Poll of the Day > man, i just filed a code violation thing against my neighbor

(+) Yeah! (+)

they have a pipe draining into my yard and have not done anything to remove it despite my requests

so i guess that's the way the cookie crumbles

and the brick wall they're damaging

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Look at this annoying shit omfg

I thought you meant your brick wall, but it looks like they're only damaging their own?

KarJen

I believe that a brick fence between their yards, Jen has every right to be mad

I've always thought it crazy how little people give a shit about their property.

Also I love building retaining walls now, spent the summer landscaping. I WANNA REPLACE IT!!!

CoorsLight posted...

I thought you meant your brick wall, but it looks like they're only damaging their own?

KarJen

What? It's a party wall. It's a shared wall.

It's causing mad soil erosion on my property.

What is a party wall? Like is that a duplex?

CoorsLight posted...

What is a party wall? Like is that a duplex?

No. They're two parcels that share a lot line fence. It's very common. It's called a party wall when two properties share the same wall. Three of my fence walls are party walls with three different parcels and different owners. We all own each side 50/50 and are responsible for sharing in any repair costs. That ground you see in the photo is my yard and belongs to me.

I guess that's not very common here, and that looked like a house to me from the pics. Seems kinda crazy to build a whole wall where you could have a fence

CoorsLight posted...

I guess that's not very common here, and that looked like a house to me from the pics. Seems kinda crazy to build a whole wall where you could have a fence

Stone fences are common here for privacy. I wouldn't want a chain link fence.

And it is a house in the pic. It's the neighbor's house.

Attach more pipe to it, and make it go back into his yard

LinkPizza posted...

Attach more pipe to it, and make it go back into his yard

I don't want to touch it and incur any negligence or liability for damages that could cause to the other property.

Do <insert illegal activity here> to get back at your neighbor!

Are they using the area between their house and the wall as a shed by putting up the plywood? Looks trashy as hell and would bug me.

Oh it looked like one large wall to me but I guess the house is just slightly behind the bricks

hockey7318 posted...

Are they using the area between their house and the wall as a shed by putting up the plywood? Looks trashy as hell and would bug me.

So that parcel has two homes built on it that are on the same lot. This is the rear home. This home has a side yard and access to a strip at the back. That plywood roof covers the side yard and has a door in the front area where they use it as a dog run basically. They let the dog out there and it can go in the yard. The plywood covers that area. I don't really care how it looks because I live in a NON-HOA neighborhood for a reason.

CoorsLight posted...

Oh it looked like one large wall to me but I guess the house is just slightly behind the bricks

Yeah, it looks weird because of the shanty plywood roof.

Ogurisama posted...

Do <insert illegal activity here> to get back at your neighbor!

I've joked about capping it and letting the water go into their own house but people just rent these homes and I also don't want to intentionally damage someone's property.

I hate those walls. Even worse for me since I have a third one due to a highway being behind me. They get damaged too easily.

Jen0125 posted...

What? It's a party wall. It's a shared wall.

It's causing mad soil erosion on my property.

I would guess that wall is like 6ft tall so I'm not surprised. People underestimate how much damage even a fairly small volume of water can do when it drops that far.

That looks like a condensation drain, but don't normally see those come out so high up. Do you have attic AC units?

rjsilverthorn posted...

I would guess that wall is like 6ft tall so I'm not surprised. People underestimate how much damage even a fairly small volume of water can do when it drops that far.

That looks like a condensation drain, but don't normally see those come out so high up. Do you have attic AC units?

Not attic but many are on the roof. Mine is. It's not common to have ground air cons here because of the heat I guess? Not sure. But most are put on the roof with a crane.

Jen0125 posted...

I don't want to touch it and incur any negligence or liability for damages that could cause to the other property.

I was actually kind of joking. Its what they do in like cartoons and stuff

Yeah, that looks like a half-assed landlord solution. Without the owner actually living there I could see where you might actually have to go with the code violation.

Maybe they'll find other stuff in the process and you'll end up helping out the people living there. :)

LinkPizza posted...

I was actually kind of joking. Its what they do in like cartoons and stuff

You aren't the only one who suggested something similar! I just don't feel comfy touching their property

Jen0125 posted...

You aren't the only one who suggested something similar! I just don't feel comfy touching their property

Id feel pretty uncomfortable, too. Luckily, Im good friends with my neighbors, and we can usually talk stuff out. That said, I know my one neighbor who I talk to a lot doesnt like my landlord. And I feel the same, so

Just cover the end of the pipe that is in your yard/property preventing water from coming out. It's a drainage pipe so it just means it won't drain the water from their roof heh, and you totally have the right to do that since it's on your property.

wolfy42 posted...

Just cover the end of the pipe that is in your yard/property preventing water from coming out. It's a drainage pipe so it just means it won't drain the water from their roof heh, and you totally have the right to do that since it's on your property.

It'll also back up and go wherever the pipe originates on their property potentially causing water damage. I'm not doing that. Water damage is really expensive and I'd absolutely be liable.

Could you make a makeshift gutter that leads out of your yard? Maybe toward a street drain or something?

Tagged Jen as a narc

LinkPizza posted...

Could you make a makeshift gutter that leads out of your yard? Maybe toward a street drain or something?

No I don't have road access from my back yard

Without doing research, which I'm too lazy to do now adays, you are not supposed to legally use pipes etc to move water/drainoff onto another persons property. If it's natural (falls off your roof etc) that is different. If someone does use a pipe to move water onto your property you can remove it.

You'd have to look into the specifics, but yeah, they can't just have a pipe that makes the runnoff go onto your property and damage it. Anything that moves over the property line onto yours can be removed directly by you (or sealed etc). Anything on their side that shoots water onto your side is still illegal but you can't alter it.

So yeah, in theory they could sue you if you blocked it and it caused water damage, but not if you informed them of it in advance (since that gives them the ability to deal with it another way). If you did inform them, do it in writting, with an email etc, so you have a way to prove you informed them, and that should prevent a lawsuit. Also inform them why you are doing that, which will prevent them from even starting a law suit lol.

Should be mentioned that if you inform someone of the law, that specifies why they would not win a law suit, and they proceed anyway, they can be fined and also have to pay you for filing a frivulous lawsuit. You can inform them of that as well btw, which again makes it less likely for them to file one (if you want to avoid having to go to court at all).

That all sounds well and good. But filing a complaint with the city (like she already did) and letting them handle it is the better option. Less likely to lead to some petty back and forth, stupid neighbor shit.

Bugmeat posted...

That all sounds well and good. But filing a complaint with the city (like she already did) and letting them handle it is the better option. Less likely to lead to some petty back and forth, stupid neighbor shit.

True, it's the smart way to handle it.

I'm just in a bad mood lol.

Bugmeat posted...

That all sounds well and good. But filing a complaint with the city (like she already did) and letting them handle it is the better option. Less likely to lead to some petty back and forth, stupid neighbor shit.

I went through public records to try to find the owner and found an email for him. I emailed him letting him know I made a case with the city and to please reply if it was the right person.

He did reply and said they have a plumber scheduled to correct it. So I told him if they call him to let them know he's getting it corrected and we can do it that way. I'd rather do it interpersonally without the city but I felt I had no choice.

Eww, I hate sloppy pipe work. Id cut that shit with a sawzall and watch it drain into his basement.

Mensis posted...

Eww, I hate sloppy pipe work.

Yeah my ex used to say the same thing to me

Cacciato posted...

Yeah my ex used to say the same thing to me

Lmaoo I hate u

Jen0125 posted...

Lmaoo I hate u

Yoooooooo she said that too

Maybe I'm your ex

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