Or rather what is reasonable in this situation?

[VelvetSpoon]

My neighbour recently had a massive water leak which has affected my kitchen.

My insurers are coming in soon to strip out all the cupboards on the adjoining wall so the wall can be dried. All the cupboards, contents plus other furniture (table, chairs, sofa etc) is to be taken out and put in storage. I'm told that drying the walls will take a week, then at least 2 weeks to strip the plaster, replaster and put everything back. End of April at the earliest.

My insurers think my cooker will be left in situ (I can't see how, as it's a built in one on the affected wall) and therefore I'll be able to use my kitchen. However I won't have a table or anywhere to sit. Or to prep food. The cupboards have all my plates, saucepan etc in. I'm not sure how I'm expected to manage?

Alternatively they were talking about offering us a daily allowance to eat out. I think £10 a day was mentioned.

I'm not overly happy about any of it, not least it going on for almost a month. So what would you want or expect in this situation if you were me?

Is the 10 pounds per day per person? If so, that is plenty for a hot meal. The other two meals can be prepped on any camping or similar table. A kettle and microwave you could plug in anywhere. You don't need the whole contents of your kitchen accessible, just the essentials for breakfast and lunch.

It's all electric. The oven is wired in so to disconnect it they will need an electrician (probably another reason why they are hesitating) and for that reason it couldn't be wired in anywhere else.

I don't have to use their workmen but honestly I have enough to do day to day without trying to organise my own workmen too. Today for example because I've been sorting this out and dealing with storage guy, I've still got another 2 hours work for my job to do tonight....

Is it definitely wired in, ours plugs into a socket.

An electric cooker needs to be wired in differently to a toaster or kettle or fridge freezer for example so they have their own separate switch on the wall that is hard wired into the overall kitchen wirinr.

I'm surprised at the responses you're getting from the builder/insurance company.

If at all possible, I'd try and arrange through your own insurance company an assessor to visit your house and come up with suitable compensation to cover you while this work is being done. You would then submit that to the insurance company of your neighbour and see how that goes.