Just to give some of you an idea of what some of the applicants can expect from the government I met with the disaster recovery program again last night and was able to take a peak of how much I'll be getting from the program. Trust me when I say this, I'm certainly not getting rich off of the situation. My completely redone basement suite from 2 years ago translates to:
Reimbursement of furnace repair costs and hot water tank - few grand
Drywall to 4ft. at a per foot rate - few grand
Subfloor at a square foot rate - few grand
Tools (including lawnmower etc.) at a maximum rate - few hundred
That in itself should cover most of the materials to redo the basement. However it doesn't even begin to cover the hundreds of hours of labour or lost revenue. To make matters worse the government feels that my insurance company should be paying at least half of it since it was a sewer back up (despite my insurance company denying my claim because it was "flood induced sewer back up") so my grant has been cut in half.
A few grand certainly doesn't hurt but I'm not jumping in the air in excitement either. As an added bonus I get to start fighting my insurance company again which is an awfully defeating fight to be in...
