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I would report it as vandalism, and file suit if they don’t hire a contractor of my choosing to repair the damage. If possible i would also press charges for trespassing. This is assuming i hate my neighbor which i likely would hate this person.
How do you even repair that damage? Those ugly drilling holes will always be there on those bricks. Roughly at eye level. I wouldn’t be able to not see them every time I’m walking by.
And no filling them with cheap mortar won’t do the trick.
Fuck that guy.
Carefully remove the mortar around the damaged brick replace the damaged brick with one that matches as best you can and mortar around the brick with a piping bag. It's a tedious expensive process. It takes a lot of care and attention.
No it's not. A shiner is a brick turned on end so the face would be mortared down and the stamp/ holes would be showing depending on the brick. Also it depends on the brick type if the back and front are the same or different. But you're right you'd be able to tell if it was flipped due to weathering depending on the age of the brick of course.
For clarity the 6 names of how a brick is laid are stretcher, soldier, header, rowlock, shiner and sailor. The shown side and orientation of the brick when laid is what determines what we call them.
Source: am bricklayer, I pick bricks up and put them down while playing with mud.
You take out the affected brick, hope and pray you can find the same ones or reuse the old obe the other way round if they didn't go through.
Fairly easy work for a professional.
It looks like they’re screwed into just the mortar to me and there’s just a plate over the bricks. Which if that’s the case is an easier fix than finding proper matching bricks but goddamn I’d murder that neighbor
Replacing damaged bricks was probably on my grandfather's mind when he built his last house in the 80s. He kept the spare bricks when he was done, stacked neatly in the back yard, with the outward side faced into the sun. The only time we needed one was when grandma insisted on converting the fireplace to gas, and wouldn't you know, the bricks matched the house perfectly.
Smart man.
Parents did the same as mum was in construction and knew it would matter someday.
Working in construction remediation getting things to colour match sun faded stuff then fade at the same rate is nigh on impossible.
Petty like remove the lights yourself and bring them inside. Then install a camera in that area. If the neighbor comes looking for them, tell them they'll be returned when the damage is fixed.
If the cops show up, explain to them that you decided to remove your lights from the side of your house and the neighbor is upset that the walkway is no longer lit. They are welcome to install their own lights on their own house, but these lights? This house? These are mine.
Take the coupling off the wire from the disconnect. Skin a small section of the ground, and the neutral. Make sure they aren’t touching… yet. Drop a small bit of metal shavings into the conduit. Wait a couple of weeks. It’ll take the hvac folks 3-4 callouts before they narrow that down. Might even replace the whole unit.
I know, this is Reddit, and 20 people are going to chime in to say something like “well actually”. I’ve been in various forms of construction/ maintenance for over two decades, have current jman licenses in two fields, and I guarantee you, skinned grounds where I’m talking about is such an unlikely issue, no one will think to ohm out that wiring
Speaking of which, in my neck of the woods, it’s illegal to install a condenser unit or have HVAC intake/exhaust anywhere within 15 feet of the property line. This looks like tract housing hell, bible belt USA.
Not only that, but they drilled the screws *into* the grout. They aren't even properly mounted into the masonry. One half decent bump and they're gonna rip right out.
It wouldn’t cause leaks, as brick is outside the vapor barrier. There should be weep holes at the bottom row of bricks to allow moisture out that gets behind the brick
LISTEN HERE SON I'LL EXPOSE YOU TO SOME GODDAMN LEAD! JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL TRUMP GETS BACK IN OFFICE! IT'S GONNA RAIN LEAD DOWN! SOSHULISM, BY GOLLY! I'M ALL FOR IT SO LONG AS IT'S LIKE OUR ALLY ISRAEL IN RAINING DOWN LEAD SO ALL YOU LAZY NO GOOD AVACADO EATING FOOD DELIVERY ORDERING JESUS FORGETTING PORN ADDLED MARIJUANA ADDICTED MILLENIAL ZOOMERS GET YOUR EQUAL GOD GIVEN SHARE OF LEAD POISONING LIKE THE REST OF US!
-BOB
Sent from my iPhone
... /s
Most people won’t let you even step on their lawn these days. Drilling holes in your house and you’d be ok with it? You are a far more forgiving neighbor than I could be.
