Exterior damage caused by neighbor's house fire-my insurance pays
nancita
12 years ago
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Billl
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can stomping/running cause damage to the apartment below??
Comments (4)To answer your question, it is possible for running to cause enough vibrations that something in the condo below you is damaged. That does not mean, however, that the problems the woman below you is experiencing with her chandelier were caused by you and your boyfriend. What I'd do in this particular case is to gently inform the downstairs neighbor that you are of course perfectly willing to pay the cost for repair of any damage that you caused. And that when she presents to you a written analysis of the damage by someone expert in determining the cause of damage to lighting fixtures and that such analysis clearly indicates that the damage was caused in the past X months (X being the number of months you have lived in that condo) and that said damage could only have been caused by movement in the unit above the chandelier, you will be happy to pay. Because while your running may have contributed to the damage, I doubt very much that it was the sole cause. However, if you want to be a good neighbor, I'd stop the "playful chasing" completely. Running makes more noise than walking, and I wouldn't want to be living underneath adults who were running around in their unit. Do try to get back on good terms with your neighbors. Don't put anything on the stairs--people in their 70s have a very valid fear of falling and even if rose petals (which were a very sweet thought on the part of your BF) don't look dangerous to you, to someone who is at all unsteady on their feet, it's just one more thing that could cause a fall. Keep your things out of the common areas and confined to your unit. If she starts slamming her door, I'd go downstairs and ask what the problem is. If it is just the noise of people talking in your unit, while bearing in mind that you have every right to have guests and conversation, do what you can to appease her a little bit. Offer to move the conversation to another room, if that would bother her less. Inform her that the noise should only last for another hour or so (if that's truly the case), or at least let her know by what time the guests will be gone. Or be proactive and tell her a day or two before you have people over that there will be a party and some noise and conversation, and give her your phone number so she can call if it gets too loud. You may be in the right. You aren't holding loud parties and blasting music and tap dancing over her head. And it may seem silly to try and appease a cranky old lady. But do you want to have to field complaints and questions from both her and your landlord on a regular basis? And if there are too many complaints, your landlord may not renew your lease. Ask your landlord if he has any tips on dealing with this woman, or if she's complained about everyone living above her. Ask the landlord if he can suggest anything you can do to make things quieter....See MoreNeighbor cause water damage to my condo - help!
Comments (21)My husbnd is in same situation, more or less, as tarakari, which I'm pasting below. We haven't seen any response to tarakari's question. The tenant next to my husband's condo unit is angling to get him to replace her entire floor because we can't find laminate flooring to match the 4 ft x 4 ft area damaged 2 months ago by seepage from a bathtub drain leak in my husband's condo unit thru the common wall. Now the neighbor claims the damage is "spreading"--two months later?? RE: Neighbor cause water damage to my condo - help! clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by tarakaki (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 07 at 23:48 Hi, I own an apt in a condo and just recently rented it out. Last week,the guy below me told me that there's leaking in his unit from my unit. I called a plumber to come in to fix the bathroom in my unit. Today, I got a call from the owner downstairs telling me i have to pay $12000 in damage to their floor. She told me that the damage is to a small area but her contractor said that they can't find a matching color for the flooring so they will have to redo the whole floor. Is that right? Do I have to pay for the entire flooring? or just the damage area regardless of whether it matches or not. I don't think it's my responsibility to pay for the whole flooring just becaue it doesn't match. Please help me on this. What do I do? I'm panicking here. I don't want to go through a lawyer. I offered to go downstairs to take pictures of the damage and see. Please advise me what I need to do from here....See Moreneighbors stubs and damages all my trees on property line
Comments (42)Interesting enough, all the anti-neighbor folks assume there must be some city ordinance to prevent offended neighbors from trimming limbs hanging over their property. There seldom is and the police have other matters with which to deal. The police don't handle that. At least not in towns in this area (my own, family's or where rental property is located). It's the Town Code Enforcer who handles it. That's what they get paid to do. My mother's town has strict tree codes (well, they're ultra strict about everything.) If a property owner's tree is overhanging a fence or property line, it can be trimmed back by neighbor providing it is: in danger of touching a building or wires, impeding growth of neighbor's own landscaping, or has potential to do some kind of structural damage on neighbor's premises (fence, buildings, etc.) However, neighbor cannot trim tree in such a way that it will bring on disease, poor growth habit or death. If in doubt, contact the code enforcer for an inspection. I'd suggest you look into that angle, chinchette. If you walk into your town hall, you should freely be given a copy of the code/ordinance that addresses your situation....See MoreInsurance question - fighting their estimate of damages
Comments (34)I got all the documentation from MIL. I don't know who this adjustor is, but he clearly has less homebuilding experience than me. He totally missed the ballusters, handrails, misidentified the species of wood. The roof is damaged. There are chunks of siding missing and he didn't account for that. She does have replacement coverage, so I don't get the depreciation thing. I need to call them, but I need the contractor to add more detail to his written estimate as well. Tree removal is way more than $250 around here. You won't even get someone to come to your house for that. Plus there is nowhere to take them. The nearest disposal for trees is an hour away, so there is 2 hours of labor plus the dump fee there. It's a pine, so no one wants it. This was a huge tree, over 24" diamter. I don't know how to handle the siding and roof issue. The siding can probably be matched good enough, especially if we powerwash and restain the entire side (can I ask for that? It's cheaper than replacing the siding on the entire side). There is no way to match the roof, but the roof is circa 1990, and it isn't visible from the ground. Do we just patch that section and have it not match? I don't want to over reach, but I also don't want to not ask for what she is entitled to....See Morenancita
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