Neighbours bin fell into my car denting it.

bikingbarney

GothicStirling wrote: »

If your car was on the driveway, how did the bin hit your car. Or do you not have a particularly high wall?

There is no wall between us just a patch of grass that slopes down towards my drive.

We have a bit of fence that sticks out between us that is meant for putting you bins against. We do this. The neighbour has started doing this since the bin fell against the car.

thescouselander

Maybe it's worth getting a second opinion. The first repairer might just have run out of skill and you might find someone else can do the job to your satisfaction.

m0bov

Can you up load a pic of the damage?

neilmcl

thescouselander wrote: »

Maybe it's worth getting a second opinion. The first repairer might just have run out of skill and you might find someone else can do the job to your satisfaction.

I agree with this.

There are generally 2 types of PDR, the most commonly used, and arguably safest, is the push method where dents are pushed out from underneath and tapped back but obviously you need access to be able to do this. Most PDR companies use this method. There are some that have expertise in the 2nd method of what's known as glue pulling, where by you attach a plastic tab to the dented area with an adhesive and pull the dent out. You can run the risk of causing damage to the paint which is why I guess most PDR guys don't or prefer not to do it.

Shaka_Zulu

I don't know, I think it is perfectly reasonable to foresee that bins are likely to get blown around if not in a sheltered position.

I presume your neighbour has household insurance that is what you should be going after.

Talking as someone who had a static caravan (used when building our house) end up in the neighbours garden. My insurer decided to pay out even though I argued against negligence, it was one of the named storms a few years ago so wind speeds were 100mph plus.

Deciding factor would be relations with neighbour in the end.

debtdebt

If you have legal expenses insurance as part of your car policy, go to them and see whether they'll present a claim on your behalf.

seatbeltnoob

pcp car, your effectively just borrowing it.

make sure you take more care with these things, dont park in risky areas such as down the bottom of a slope where heavy objects can fall on

arcon5

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

pcp car, your effectively just borrowing it.

make sure you take more care with these things, dont park in risky areas such as down the bottom of a slope where heavy objects can fall on

LOL you can't be for real

Shaka_Zulu

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

make sure you take more care with these things, dont park in risky areas such as down the bottom of a slope where heavy objects can fall on

So where would you park the car?

Robisere

We live in a block of 6 link-detached bungalows, No's 1 to 6. Ours is 5, linked to 4, but party-walled to 6. Our bins and neighbour's at 4, stand together in a paved stand that I built. I regularly check the Weather Forecast: if high winds are forecast, I pull our bins next to our house wall and neighbour's to her house wall, with a large lump of concrete on each bin lid. Both cars are parked near to where the bins would stand if I did not do this.

Commonsense. It's in short supply nowadays.