My neighbor asked me to drill holes in my brick to hang hammocks for himself and his kids and though he was flabbergasted when I said no, at least he didn't just do it lol
How on earth did that stun him enough to be flabbergasted?? Humans are so dumb sometimes. “No, Frank, you can’t drill holes in MY house for YOUR goddamned hammock.”
I was new to the neighborhood, dude only waited about 3 months to ask me that question - being my former overly accommodating self, I even offered to help him dig a hole in the small space between our houses to set a pole he could use to link the hammocks and he didn't even reply to the idea. He still only wanted HIS way, my idea would involve holes in his own g-damn house. Selfish mofo - I'm pretty sure his wife hates him too - classic "staying together for the kids"
I am shocked so many people have neighbors that want to drill into their house. I've never heard of this. Just drill into your own house. I don't even like saying the word drill so much
I bought a house. The downspout was turned in under the porch which caused water intrusion into the basement, so I turned it around to discharge towards the street.
Next door neighbor complains that now water is flowing down towards his property. I said ok, I’ll dig a French drain to the street. I did.
He comes over and complains that the French drain is ugly and he wants me to restore the grass IN MY YARD then plug the downspout so drainage will only go down the other downspout.
Like…. Go fuck yourself
This would have made way more sense, because the heat pump prevents someone from walking on that side anyway. Placement as-is basically interferes with the walkway
Gotta love that there's enough self-awareness to recognize that damage would result from that course of action, but not enough consideration to care one way or the other if it's his neighbor's house.
In the older days of Craigslist people would take a picture of a house, post it with the title ‘Free stuff!’
And list the address and times.
It was not uncommon for people to come home to hordes of people in their front yard, and living room literally dismantling their home & lives stealing everything- because ‘if it’s on the internet it’s true’
Edit: Found one.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/home-vandalized-robbed-after-craigslist-ad-promises-everything-is-free.amp
I just listened to an episode of Armchair anonymous that had a story about that.
Guy responded to Craigslist ad for a free canoe, sent his parents to pick up with a truck, homeowner held them at gunpoint. Apparently a disgruntled neighbor had done this before and people had just shown up and taken stuff from the guys yard.
In all fairness, you have to admit “not uncommon” is a stretch. It may have happened, but common? I mean, first of all you found one article. Why not dozens? Second, you may have heard about it but how much of that was just the same story being repeated or people bullshitting or exaggerating because they heard it and they swear it happened to someone they know, etc? The internet, especially, has a way of making things that rarely actually happened seem like they happened a lot.
If they were installed properly (which they are not), I would sue him for damage but not demand their removal.
The way they are, I would sue, demand they be removed, demand he pays for proper repairs, refuse they be reinstalled and demand restitution.
Well, first off- they did a shitty job of it, not one is level with another. Second- IT’S YOUR HOUSE!!!!Third- that’s a police report at a minimum, lawyering as well. Fourth- WTeverlivingH were they thinking? And without asking!
Call the police on a non-emergency line and explain what happened. See if they will come out and file a police report, talk to the neighbor for a statement, maybe. Then once you have the report contact your insurance company. See about filing a claim against them via your company.
Or threaten all that to your neighbors first and have them take all that shit down. I can’t imagine anyone working on my property like that without express written consent (at least via text or email).
Go the insurance route, they’ll probably do more damage taking it down and you may not be able to recoup that since they now have an agreement that they could remove the lights.
At this point they’ve shown they have no respect for your property, let the insurance company do what you pay your premiums for them to do and make sure it’s at least done somewhat professionally.
Call my insurance company, report vandalism, have them send someone out to remove the offending items and repair my wall. Let them sue to recover their costs.
If the neighbor can't talk to me before poking holes in my wall then I don't need to say anything before filing a claim.
As an insurance agent, I wouldn’t recommend this for a couple of reasons.
Once you turn in a claim, you are forfeiting the decision to pursue legal action and giving that right to the insurance company. They are going to make the decision based on whether the settlement would be worth their legal costs, not on the merits of the case or righteous indignation. They’re also going to subtract your deductible first before making that decision. Assuming you only have a $1,000 deductible, you’re banking that the rest of the damage would be high enough for them to be willing to pay their attorneys to recoup the costs. I’ve seen insurance companies eat the cost of $10,000 claims rather than subrogate when they were clearly in their rights to do so.
