Neighbours bin fell into my car denting it.

bikingbarney

Hi all Im after some advice.

So a couple of weeks back we had that one night of strong winds. On that night my next door neighbours wheelie bin has blown over and hit my car door, denting it in two places.
To be fair to my neighbour he agreed for the repair to be carried out and told me to get the dent man in we both use and that he would pay.

Fast forward to yesterday and the dent man has come and due to the location of the dents he cant get them fully out.

That side of the car was mint. now I can see the dents just by looking down the side of the car. I guess to the unsuspecting person you wouldn't be able to see them but I know I can.

In my eyes its going to need a proper bodyshop job to get it back to the state it was in before but Im not sure if my neighbour would be happy with paying this.

My car is a 2016 Octavia on pcp so needs to be in very goo condition when I hand it back.

What should i do?

Live with it
Stump up and pay myself
Mention it to my neighbour and see what he says??

Alter_ego

You are lucky he agreed to pay, don't push it.

bikingbarney

Alter_ego wrote: »

You are lucky he agreed to pay, don't push it.

Why do you feel that just out of interest.

Its not the first time Ive had to pick their bins up due to them leaving them on the grass between the two driveways. unfortunately it slopes my way so they always fall that way too.

Alter_ego

Wind is usually considered an act of god (whoever that is)

bikingbarney

Alter_ego wrote: »

Wind is usually considered an act of god (whoever that is)

Aye but if you know its windy you try and secure things that blow around quite easily.....No ?

DCFC79

bikingbarney wrote: »

Aye but if you know its windy you try and secure things that blow around quite easily.....No ?

How do you know he wasn't aware it was going to be windy ?

neilmcl

bikingbarney wrote: »

Aye but if you know its windy you try and secure things that blow around quite easily.....No ?

Did you go out and secure everything in your yard/drive etc?

In order for your neighbour to be in anyway liable a court would have to find him negligent, I think you'd find it difficult proving that in this instance. You (or your neighbour) could try claiming off your respective house insurance.

AdrianC

bikingbarney wrote: »

Its not the first time Ive had to pick their bins up due to them leaving them on the grass between the two driveways. unfortunately it slopes my way so they always fall that way too.

Seems like a daft place to park on a night that's forecast to be windy, then.

bikingbarney

AdrianC wrote: »

Seems like a daft place to park on a night that's forecast to be windy, then.

What, on my driveway you mean?

AdrianC

bikingbarney wrote: »

What, on my driveway you mean?

Somewhere that you know there's a high chance of a bin being blown, yes.

Strider590

When we have high winds, I go out and tip over any bins near to my car (any that are near empty) and use those to block in any bins I cannot tip, as long as the lid is shut they're unlikely to move.

Plus there's always at least one bin trapped between my car and garage, so as to stop next doors kids riding their bikes there and scratching up my car with bike pedals.