Problem neighbour

Rosa_Damascena

Mopalop said:

Thanks the surveyor said that they hadn’t seen any evidence of flooding and they queried our neighbors dump roof membrane or lack of it and also the threshold to the annex door is also too low they thought our drive might have been put in to high however we have photographic evidence that this is not the case they also asked that we put in echo drain This was put in 9years ago we were also blamed for their gate post rotting the surveyor was overheard saying well gate posts do rot but it hadn’t done badly as was put in in2006!!

Your neighbours are chancers and just desserts are in order. Karma will prevail.

Mopalop

Thanks so much everyone is saying the same including our solicitors however I am really worried 

fezster

Mopalop said:

Thanks the surveyor said that they hadn’t seen any evidence of flooding and they queried our neighbors dump roof membrane or lack of it and also the threshold to the annex door is also too low they thought our drive might have been put in to high however we have photographic evidence that this is not the case they also asked that we put in echo drain This was put in 9years ago we were also blamed for their gate post rotting the surveyor was overheard saying well gate posts do rot but it hadn’t done badly as was put in in2006!!

If Im reading this right, your neighbours complained at the time of the installation, they asked for Aco drains to be put in, which you complied with and then 9 years later they are making a claim against you?

I wouldn't worry yourself. Sounds speculative at best. Even if they were able to prove your drains had caused damage, they've been negligent in leaving it so long before taking action or making you aware that there is an ongoing problem.

Slinky

Good god, sounds like covid has addled the brain of somebody they met down the pub to come up with such hare-brained claims......

Mopalop

That made me smile 

Jeepers_Creepers

Mopalop said:

Thanks so much everyone is saying the same including our solicitors however I am really worried 

I'd suggest that, instead of being worried, you should be amused, and look forward to large dollops of egg appearing on certain faces.

Time to practice smirking. Any photo of Priti Patel would be an excellent guide.

Rosa_Damascena

Isn't it a pity that the OP cannot trade places with the @Whiterose23 's neighbour. Then the couple on the make really would have cause for complaint.

I've found my true calling in life, a matching agency for people with problem neighbours

twopenny

Just a thought but could Mopalop make a counter claim for expenses incurred due to the neighbour starting at a legal standpoint before consulting them resulting in Mopalop having to employ a solicitor?

Even a small return to cover expenses would teach a lesson and lessen the shock.

lesalanos

Lucky to find legal experts on a DIY forum 

Mopalop

I agree they have been absolutely awful it’s not just the legal bit they are constantly monitoring what we are doing we can’t even go out in our garden without them watching us  they have even moaned about us washing the car !
But the best moan was about another neighbour she complained that the other neighbour whilst watering their own garden got water on their conservatory and made it leak 🤣🤣 what she failed to say was for years she had been throwing neat bleach out the bedroom window to clean it !!