This reminds me …
When we sold our house in 2005, we received a quote from termite company that included a line item of $1200 to repair damage on our deck. This was in addition to treatment (tenting ) and couple of minor repairs on the house fascia boards.
They ended up replacing a single board on the deck.
I was pissed, but they had me over a barrel since I needed to close and was not going to fret over $1200 when the house was over $800K… It was Spring 2005 and I didn’t want to delay and lose the buyer… But I’m still pissed.
