This is something ridiculously funny. A brief background: This letter is from a person, a part of whose property was used to lay a water main (i.e. an easement was acquired). A portion of his fence was removed, part of his driveway had to be dug up, and one tree had to be removed. This letter is from the property owner, who is a non-native speaker of English.
Note that the text below is an as-is transcript of the original letter, however, any information that can lead to the identity of the parties concerned with this project has been removed or x'd out.
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Dear Mr. xxx,
As you requested, below please find list of damages caused to out property by contractors performed xxxx water mains project, they left indicated below parts of our property in much worse condition than before construction works what is against the easement.
1. Easement area of front yard:
Lower part of driveway became much worse after construction than before.
a) The surface of this part of driveway is paved by contractors on a zone manner instead uniform paving before construction
b) The wood beam working as curb (or trim) framing paved surface of lower part of driveway is cut into two parts of original whole beam and these cut two parts are installed original whole beam that was before construction. This obviously makes wood curbing and paving substantially weaker and also cosmetically much worse than before construction.
c) The ground located lower of named above two parts of beam started now with erosion right near the beam what newer was before construction. The good condition of this area as of all other areas of easement was confirmed during preconstruction meeting.
d) The old big tree near the lower part of driveway, which supposed not to be touched with works, is damaged by contractor during construction.
2. Area of front yard not included to easement:
On the lawn on dug area above the trace of service pipe line between main pipe line and new valve on the dug ground is settled and on the surface of this ground constantly appears puddle of water independently of dry or wet weather, watered or not the lawn. This problem was discovered by us last friday, several days after contractor left this area immediately in the same day was reported to your department.
3. Easement area of backyard:
a) Disturbed part of fence replaced partly instead full replacement as requested by easement: it looks like installed four new posts from totally installed five, and also installed all old disturbed pickets instead replacement by new of all them.
b) On area near the disturbed part of fence, right outside of it were removed the trees and bushes during the construction works and weren't plan instead anything.
Our privacy is substantially reduced as well as substantially increased the risk of invasion to our property of teenagers. We understand that there cannot be planted the trees, but bushes have to be plant what will make our feeling for safety and privacy substantially more close to before construction than left by contractors now.
c)Poor planting of grass on backyard on zone of trench.
4. We don't have information if works are completed and may be described above conditions are parts of not finished works, but
nobody informed us if works are completed.. and nobody proposed us to sign the document that works are finished in acceptable condition.
5. We anticipate appearing in the future another problems as consequences of contractor's works. That's why we need to know the warranty period.
Please advise when will be fixed the enumerated problems, and also please inform us, as we requested before, about warranty period for fixing of problems caused by contractor's works and when this period starts.
Sincerely yours,
xxx
Note that the text below is an as-is transcript of the original letter, however, any information that can lead to the identity of the parties concerned with this project has been removed or x'd out.
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Dear Mr. xxx,
As you requested, below please find list of damages caused to out property by contractors performed xxxx water mains project, they left indicated below parts of our property in much worse condition than before construction works what is against the easement.
1. Easement area of front yard:
Lower part of driveway became much worse after construction than before.
a) The surface of this part of driveway is paved by contractors on a zone manner instead uniform paving before construction
b) The wood beam working as curb (or trim) framing paved surface of lower part of driveway is cut into two parts of original whole beam and these cut two parts are installed original whole beam that was before construction. This obviously makes wood curbing and paving substantially weaker and also cosmetically much worse than before construction.
c) The ground located lower of named above two parts of beam started now with erosion right near the beam what newer was before construction. The good condition of this area as of all other areas of easement was confirmed during preconstruction meeting.
d) The old big tree near the lower part of driveway, which supposed not to be touched with works, is damaged by contractor during construction.
2. Area of front yard not included to easement:
On the lawn on dug area above the trace of service pipe line between main pipe line and new valve on the dug ground is settled and on the surface of this ground constantly appears puddle of water independently of dry or wet weather, watered or not the lawn. This problem was discovered by us last friday, several days after contractor left this area immediately in the same day was reported to your department.
3. Easement area of backyard:
a) Disturbed part of fence replaced partly instead full replacement as requested by easement: it looks like installed four new posts from totally installed five, and also installed all old disturbed pickets instead replacement by new of all them.
b) On area near the disturbed part of fence, right outside of it were removed the trees and bushes during the construction works and weren't plan instead anything.
Our privacy is substantially reduced as well as substantially increased the risk of invasion to our property of teenagers. We understand that there cannot be planted the trees, but bushes have to be plant what will make our feeling for safety and privacy substantially more close to before construction than left by contractors now.
c)Poor planting of grass on backyard on zone of trench.
4. We don't have information if works are completed and may be described above conditions are parts of not finished works, but
nobody informed us if works are completed.. and nobody proposed us to sign the document that works are finished in acceptable condition.
5. We anticipate appearing in the future another problems as consequences of contractor's works. That's why we need to know the warranty period.
Please advise when will be fixed the enumerated problems, and also please inform us, as we requested before, about warranty period for fixing of problems caused by contractor's works and when this period starts.
Sincerely yours,
xxx
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