does diy cover like diy lawsuits etc? I had to replace 2 runs of fence I share w/a neighbor and remove 2 trees that fell in a storm that are boundary trees, do I file a lien or lawsuit against them to get neighbor to pay half the cost? I went and asked him for it and he told me to frick myself amusingly enough.
Small claims court younhave to diy it. You do need to make sure you have some valid claim though, so you.need to research property line and tree law which has a lot of case law on it because this is the most nirmie shit ever
Are fences required by law where you live?
This.
Was the fence his, yours, or did it reasonably belong to both of you?
If you're not required by law to have a fence established between your properties, then the fence is just a fence, and if you want fence you buy fence.
Fence laws are way less common than people think, fences are a luxury that at one time were uncommon for builders to install.
If you wanted a fence between your house and the one next to it, wanted some nicely defined borders, you pulled out the plans for your property and threw up a fence at the edge.
Now people take it for granted, probably because suburbs and teeny-tiny properties with teeny-tiny yards; hell now they make a point of when they don't build a fence "COMMUNAL YARD AREA - SOCIALIZE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT."
If you didn't sit down and agree on a fence plan with your neighbor, then you went and replaced a bunch of fence on your own dime, sounds like the problem is solved and you did it yourself.
It'd be very hard to argue otherwise unless your neighbor is actually obligated to have helped; if he has livestock that he wasn't interested in fencing properly, that could be a good place to start.
>if he has livestock that he wasn't interested in fencing properly, that could be a good place to start.
Unless OP lives in a free-range state.
You must dominate(rape) your neighbor
your neighbor is NOT obligated to replace a fence, especially if he never built the original fence. trees falling come under "acts of god or nature".
My neighbors fence rotted (they originally built it) and they rebuilt it. she came over and wanted us to pay for half of the fence $1400 (26 years ago) I said "no I don't care if there is a fence".
my wife gave her $100 on advice from a relative if we wanted to attach something to it (which I never did).
In the neighborhood I am in now ALL the block fences were built at the time the subdivision was built (by the builder) as such if a fence got damaged I would either fix it, or pitch in to fix it.
so I highly doubt you have a leg to stand on.
basically forcing this issue is going to get you an enemy for a neighbor. If you like being at odds with someone for years and maybe having them get back at you. go for it. otherwise frick off.
I'd make your life hell.
But you're already an butthole bad neighbor because you're pretending you didn't want the fence repaired and you don't give a frick your tree fell over because you weren't maintaining it.
>your tree fell over because you weren't maintaining it.
If you can prove negligence you might have some standing.
But I suspect it fell on a windy day and will be considered an act of god.
You sound like a shitty neighbor, you are trying to start a fight. No wonder he doesn't want to do your bidding.
Not that anon but clearly your life doesn’t matter, lol. Seethe some more, petty b***h haha.
A healthy tree doesn't fall over. You aren't trimming dead branches or branches that are too long/weaonfor the load of leaves on them.
Letting them go wild and naturally drop branches or die or uproot on poor soil is fine in the middle of your property or a forest. If it falls on your neighbor's house it's not really an act of God. A reasonable person knows that you need to maintain your yard. Cut your grass, trim your hedges, trim your trees.
trees falling over are not covered by insurance especially if they didn't damage property.
you're an idiot if you think someone can get in trouble for "not maintaining" a tree. how will you prove that? trees falling over are not proof of neglect.
A fence is property. Maintaining a tree includes removing it from your property when it dies. Home owners with trees on their property are required to have arborists inspect them every few years. No one does. Everyone gets fricked by it when a claim happens.
You have a strong future in insurance. You might get fired within weeks but that's their problem not yours.
>Home owners with trees on their property are required to have arborists inspect them every few years.
never heard of this. certainly not the case where I live.
sure they can, loose/overly wet soil can cause that.
trees can appear totally healthy and fall over because of carpenter ants.
the simple fact is you want something your way and you are not getting it so now you have to cope and seethe and move on.
you're "that neighbor"
here in my area of flyover usa, fence law is as simple as you walk to the middle of the fence. Everything to the right is your responsibility. Adjoining landowner has the same liability: everything to his right he is responsible for.
Simple as
I have a related question that is sort of out of curiosity but i cant find anyything about it online, everything i search for comes back with responsibility for removing a tree
A tree from a neiboring property fell on my land
Can i take it?
Im going to anyway i just wonder if theres any legality behind it
I dont know who owns the property, i think its a number corporation, i want to buy it
>Can i take it?
Probably not. But chances are your neighbor would be happy for you to take it. Why not act like a human and ask them?
I explained why in my original post
I dont know who owns it
Why didn't you talk to him about it before going ahead and paying up front for the whole thing and later asking him for the bill? I can see why he's miffed even if it would be his responsibility.
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>Frick off
Your neighbor had the correct response.
Why aren't you talking to your homeowner's insurance about this? This is why you have it - you claim the costs of rebuilding the fence, and their lawyers go after your neighbors.