Damaged trampoline by neighbours builder

macman

Very first step is to send an LBA to the builder, either sole trader or to the limited company. Verbal complaints will not get her anywhere.

Grumpy_chap

In such a case, I doubt the Police would pursue anything, but if they accepted some damage was caused by the builders,and the remedy was 40 quid, the local PCSO may just suggest to the builders that they make amends

JJ_Egan

Send in the Bouncers .

adonis

If you know the builders company name then name and shame on the internet, throw the butts back ideally in a bucket of dirty water to make sure they are extinguished.

I had a neighbor that threw butts over, some people are just scum.

adonis

I assume the neighbor themselves don't care about it, I would be fuming if I had workmen in and they did that.

jweb2k

I think there's been various levels of advice here, from Def Con 1 to 5.

Check pricing to rectify, speak to the builders and ask for amount. I would imagine in most cases, it would be resolved at this point. If they show no willingness, escalate as others suggested  - £40 unlikely to be worth small claims court. 

nyermen

Are they are renting (I don't want to assume).
Suspect that the neighbour owns if they're employing builders, in which case, might also want to point out that this is very close to a dispute that they will have to declare if they sell...

lemondrops69

If it happened to me I'd be hopping mad and jumping up and down!

The suggestion to collect the fag butts and get the police to check for DNA made me chuckle though, thanks 

bris

powerful_Rogue said:

user1977 said:

pinkshoes said:

pinkshoes said:

How old was the trampoline? 

Is she trying to claim from the neighbour or the builder?

 

otherwise you will be taking the cigarette butts with their DNA all over them as evidence and reporting it to the police as criminal damage, and they can then deal with the police.

It may be damage, but we don't know that it's criminal damage. Even if it is, and the cops show any interest, they're hardly likely to be getting the forensic labs involved! And if it is a crime, it's still a crime after you've given some cash to the victim.

Certainly meets the criteria for criminal damage.

Na not a chance, littering maybe but for criminal damage there needs to be intent, If they were having fun tossing butts on to the trampoline to see if it burned would be criminal damage, just careless with their litter will not be in the slightest bit of to the police.
It's a civil matter. 
But maybe convincing the police of "reckless endangerment" may be worth a try. 

powerful_Rogue

bris said:

powerful_Rogue said:

user1977 said:

pinkshoes said:

pinkshoes said:

How old was the trampoline? 

Is she trying to claim from the neighbour or the builder?

 

otherwise you will be taking the cigarette butts with their DNA all over them as evidence and reporting it to the police as criminal damage, and they can then deal with the police.

It may be damage, but we don't know that it's criminal damage. Even if it is, and the cops show any interest, they're hardly likely to be getting the forensic labs involved! And if it is a crime, it's still a crime after you've given some cash to the victim.

Certainly meets the criteria for criminal damage.

Na not a chance, littering maybe but for criminal damage there needs to be intent, If they were having fun tossing butts on to the trampoline to see if it burned would be criminal damage, just careless with their litter will not be in the slightest bit of to the police.
It's a civil matter. 
But maybe convincing the police of "reckless endangerment" may be worth a try. 

Nope, it fits the critera for criminal damage. Whether it would be taken on as that is a totally different matter.

A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence.