Episode 7: Licensed Catastrophists

Abandon House! How to Survive a Home Repair Fiasco by Kenny & Shari Rudolph

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Down came the rain…and with it, a team of licensed catastrophists.

When Isaac and his Planet Eden crew arrive to perform what’s been generously labeled a “discovery process,” Kenny and Shari watch their functioning kitchen get stripped to the studs in record time - no signed contract, no clear scope, and no guarantee anything will ever be put back. Cabinets vanish. Appliances hide in plain sight (right where the car is supposed to be in the garage). A plastic zipper wall turns the kitchen into a private demolition club, and the Rudolphs are not on the guest list.

What began as a leaking window has now escalated into a full-blown kitchen apocalypse.

As invoices multiply and reports drift dangerously close to creative fiction, the insurance pirates circle, Borg’s promises wobble, and the Castle enters its submarine era: six months ... 

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home renovation gone wrongwindow leak insurance claimkitchen demolition fiascofenestration window failurebuilding envelope water damage
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