Simple.

My car has just fallen down a BIG hole.

Horrible Damage to my new Bumper.

How do I claim?

What sort of hole was it?

Was it a pot hole, or a workman's hole?

Don't you just contact your local council with pics of damage and details etc?

Take some pics of it as soon as.
If they think a claim may be coming they will fix it straight away, then you will have no proof how bad it actally was.

Get a quote for the damage too

They may try to wriggle and stall you, threaten them with Small Claims in the County Court if they do.

Where have you gone Trancendental?

I went back to get Photos. I got photos.

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Pics of Car Damage followed by Pics of hole and hole with surrounding addressable location.

Hole is Approximately 10cm Deep I got a picture with a Tape measure in it.

Nasty, should have time stamped the piccies though.

that is some hole

Pictures are Stamped in file name, I could always add the time+date later.

Horrible hole, bet that made a bang!

Trans, if you get the chance go back there with a ruler/ tape measure, and take pictures of the hole showing the depth. I'm fairly certain that there are strict regulations about how deep a hole can be before it becomes a council liability.

Those pics look more like the surface of moon! And the holes look like they've been there for quite some time. I think you have a very strong case against the council, so take lots and lots of pictures from every angle you can think of.

Good luck, and hope you come out ok with this. A real bummer to have your bumper wrecked after just having it painted

EDIT: Just re-read your post and you've already taken pictures of the hole with a tape measure - ignore what I said

blimey, did you climb in that hole on the 4th pic?

If the hole is due to the contractors contact them first, they will send you a claim form and then they will take it up with the council who they are doing the work for (i used to work for Tarmac)

Cases like this come in in their dozens when works being carried out by contractors and they expect it and very rarely question it

Good Luck !!!

If you look at those pics the road has been patched at some point, the responsibility would lie with the contractors who undertook the work but you would have to approach the council first

Virmin said:

blimey, did you climb in that hole on the 4th pic?

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I went for a close up and I fell in it got all muddy and had to climb out

Dobby said:

If you look at those pics the road has been patched at some point, the responsibility would lie with the contractors who undertook the work but you would have to approach the council first

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Thanks Dobster I think the stretch of road belongs to BARNET. Serves them right for rejecting my appeal against a bus lane fine

Borough of Barnet are muppetts, I used to live there

Trancendental said:

Thanks Dobster

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Cool, i'm the Dobster