Need advice - problems with neighbours

Ashok_2

One of the neighbours who have a house behind my house are complaining that after our gardener burned some waste in our garden, that smoke/ash went over the fence and landed on their trampoline, resulting in a lot of holes...

They now want me to buy a new cover for the trampoline, which costs over £150 - I've checked the prices myself.

Not sure what to do.. For one I don't know whether it was really out fire that caused the holes, and whether I really should pay up, as they probably will take court action if we don't..

Thanks all.

MORPH3US

Have they shown you the cover with the burn holes in it?

Seems a bit far fetched for me, I can't see that stuff that was being burnt could land on their trampoline and still be hot enough to burn it unless it was very close to the fire...

M

Ashok_2

Yep seen the cover, it does have holes like they describe.

Sillychuckie

Aask if you can start another fire to see for yourself whether such a thing could cause damage like that.
If it does, then you might want to pay up.

To be honest, ash cools massively when it becomes light enough to become airborn. I find it hard to believe that once over the fence and landed, it would be hot enough to cause any damage.

belfast_child

exactly. suggest they claim off their house insurance :beer: :beer:

Ashok_2

Thanks all.. Do you think they'd win if they took it to Small Claims?

p00pieb0tt0m

Shouldn't they be contacting your gardener about this? Shouldn't he have liability insurance?

Ashok_2

p00pieb0tt0m wrote: »

Shouldn't they be contacting your gardener about this? Shouldn't he have liability insurance?

Gardner doesn't have liability insurance..