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Should I be concerned? Neighbor issues.

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Hoopz:

--- Quote from: Dervacumen on October 17, 2011, 02:43:47 pm ---I'd call up your insurance company and ask them about your potential liability.  Then I'd take pictures of the side of your house and anything else you think might be affected.  I'd also get a copy of the painting contractor's insurance stating you as an additional insured.  If they can't give you that, I'd politely explain that you can't allow them on your property because of the liability, not to mention the over spray.  If they know what they're doing, they'll know how to do the job without affecting the surrounding property.

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That, plus the fact that any contractor worth a damn is going to know that them coming on to your property isn't good business for them.  If they don't know that or are ignoring it, then you definitely tell them no.

Vigo:
I was kinda thinking that in the back of my mind as well. They should really know better than this. I appreciate the feedback. I suddenly don't feel like the crotchety neighbor anymore, but more like the responsible party.

According to my wife, another guy stopped by and was a real condescending ass to her. He just got done trampling all over my wife's rose bushes, then came to the door and told her how she had clear the driveway ASAP. My wife, doing everything she could to not hulk out at the guy because of the roses, kept her cool through the dialogue. The conversation really never got beyond the overspray problem. It looks like there is no chance they are willing to roll on the paint, nor are they going to tent off their work. We are just suppose to trust their skills that there will not be any overspray at all.

Hoopz:
Just have her call the police and have them come explain to the contractor that they need to stay off your property.  If she calls them, explains that she's home alone with an infant, and that guys keep trespassing & coming to the house, telling her to move her car out of the her driveway and being belligerent, they'll be out there to help her.

ChadTower:

Maybe it's time to embrace your role as the neighborhood's crotchety tallywhacker.

When the realtor that sold our neighbor's house was cleaning it up last year he had a landscaper come in and "clear the edges of the property".  Apparently that also meant weedwhack the line of rosebushes my wife had planted the week before.  Not sure what type of landscaper doesn't recognize freshly planted rosebushes. 

Donkbaca:
Have this conversation:
*knock* *knock*
you: (answering door) "Can I help you?"
Contracting ---meecrob--- painter man: "yeah I need you to move out of your driveway so that I can paint"
Y: "oh man, how many times am I going to have to do this..."
CDPM: "what do you mean? This is the first time I asked!"
Y: "How many contractors is the neighbor going to have? Hopefully you finish the job before you walk off the job like the last guy they hired.  Something about not being paid on time, or not being paid at all or something like that. Hopefully you got paid in advance.  Last dude they hired to do something, he didn't get a dime.  Something about him not being licensed right and them reporting him or something..."

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