Thank you for posting that link to the FEMA grandfathering rules, I've been able to help a lot of people with that information. It seems the Insurance agents don't know or don't what to give that information to their clients.
I talked with a fellow just this past week that was getting harassed by his mortgage company.
They were not letting him pay his mortgage and were giving him a quote of, nearly, $6000/yr for flood insurance.
After a bunch of back and forth I helped him get his quote down to $310/yr and it felt damn good.
Yes, I lost out on a flood certificate, but I feel confident that this seed will grow into future work, besides, it feels good helping someone out and doing the right thing.
Thanks again,
D
I missed that. Could you provide the link again?
Thanks
You're welcome. We went through the same thing first in 2003, when a nearby county was the first in the area to do a major revision to the FEMA maps, and switched the datum to NAVD88. It took about 2 or 3 years, but I think the insurance agents in this area now understand what happened, and I rarely see a problem anymore. But those docs came in handy many times. Now, I occassional get requests to show the NGVD elevations in the comments sections so they can confirm the structure was built to the maps effective at the time.
Here's a link to the original thread, with the FEMA link.
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