Your guide to how EQC is dealing with Residential Land
16 February 2012
Read our new Residential Land factsheet.
If your dwelling is insured, EQC also insures a defined area of your residential land. EQC will assess the amount of damage to your residential land and provide cover up to the maximum amount specified in the Earthquake Commission Act.
Residential land is land on which the house is situated, and land within 8 metres of the house.
Land within 60 metres of the house that constitutes the main access way, or part of the main access way to the house from the boundary, is also covered, but not the surface of the driveway or any artificial surfaces like concrete or asphalt that cover the access way.
Geotechnical work on TC3 properties to start in March
3 February 2012
Technical assessments will begin for the 8000 – 10,000 Christchurch Green Zone homes in Technical Category 3 (or blue/green) with foundation damage in the next six to eight weeks, the Earthquake Commission says.
EQC Customer Services general manager Bruce Emson says the assessments will be undertaken on all TC3 properties where there is confirmed foundation damage, and as a result may require bespoke foundation solutions.
Change to urgent repairs process
From 1 January 2012 all the arrangements for making urgent repairs will be handled by EQC and Fletcher EQR.
If you need urgent repairs, contact EQC on 0800 DAMAGE (0800 326 243) and we will organise for the repairs through Fletcher EQR to be done on your behalf. Urgent repairs are those that make your home safe, secure, sanitary and weather resistant.
Urgent repairs will be managed as the highest priority.
>>>See our December 2011 press release for more information
EQC and Fletcher EQR announce repair timeframes
20 Dec 2011
The Earthquake Commission and Fletcher EQR have announced their targets for the repair of about 100,000 earthquake damaged homes in the Canterbury Home Repair Programme.
EQC General Manager Customer Services Bruce Emson says the main target for the Canterbury Home Repair Programme is 80 percent of homes in the managed repair programme completed by 2014.