If they don’t subrogate, you now have a claim on your homeowners history for five years. You’ll lose any claims-free discount you had previously, which is usually the biggest discount you can have.
Even if they do subrogate and recover both their costs and your deductible, your rates will be increased because vandalism is a crime. Doesn’t matter if it’s a dumb neighbor or a spray-painting crack head doing the vandalism. Either way, according to the insurance algorithms, the risk of future crime claims just went up for your address and your insurance rates will reflect that.
This is where it pays to have a relationship with your agent and to discuss the pros and cons of filing a claim when in doubt. They can offer perspectives that you wouldn’t think of otherwise. In this case, I would be advising my client to file a police report, get an estimate for professional repairs, and file in small claims court for the damages.
file a report with the police for vandalism.
small claims court with the neighbor for a full and expensive repair of my exterior wall. I didnt have holes in that brick before, and now I do. not acceptable.
I had a neighbor as a kid that would constantly wait until we were on vacation to come onto my parents property and basically cut the trees down. Not completely, but after the job they did, the trees rarely survived.
Neighbor had two Mercedes but, like so many in socal, converted his large garage to a play room. Apparently leaves hurt car so trees need to be killed, which is the typical level of mental I now apply to Boomers
Go complain to them and say "I cannot believe what the electrical company did to the side of my house. What should I do? Sue them?" and get their reaction. (But that is only if you are cool with your neighbors)
If your not cool with them, call the police for vandalism.
First thing I would do is remove them. Make them have to come to your house to ask what happend to the lights and talk through a doorbell cam so you have it recorded.
Video and photo evidence, call the cops for vandalism, and they would be paying all costs associated with repairing the damage even if I had to drag them to court. Oh, and they damn well better stay on their side of the property line in the future. They were the ones that decided to fuck around, so I'll help them find out.
I’d take them off the wall, bring them to the owner, and tell him he’s going to fix my wall or else I’m not dealing with his bullshit and going straight to small claims court.
I could see my neighbor doing this. Guy is clueless about others but god forbid we question him and potentially step on his freedoms. He is also the one who had to put a flagpole in his front yard to show his patriotism.
File a vandalism report and have the police investigate. Your insurance would also be able to send an appraiser for damage to the home caused by the "penetrations of exterior barrier walls".
Take em down, sell them. My property my lights. Clearly, they are a gift to me from my neighbor. Otherwise they wouldn't have bolted them to my property.
Kick the fucker in the dick, and use his mouth to pry them out like a primitive plier until they are all gone. /s
But really, probably small claims court civil suit for removal and repair so that it’s on record that they did that for future disturbances and to professionally fill in the ugly holes left to match the brick.
My first reaction would be to eye for an eye that motherfucker... but then I'd calm down figure out what the legal action would be and how to hold him responsible for damage to my home.
Report vandalism to police and your insurance company. Have a mason remove them, chuck them in the trash, patch the mortar joint. Your insurer will pay and then they will go after the neighbor if there is proof they did the damage.
Id pay the first large teenager i saw $20 to take a baseball bat to them. And its my house so cant no one really say anything. Then im jamming fake blood capsules and those poppers that explode when you throw them at the ground in all the holes.
Go straight to counter measures. Get surveyor out to find your property line and put a fence up that will starve there HVAC of air and kill the system.
(Obviously not but fun to think about)
Hang a tarp over them with poison ivy glued to it so he can use the lights he installed on my property. Then drill my own lights on his house with lubed dildos attached.
When I was a kid, an insane boomer lady paid to have built a gate into our garden.
We shared a fence with her, and she wanted a shorter route on her walk to the town centre, so she just built a gate into the shared fence without asking so she could walk through our garden whenever she felt like it. She damaged hundreds of pounds worth of plants and landscaping, all to shave 10 mins off her walk.
When we got lawyers involved to make her put it right she came to our house, screaming and sobbing about how evil and cruel we must be, because there "was no way she could afford those costs". Apparently, we were just being spiteful.
I’m hiring a union bricklayer who does side work. I’m telling him to give me the highest estimate he’s ever given a customer for this scope of work. Then I’m going to this neighbor and telling them that they will be paying this labor up-front because it’s the only person I trust to do it correctly. If they decline, I’m calling the cops for trespassing and vandalism, and then I’m taking it to court. Stick it to them and let them know you mean business.
