• An $8.5 million insurance spat over a luxury Christchurch mansion is destined for the courtroom.

Golden Homes building firm owner Pavlos van Aalst and GJO Trustees are suing IAG because it is unwilling to pay for the Redcliffs property to be rebuilt.

Van Aalst says the estuary has flooded the lounge and that IAG made “factually incorrect” statements about the 145 Main Rd property.

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This luxury Redcliffs home is at the centre of a pricey High Court wrangle in Christchurch. Its owners claim it will cost nearly $8.5 million to rebuild.