I have made it very clear from the start with My BC that I am not happy about paying for the BAL as I do not believe it is still required.... I do have multiple emails saying they will remove it if it is not required anymore as they "always do a second BAL assessment prior to going to site to see if it's still required."
I did contact a few companies to see how much it costs to get my own assessment done and it's ~$800 for the assessment and that doesn't include getting the BAL map changed (which is all PD go off.) PD won't just accept the report, even though I have spoken to my council surveyors who say that the report should be sufficient!!
So now it's a choice of do I take the gamble, spend the ~$1000 and I MAY gain my $8k BAL back or it may come back exactly the same and then I'm out of pocket $1000! <---- this is my current predicament...