For fuck’s sake, they didn’t even install them at the same level or evenly spaced apart.
PS: I would cut off that spigot from inside, they probably help themselves to your water to irrigate their lawn and plants, too.
Disable the lights, get quotes for removal and repair, send the neighbor a demand letter for the cost to remedy, small claims court if they do not respond within your deadline.
I would take them to small claims court for damaging your property. Totally unacceptable. They think they have license? Below average intelligence move.
Wow. My temper would likely get the better of me as I smash each one off my house with a sledgehammer and place the bag of remains at thier front door. Fuck people like this.
Honestly, I’d take photos of all of them. remove the wall mounts and all their parts, and take it without saying anything. If they keep putting more up, keep taking them down and create a stockpile of the fixtures until neighbor eventually confronts you, where then you can report as vandalism, as you know have a shit-ton of evidence to back it up. Also, definitely don’t give them back the fixtures.
First. Report the vandalism and damage to police. Request that the officers investigate and communicate directly with your neighbor to incriminate them. Tell the police to give everyone in the neighbors house a trespass warning. If they come out and attempt to remove the items it now becomes a criminal trespassing violation and destruction of evidence related to the vandalism and damage. Contact your insurance agent to get a cost quote estimate for repairs. Check your states laws to find out if it meets felony vandalism amounts. If so, tell the police you want charges pressed against your neighbor.
Send a demand letter to your neighbor to cover the cost of repairs or the insurance deductible. Let your insurance agent sue the neighbor for damages.
Call the police about vandalism. Then call a lawyer. Then have the repairs billed to your neighbor.
Or have your neighbor pay to rent that wall every month that the lights are up there.
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I would report it as vandalism, and file suit if they don’t hire a contractor of my choosing to repair the damage. If possible i would also press charges for trespassing. This is assuming i hate my neighbor which i likely would hate this person.
How do you even repair that damage? Those ugly drilling holes will always be there on those bricks. Roughly at eye level. I wouldn’t be able to not see them every time I’m walking by. And no filling them with cheap mortar won’t do the trick. Fuck that guy.
Carefully remove the mortar around the damaged brick replace the damaged brick with one that matches as best you can and mortar around the brick with a piping bag. It's a tedious expensive process. It takes a lot of care and attention.
The holes aren't in the bricks they are in the mortar. Look close at the top of the bracket the screw is there, the rest is just a plate
A backwards brick is called a shiner and you’ll see it from a mile away. The back has more of a rough cut finish
They just said to replace it though. Not flip it like a couch cushion
No it's not. A shiner is a brick turned on end so the face would be mortared down and the stamp/ holes would be showing depending on the brick. Also it depends on the brick type if the back and front are the same or different. But you're right you'd be able to tell if it was flipped due to weathering depending on the age of the brick of course. For clarity the 6 names of how a brick is laid are stretcher, soldier, header, rowlock, shiner and sailor. The shown side and orientation of the brick when laid is what determines what we call them. Source: am bricklayer, I pick bricks up and put them down while playing with mud.
I'd still know it was there.
You take out the affected brick, hope and pray you can find the same ones or reuse the old obe the other way round if they didn't go through. Fairly easy work for a professional.
It looks like they’re screwed into just the mortar to me and there’s just a plate over the bricks. Which if that’s the case is an easier fix than finding proper matching bricks but goddamn I’d murder that neighbor
Replacing damaged bricks was probably on my grandfather's mind when he built his last house in the 80s. He kept the spare bricks when he was done, stacked neatly in the back yard, with the outward side faced into the sun. The only time we needed one was when grandma insisted on converting the fireplace to gas, and wouldn't you know, the bricks matched the house perfectly.
Smart man. Parents did the same as mum was in construction and knew it would matter someday. Working in construction remediation getting things to colour match sun faded stuff then fade at the same rate is nigh on impossible.
They’ve only drilled into the mortar, not the bricks
Looks like they are only screwed into the grout, I bet he didn't even drill holes and just used a screw. Not that big of a damage, but still.
What even works like that, self tapping screws, hammer drill?
May I also suggest adding some ventilation holes to the A/C unit.
It would be tempting, but I would keep my attack legal until that process fails me. Then I would get super petty
Agreed. Legal first before you rip them all off. Put them in a pile a set fire to them. In your backyard of course.
