Tree Surgeon damaged rendering and tiles on wall at rear of property

kelly78

Hi the house next door to mine is housing association and has been vacant for 2 months. They have started remedial works to get the house fit to let. They got a tree surgeon to cut down a tree which was right by my hard standing wall which also runs the entire length of my garden at the rear of my property. I did observe the tree surgeon on a number of occasions climbing on the wall. My husband then noticed later parts of the rendering had come of and the tiles on the top of the wall were on the floor all broken up. I have contacted the housing association and await there reply.

my question is do they also have to pay for the opposite side to be done so both sides match I did read something about party walls and that they would have to. Also the wall does stretch the entire length of the garden and was done before we moved in 2 years ago it was all brand new and fresh rendering. We have no clue about what they used and what colour it was all painted or what brand of paint was used. What would they be liable to pay for repair. Just he damaged bit or both sides the entire length of the garden so they match?

TELLIT01

For the render to come off it would suggest that it was already 'blown' ie no longer fully attached to the wall.  There is a house not far from us which had a boundary wall rendered less than 2 years ago and the render is already falling off, so age of the work is no guide to quality.

The damage to the tile on the top of the wall is potentially a different matter.  If they aren't made to be walked on, which may well be the case, the tree surgeon should make good to those.

kelly78

TELLIT01 said:

For the render to come off it would suggest that it was already 'blown' ie no longer fully attached to the wall.  There is a house not far from us which had a boundary wall rendered less than 2 years ago and the render is already falling off, so age of the work is no guide to quality.

The damage to the tile on the top of the wall is potentially a different matter.  If they aren't made to be walked on, which may well be the case, the tree surgeon should make good to those.

They weren’t exactly gentle and he had proper tree surgeon work boots on he had a small metal workman’s stool and levered himself up the wall with his boots. The majority of the damaged render is at the top where the tiles were.

HampshireH

They wouldn't be expected to replace the whole lot 

You'll need to claim via the HA insurance I expect if there isn't a valid reason you aren't claiming from the contractor themselves

TELLIT01

kelly78 said:

TELLIT01 said:

For the render to come off it would suggest that it was already 'blown' ie no longer fully attached to the wall.  There is a house not far from us which had a boundary wall rendered less than 2 years ago and the render is already falling off, so age of the work is no guide to quality.

The damage to the tile on the top of the wall is potentially a different matter.  If they aren't made to be walked on, which may well be the case, the tree surgeon should make good to those.

They weren’t exactly gentle and he had proper tree surgeon work boots on he had a small metal workman’s stool and levered himself up the wall with his boots. The majority of the damaged render is at the top where the tiles were.

That is somewhat difference to what I understood from the initial description.  If they have damaged the render in that way I would expect them to make good to it.

ThisIsWeird

Kelly, do you have Legal Protection included in your house insurance? If so, call them up - this is typically what it's for.
They may ask Q's like, "Did you say anything when you first saw them standing on your wall?", so worth having an answer ready.