Dispute with neighbours

Party wall agreement in writing and signed before doing any future works.

Just had a loft conversion and did this to save any grief with next door.
 
tom_e said:
"Give me ten pounds or pay to redecorate my room!"

She sounds like a daft chancer.

Saying that if they couldn't prove the damage then why are you handing over £240 in the first place, and as someone has pointed out even if they could prove it it's not your issue it's your roofers and their insurances issue.
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This. And that roof repair looks rough as a badgers arse.
 
Tell the woman you'll smash her pasty and as far as you are concerned, that's the matter dealt with.
 
the £10 would grate me too, i would just pay it for a quiet life tbh

let me know what episode of bad neighbors your going on.
 
Have next door signed anything to say they allowed you to do this work and take the shared chimney down?

Stuff like this, if it went to court, can end-up costing 1000's in legal fees and in some case people spend he value of a house trying to argue, lets hope it doesn't go that far, but good luck either way!

Also that roof 'repair' looks shocking!
 
Any damage by the builders is their problem to fix unless you hired some cheap cash in hand blokes for the work. But by making a payment to fix something you have kind of admitted the issues was you fault to fix by handing the money over - so any other related damage is also now your problem.

Seriously though £240 v £250 - just give them the tenner and make up some excuse about being skint
 
Your neighbours have every right to pursue you for costs, due to vicarious liability. However, you in turn would pass these costs onto your builder through their indemnity insurance. Whether your neighbour would have actually pursued costs is another matter.

Given you already paid the £240, you probably should just pay the extra tenner to keep the peace. I'd get another roofer, as the ones you have used thus far seem to have not fixed the problem and possibly even bodged the repair.
 
Dis86 said:
Is there no membrane beneath the slates?
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I think you can see the membrane in the hole in his picture?

It can still let some water through though. With a big hole like that the wind may get in and blow water up through the overlap or there could be rips in it. Might even just be seeping through a nail hole or something.
 
That is a TERRIBLE job. I'd have been on the phone to the contractors instantly and demanded money back or get someone professional to do it.
 
Ok, update.

I got home from work around 8pm and he was there waiting with his van parked where. Usually park (clearly being an arse)
When he saw me pull up he gets out and from his van and waits by my gate.
Holding the envelope up and saying/shouting "what is this? It's not even £240, you have only put in £225" I. Tell him, no I put into £240 "don't call me a lier he shouts in my face. he then demands I have until midnight to pay the remainder or else he starts the court proceedings, I reply "OK"
He then proceeds to shout at me saying how he's going to take me to court etc, meanwhile I stay calm whilst he is ranting pointing at me, a guy I had coming round to look at some electrics for me stands in my garden, the neighbour becomes aware of him but carries on ranting not letting me get a word in edgeways saying how he is going to get a decorator in to quote the work and I will pay for it, I let him let off steam, then ask him to count the money, he counts £225 I say do it again, he gets it to £240, counts again, it's £240 I ask for an apology for calling me a lier.
then I put my point forward as to why I won't pay,
After lots of him shouting and me not raising to it, he slowly starts to calm a little.
And now I can talk.
It goes on for a while.

The outcome is he has dropped the £10 I don't need to pay for the decorating, there is no court proceeding, we shake hands and agree to let it go and move on.

RESULT :)

Thank you all for your opinions.
 
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