I'm unreasonably traumatised

Sounds awful Kitty. What a shock! Glad no one was hurt and that things are already getting sorted out. Hope you can have a peaceful evening.

I sympathise kittylester. I have suffered two similar incidents, one much worse than the other and both left me in shock. Take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon.

Glad you are safe

Sorry about this. You must be really shaken. I know l would be, if this happened to me. To destroy a strong granite wall The truck must have hit with some force

As for this so called handymen. He sounds a bit of a chancer to me.
Was his van even roadworthy? Does he even have van and other insurance?

Do let his mate sort it out for you. Probably another joker

Get your insurance on to it asap.

Good luck

Sorry Kitty, have only just seen this thread.I hope you and DH are feeling better today after what must have been a big shock.
Thank goodness no one was hurt.

Its an awful shock and I hope you and your husband are feeling better as the day goes on. We had a lorry reverse into our wall and we took insurance details from the drivr - in the end it was all repaired and ok. I hope you can get the insurance company to pay for a good repair.

kittylester

Thank you, J52. Not sure the truck owner will be happy about that. But, we are going down that route.

Yes, insist on like for like including any mature plants. My friend allowed herself to be fobbed off by the "mate" who built a fence instead telling her that the wall was old.

Your shock is partly due to the feeling that it could have been much worse if someone had been in the way

kittylester
His insurance will pay. My vehicle demolished a wall - my lips are sealed - and my insurance company paid for the rebuild.

Very much doubt the driver's mate is skilled in rebuilding a granite wall. That is a specialism. Seems there are plenty witnesses to the event so no problem trying to establish insurance claim. Last thing you'd expect to see on opening your door, no wonder you are shocked, no doubt your DH is too. The positive being no one was injured.

How horrible for you .
Thank the Lord that no one was hurt or even killed .
I'd be very cautious of accepting work done by this mate .
He could be a cowboy.
I've had a succession of mates and their poor work .

Terrifying experience for you kitty just relieved that you are not hurt but I would be in a terrible state, but I’m one of those people who always think the worse and what might have been,

Our garden wall was demolished one night by a learner driver girl who wanted to go to the chip shop, I was so mad I got the car keys off her and threw them some distance as she was trying to get away, I was fit and well in those days.

I hope you get it all sorted with your insurance and his mate can take a hike.

I'd be traumatised because I wouldn't be able to think about anything else other than what could have or might have happened.

Adrenaline will have supported you initially and you get the attack of the "what ifs" later. All perfectly normal (I was an motor injury claims handler in a former life!)

kittylester

Thank you, J52. Not sure the truck owner will be happy about that. But, we are going down that route.

It is a specialist job, don’t let anybody’s ‘mate’ anywhere near it. What a terrible thing to happen, I hope you are both OK after such a shock.