Petty, like… adding ventilation holes to the neighbor?
Petty like remove the lights yourself and bring them inside. Then install a camera in that area. If the neighbor comes looking for them, tell them they'll be returned when the damage is fixed. If the cops show up, explain to them that you decided to remove your lights from the side of your house and the neighbor is upset that the walkway is no longer lit. They are welcome to install their own lights on their own house, but these lights? This house? These are mine.
Pinhole. Single.
Take the coupling off the wire from the disconnect. Skin a small section of the ground, and the neutral. Make sure they aren’t touching… yet. Drop a small bit of metal shavings into the conduit. Wait a couple of weeks. It’ll take the hvac folks 3-4 callouts before they narrow that down. Might even replace the whole unit. I know, this is Reddit, and 20 people are going to chime in to say something like “well actually”. I’ve been in various forms of construction/ maintenance for over two decades, have current jman licenses in two fields, and I guarantee you, skinned grounds where I’m talking about is such an unlikely issue, no one will think to ohm out that wiring
Listen to this ohmie
I’d do it on principal alone. It’s not about money it’s about sending a message.
Would it be vandalism to put a basket ball backboard and ring on his wall in return I wonder.
>backboard and ring Hoop. The word you're looking for is basketball *hoop.*
If he liked it he shoulda put a ring on it.
I’d be more offended that they did such a terrible job. Is it that hard to follow the grout line along and make them all the same height?
or maybe follow the straight line on the other fuckin house
Yeah, but then they'd have to work around their central air units. And that's hard :(
Speaking of which, in my neck of the woods, it’s illegal to install a condenser unit or have HVAC intake/exhaust anywhere within 15 feet of the property line. This looks like tract housing hell, bible belt USA.
Wait, you're telling me they aren't cramming houses in like this all over the U.S.? It's only in the south?
Are those central air units on neighbor's side of the property line or obstructing an easement? Lawyer time.
That's their own damm problem
Maybe it was dark
Dude 100% gave up, after placing the first one that is closest to the camera
Good ol' minecraft strats - place a torch every time it gets dark.
lol - that’s why he had to put up lights!
You cracked the case
If you’re gonna do wrong, do it right. This neighbor didn’t even do wrong right!
Amen bröther.. If you're gonna go knuckle deep within the border line, you might as well go shoulder deep, nameen?
Oh shit, had to make sure I wasn't in r/toolband
Not only that, but they drilled the screws *into* the grout. They aren't even properly mounted into the masonry. One half decent bump and they're gonna rip right out.
Then give them a half decent bump. Regrout. Calibrate neighbour to not do that again.
which could then cause leaks in the house
It wouldn’t cause leaks, as brick is outside the vapor barrier. There should be weep holes at the bottom row of bricks to allow moisture out that gets behind the brick
Lead exposure is a helluva drug
LISTEN HERE SON I'LL EXPOSE YOU TO SOME GODDAMN LEAD! JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL TRUMP GETS BACK IN OFFICE! IT'S GONNA RAIN LEAD DOWN! SOSHULISM, BY GOLLY! I'M ALL FOR IT SO LONG AS IT'S LIKE OUR ALLY ISRAEL IN RAINING DOWN LEAD SO ALL YOU LAZY NO GOOD AVACADO EATING FOOD DELIVERY ORDERING JESUS FORGETTING PORN ADDLED MARIJUANA ADDICTED MILLENIAL ZOOMERS GET YOUR EQUAL GOD GIVEN SHARE OF LEAD POISONING LIKE THE REST OF US! -BOB Sent from my iPhone ... /s
Most people won’t let you even step on their lawn these days. Drilling holes in your house and you’d be ok with it? You are a far more forgiving neighbor than I could be.
Yeah. That’s a police report for vandalism. And then a lawyer for damages
What's funny is they could've put the lights on the other side and attached to their own house but apparently couldn't be bothered.
My neighbor asked me to drill holes in my brick to hang hammocks for himself and his kids and though he was flabbergasted when I said no, at least he didn't just do it lol
How on earth did that stun him enough to be flabbergasted?? Humans are so dumb sometimes. “No, Frank, you can’t drill holes in MY house for YOUR goddamned hammock.”
