The building that is Ocean Point Condominiums at 4667 Ocean Blvd, San Diego, California experienced a fire sprinkler main pipe failure. Many units were flooded by the failure. Our unit 112 did not have any visible water nor any water stains in the unit. This was confirmed by our property manager who was at the unit hours after the failure occurred. And, then again a couple of days later. There were two companies involved with our unit. Restoration RX and CVE (Central Valley Environmental).
It is my understanding that Restoration RX performed the water intrusion inspection and CVE demolished the interior of our unit. It is my opinion that Restoration RX provided no conclusive evidence that justified the demolition of our unit. Restoration RX used a small handheld moisture meter for their inspection. In my opinion, the technician provided photographs of areas alleging the presents of water that did not exist. For example: the technician showed the moisture meter testing a cabinet toe kick board as if there was water there. This toe kick board clips on to the legs of the base cabinets enclosing an air space under the cabinets. If there was actual water here it would have been visible on the floor below the base cabinets. There was no water here. There are several other examples of his work ethic I can provide if requested.
I was told by Ryan at Restoration RX that they hired CVE to demolish our unit. Apparently, both parties used a code to access our property that was initially provided for the water intrusion inspection. This code was given to them by our property manager. Our property manager, La Jolla Vacation Rentals CA, claims they did not authorize continued access to our property and that they did not authorize any work, demolition, in our unit.
CVE did not have authorization demolish the interior of our property They removed the drywall in the living, Dining and all the lower cabinets/countertops. CVE did not contact us, the owners, about the work they planned to do in our property. CVE did not have a contract with us, the owner, nor did they have a contract with anyone else. California state law requires contractors to have a contract with their clients. This did not happen.
Although the condominium association's insurance company paid for most of the rebuild of our, CVE damaged several items during their unauthorized demolition of our property that the insurance company did not cover. The major items were the microwave ($539), two decorative light fixtures ($650 materials and $700 labor) and our project managers time ($250) dealing with the CVE representative (totaling $2,139).
CVE paid $525 and they claim this money is to cover all the above listed damage costs. However, it is obvious that they are short $1614. In light of the blatant lack of proper written documents, it is CVE is to pay for their damages at a minimum.
I have been emailing and calling CVE to take care of this issue for months. At this point, they are not returning my calls. I have left three messages for Ryan Cebulski, who is the manager of the superintendent, Manny Delgado, who ran the demolition crew in our property.
It is my opinion that these people have little respect for the damages they caused at our property and do not care to follow the laws of California state contractors board and should be punished accordingly.
For me, I just want to be paid for the damages CVE caused that were facilitated by Restoration RX. read more