Can you describe the circumstances in which it was burnt e.g accidentally or deliberately on a bonfire/domestic heating system?
How did the labourer have access to the floor?
Was it laid in a house (yours or another's) or in storage?

[Sam101]

In another thread you posted, you said your ex claimed on the fire insurance. Are you talking about the same fire or another one and is it on the same policy that she has been paying for?

[atticus]

The owner of the building may bring a claim against this contractor in negligence, and hope that he is insured.

[jackreacher]

In another thread you posted, you said your ex claimed on the fire insurance. Are you talking about the same fire or another one and is it on the same policy that she has been paying for?

Amazingly this is a different fire but the same contractor was the person who spotted the first one.

This is why I have had to start asking for help.

I m suspecting something is very wrong .

[jackreacher]

The owner of the building may bring a claim against this contractor in negligence, and hope that he is insured.

Thankyou

Yes I thought as much . I'm trying to get some free legal help in order to claim that flooring money and push ahead with other legal matters.

[jackreacher]

Can you describe the circumstances in which it was burnt e.g accidentally or deliberately on a bonfire/domestic heating system?
How did the labourer have access to the floor?
Was it laid in a house (yours or another's) or in storage?

The flooring was stored professionally under a tarpaulin on my land as part of my pension assets.
I had buildings to put it in but thats not how I wanted to store it.

The labourer says he was was clearing the area around the flooring that had been there a number of years.

Decided it was rotten and burnt it. The value of that floor was well known to my ex.

Strangely there were no unburnt ends .. but no need to go down that rabbit hole if he's admitted burning it..I hope

[atticus]

OK, so your floor was not burned as a result of negligence.

Was the man instructed to do this? Are your troubles the result of a feud with your ex?

[des8]

If the flooring was on "your" land (or was this land jointly owned with your ex?) under whose instructions was the labourer working?

Is this the same fire that devoured your tools?

[jackreacher]

Flooring was on jointly owned land with my ex.

In the solicitors letter it says 'he reported it was rotten' but it doesn't say to who, which is strange for a solicitors letter.

I'll write to the solicitors and ask for confirmation .

It seems very much to me that all this is deliberate.

Would it be acceptable to get the police involved?

The first fire has some provable lies, which I only found out afterwards.

The fire investigator was not convinced and actually said ' he couldn't prove arson so called it electrical, but is open to new evidence '


But the insurance assessor wasn't shown that report only the fire report which said , electrical.

[atticus]

Who does this solicitor represent, to whom did he or she write, and why was the solicitor instructed to write?

[jackreacher]

The solicitor represents my ex partner .
for some reason she wrote on behalf of the contractor.
I found it a bit weird.
I'm wondering wether I should just go to the police