onto my garden & sprinklers? Here's the deal-
Purchased a home a few years ago from a foreclosure auction.
The wooden fence that separates our backyard from the neighbors front yard (this is a corner house) was built poorly by the previous owners. The pretty side with the fence-boards is on our side & the ugly side with the posts & crossbeams is on the neighbors side. It's not too ugly - but I never would have built it that way. Until we can afford to do things differently - this neighbor is piling heavy bricks up against a weak & rotting wooden fence & I'm repairing the boards with long screws each time a board pops off into my yard. I have thrown the occasion smaller stones & bricks back on his side before re-installing the board. Now he has family renting from him & they are piling up more junk.
Here's my basic question-
Do I own the bricks that fall into my yard if he doesn't clean up his mess in a timely manner?
I cannot lift the heavy bricks, as I am disabled. I also cannot leave a hole because we have a dog that could escape. Do I have a legal right to keep the items or remove them?
I have spoken to the owner on more than 4 occasions & each time he promises me that he will remove the pile from the fence. Then I see he actually piles MORE rocks & rocks up again the fence & it's bulging into my yard. I have placed 4x4's up against it in order to stop it from caving in completely & leaving me without a fence! His house looks like an abandoned piece of property. So I know he doesn't care about being a good neighbor.
What can I do without starting trouble for myself? My City/County isn't interested in assisting.
When any dog sets foot onto my property without a leash or a human with them - I always call the dog catcher to pick up strays. Who can I call to pick up stray bricks & rocks after they fall onto my yard?
bdancer 222 - Yes, I'm sure the fence is ours. He said he asked the old neighbors to install it that way so he could attach bamboo fencing on his side. He never did & the area in question really belongs to PG&E because they have an access pole on his side of the property that sits in the corner where he has all his bricks stacked up. It's an odd set-up.
PG&E only maintains the POLE & any wires that hit tree limbs will be trimmed by them. The bricks are in no-mans land, if I wanted to get technical about it!
Purchased a home a few years ago from a foreclosure auction.
The wooden fence that separates our backyard from the neighbors front yard (this is a corner house) was built poorly by the previous owners. The pretty side with the fence-boards is on our side & the ugly side with the posts & crossbeams is on the neighbors side. It's not too ugly - but I never would have built it that way. Until we can afford to do things differently - this neighbor is piling heavy bricks up against a weak & rotting wooden fence & I'm repairing the boards with long screws each time a board pops off into my yard. I have thrown the occasion smaller stones & bricks back on his side before re-installing the board. Now he has family renting from him & they are piling up more junk.
Here's my basic question-
Do I own the bricks that fall into my yard if he doesn't clean up his mess in a timely manner?
I cannot lift the heavy bricks, as I am disabled. I also cannot leave a hole because we have a dog that could escape. Do I have a legal right to keep the items or remove them?
I have spoken to the owner on more than 4 occasions & each time he promises me that he will remove the pile from the fence. Then I see he actually piles MORE rocks & rocks up again the fence & it's bulging into my yard. I have placed 4x4's up against it in order to stop it from caving in completely & leaving me without a fence! His house looks like an abandoned piece of property. So I know he doesn't care about being a good neighbor.
What can I do without starting trouble for myself? My City/County isn't interested in assisting.
When any dog sets foot onto my property without a leash or a human with them - I always call the dog catcher to pick up strays. Who can I call to pick up stray bricks & rocks after they fall onto my yard?
bdancer 222 - Yes, I'm sure the fence is ours. He said he asked the old neighbors to install it that way so he could attach bamboo fencing on his side. He never did & the area in question really belongs to PG&E because they have an access pole on his side of the property that sits in the corner where he has all his bricks stacked up. It's an odd set-up.
PG&E only maintains the POLE & any wires that hit tree limbs will be trimmed by them. The bricks are in no-mans land, if I wanted to get technical about it!