Home Wood Rot in Vermont: Yes, There May Be Funding Help, But It Depends on Why It Happened. If you’ve found wood rot in your Vermont home, you’re probably thinking two things at the same time: “How bad is it?”
“How am I going to pay for this?”
Here’s the good news: there can be ways to get financial help, “funding”, for wood rot repairs, primarily through homeowners’ insurance, but only in certain situations. The key is understanding a straightforward idea. Insurance usually doesn’t pay for wood rot that happens slowly over time, but it might pay when the rot is tied to a sudden, accidental event that your policy covers. Let’s break that down in plain English.
