I got a call from Mom this morning (she calls in the evening so you know its not good when you get the morning call). A woman went into a ditch, lost control and ran into my Mom's house at 11:00 last night. Mom lives on a dead straight peice of dirt road, so this is not something that you would think ever could happen. Luckily she hit the corner of the house and not several feet to the North, because she would have ended up in my Mom's bedroom! The driver is lucky she didn't hit a few feet to the South or she would have hit a big tree dead on.
She did some damage, broke the corner of house, smashed off a bunch of clapboards, broke a window, may have damaged the window unit air conditioner and broke the filler pipe to the oil tank in the basement. I don't know what else might have happened. I've called a contractor to look at it. I don't want the insurance company telling her she just needs a little paint and a few clapboards without making sure there is no structural damage.
She did some damage, broke the corner of house, smashed off a bunch of clapboards, broke a window, may have damaged the window unit air conditioner and broke the filler pipe to the oil tank in the basement. I don't know what else might have happened. I've called a contractor to look at it. I don't want the insurance company telling her she just needs a little paint and a few clapboards without making sure there is no structural damage.
