DeBorgia homeowner warns of rising insurance premiums in wildfire prone areas
Christie Carriles stands in front of her house in DeBorgia where her homeowners insurance said tree mitigation must be performed before they can continue to issue a policy. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
A decade ago, Cristy Carriles and her husband moved from Spokane to DeBorgia and bought a nice home in a wooded area less than a half mile from the old DeBorgia School.
Everything that they own has been insured by Allstate Insurance, and everything has clicked along fine until she recently received a letter from them.
“They said they were going to send out an inspector and they are doing it with everyone in the area,” she explained. “It said the inspector does not come in the house. Then the inspector called and said he was coming out if that day worked for us, which it did. He didn’t come into the house but walked around the area taking a bazillion pictures. And within a month, we got our report.”
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