- May 29, 2003
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My house and my neighbors house are pretty close just like every house in the neighborhood. Maybe 12' between my exterior wall of my home and his.
In this strip of yard it's just about split right down the middle with my side having maybe more like 2/3 tops of it.
The way the neighborhood is and our homes locations, we're on a sort of step piece of land. So my neighbors home is higher than mine and my home is higher than my other neighbors on the other side.
When it rains, right in the corner of the retaining wall from his higher property is where the water flows/falls. It falls for about 4' or 5' down to my level but hits on what is technically his property.
Over the years this has caused it to slowly but steadily erode the soil where it hits. I've pointed this out to him and the prior owner a number of times and I've even found some good size rocks and put them in the hole that's been created to help prevent further erosion, which helps a little but not much.
I normally wound't care but my fear is that if left to go unchecked to the point of no return, the retain wall will begin to crumble and it's shared with my retaining wall that holds back a slow of land behind my home.
Here's the main problem. He speaks almost zero English and I don't speak Spanish so I think while he nods his head and acts like he understands what I'm talking about when I'm pointing at this bigger and bigger hole, he really doesn't get it or grasp what it all means.
So now I'm wondering, for the sake of my own benefit down the road of possible larger damage to my property, should I just figure out a solution to stop further erosion or just let it go and let it be their problem, even though it could become mine as well?
This is the part that sucks about owning a home. Dealing with neighbors and the possibility of impact to my own land/home.
In this strip of yard it's just about split right down the middle with my side having maybe more like 2/3 tops of it.
The way the neighborhood is and our homes locations, we're on a sort of step piece of land. So my neighbors home is higher than mine and my home is higher than my other neighbors on the other side.
When it rains, right in the corner of the retaining wall from his higher property is where the water flows/falls. It falls for about 4' or 5' down to my level but hits on what is technically his property.
Over the years this has caused it to slowly but steadily erode the soil where it hits. I've pointed this out to him and the prior owner a number of times and I've even found some good size rocks and put them in the hole that's been created to help prevent further erosion, which helps a little but not much.
I normally wound't care but my fear is that if left to go unchecked to the point of no return, the retain wall will begin to crumble and it's shared with my retaining wall that holds back a slow of land behind my home.
Here's the main problem. He speaks almost zero English and I don't speak Spanish so I think while he nods his head and acts like he understands what I'm talking about when I'm pointing at this bigger and bigger hole, he really doesn't get it or grasp what it all means.
So now I'm wondering, for the sake of my own benefit down the road of possible larger damage to my property, should I just figure out a solution to stop further erosion or just let it go and let it be their problem, even though it could become mine as well?
This is the part that sucks about owning a home. Dealing with neighbors and the possibility of impact to my own land/home.
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