Neighbours cuprinol fence sprayer vs my house

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Two options

you spend your time, money and effort in removing the damage to your property that exists through no fault of your own.

Or

Speak to your neighbour, and advise him, that although he did not intend to damage your property he has. You have tried to rectify it yourself, to no avail. So sadly, you will have to pay someone to do the work, and he will have to pay for this.

zaax

Friend had this done to her soft-top BMW (amongst other things) claimed on her car insurance, her next door had to cough up thousands.
Therefore house / car insurance is the way to go.

RichardTheComic

Dan-Dan wrote: »

You could probably just broach the subject of having the work done and payment towards would be much appreciated , rather than just rocking up with an invoice or quote and insisting on payment

Elderly doesnt always mean skint , does it?

@Dan - I like the cut of your job Good thinking, I'll give that a go.

SJshah

You can get a few professionals' opinions on it and get estimates on how much it will cost to clear up. You never know, it might be a 10-minute fix with some magic cleaning fluid.

If its an expensive fix, I'm sure the neighbour would understand if you ask him to put right what has been done. You've spent your time and effort in trying to put it right but you've exhausted your options and don't want to damage your own property due to his accidental damage.

RichardTheComic

zaax wrote: »

Friend had this done to her soft-top BMW (amongst other things) claimed on her car insurance, her next door had to cough up thousands.
Therefore house / car insurance is the way to go.

Wow! That seems really bad. Makes me wonder if these sprayers are so bad why they keep selling them!!

Ruski

RichardTheComic wrote: »

Wow! That seems really bad. Makes me wonder if these sprayers are so bad why they keep selling them!!

You could say the same about guns....

Anyway - have you tried brick acid, aka this - might work - might not - what have you got to loose... (apart from a few quid)

HTH

Russ

pendragon_arther

Ruski wrote: »

You could say the same about guns....

Anyway - have you tried brick acid, aka this - might work - might not - what have you got to loose... (apart from a few quid)

HTH

Russ

Well, guns would not only leave quite large holes in the fence and destroy it but the bullet holes would also damage the house quite extensively.:eek:

RichardTheComic

Ruski wrote: »

You could say the same about guns....

Anyway - have you tried brick acid, aka this - might work - might not - what have you got to loose... (apart from a few quid)

HTH

Russ

Appreciate the help Russ. I went to ToolStation today - great shop btw - had never heard of it before. Sadly 2 hours later and blisters to prove it the damn stuff is still there. Super Fed up now.

RichardTheComic

Thanks Zaax - followed your advice. I contacted my home insurance who were great. They're allowing me to make a claim under the buildings accidental damage on my policy and have assured me they'll get it removed. They're sending one of their suppliers around to see if they can remove it, in the first instance. Either way, they'll seek to recover the costs from my neighbour's insurance if they have any, or from my neighbours directly. I did feel guilty initially, but my insurer said this was better, than constantly attempting fixes myself, and potentially causing more damage, or by letting me neighbours, even if it was well meaning, attempting fixes that could again cause more damage. My neighbour is not happy about this, but hey ho, they only moved in 3 weeks ago, so it's not as if we were mates or 'owt.