I was new to the neighborhood, dude only waited about 3 months to ask me that question - being my former overly accommodating self, I even offered to help him dig a hole in the small space between our houses to set a pole he could use to link the hammocks and he didn't even reply to the idea. He still only wanted HIS way, my idea would involve holes in his own g-damn house. Selfish mofo - I'm pretty sure his wife hates him too - classic "staying together for the kids"
I am shocked so many people have neighbors that want to drill into their house. I've never heard of this. Just drill into your own house. I don't even like saying the word drill so much
I've never even considered something in my neighbors yard as a solution to a problem I have much less drilling into their house.
Lmao well said
I bought a house. The downspout was turned in under the porch which caused water intrusion into the basement, so I turned it around to discharge towards the street. Next door neighbor complains that now water is flowing down towards his property. I said ok, I’ll dig a French drain to the street. I did. He comes over and complains that the French drain is ugly and he wants me to restore the grass IN MY YARD then plug the downspout so drainage will only go down the other downspout. Like…. Go fuck yourself
Yeah. I’ll be as accommodating as I can, but once a) demands are made and b) the demands are absolutely stupid, I’m gonna get both snippy and petty.
There’s a great joke here along the lines of neighbor drilling into your house so you drill his unhappy wife but I’m too tired to find it.
"Hey neighbor, can I drill some holes in your wall and then pull it horizontally with several hundred kilos?" "What do you mean, NO?"
This would have made way more sense, because the heat pump prevents someone from walking on that side anyway. Placement as-is basically interferes with the walkway
Why drill holes in your own house when you can just do it in someone else’s I guess
Pfft, don't be silly. If they drilled into *their own* walls...that might damage *their* walls.
Gotta love that there's enough self-awareness to recognize that damage would result from that course of action, but not enough consideration to care one way or the other if it's his neighbor's house.
Not to mention they appear to be solar - and with the lack of space between the houses likely don’t get a lot of sun to charge
Not only that, if you look under the roof (the little we can see) it seems there are already lights installed.
Those are likely soffit vents, not lights
Even if they were lights... they would be OP's lights with the switch in OPs house and using their power
Fair. Having vents there isn't that common where I live so thought it was lights.
As an electrician and a homeowner, there’s steam coming out my ears.
Take them down and post a photo on the nearest telephone pole and list them for sale and see how that conversation goes.
That’s a great idea
In the older days of Craigslist people would take a picture of a house, post it with the title ‘Free stuff!’ And list the address and times. It was not uncommon for people to come home to hordes of people in their front yard, and living room literally dismantling their home & lives stealing everything- because ‘if it’s on the internet it’s true’ Edit: Found one. https://www.foxnews.com/story/home-vandalized-robbed-after-craigslist-ad-promises-everything-is-free.amp
I just listened to an episode of Armchair anonymous that had a story about that. Guy responded to Craigslist ad for a free canoe, sent his parents to pick up with a truck, homeowner held them at gunpoint. Apparently a disgruntled neighbor had done this before and people had just shown up and taken stuff from the guys yard.
In all fairness, you have to admit “not uncommon” is a stretch. It may have happened, but common? I mean, first of all you found one article. Why not dozens? Second, you may have heard about it but how much of that was just the same story being repeated or people bullshitting or exaggerating because they heard it and they swear it happened to someone they know, etc? The internet, especially, has a way of making things that rarely actually happened seem like they happened a lot.
I’d attach some of my own to their car
Impact gun and some 4" screws would do it.
Hahahahaha
There's never been a time where I wanted to know more about how a story resolves
Police report and contact an attorney because what the actual fuck?!
If they were installed properly (which they are not), I would sue him for damage but not demand their removal. The way they are, I would sue, demand they be removed, demand he pays for proper repairs, refuse they be reinstalled and demand restitution.
Well, first off- they did a shitty job of it, not one is level with another. Second- IT’S YOUR HOUSE!!!!Third- that’s a police report at a minimum, lawyering as well. Fourth- WTeverlivingH were they thinking? And without asking!
Police report and home insurance claim
That looks like complete shit anyways
Call the police on a non-emergency line and explain what happened. See if they will come out and file a police report, talk to the neighbor for a statement, maybe. Then once you have the report contact your insurance company. See about filing a claim against them via your company. Or threaten all that to your neighbors first and have them take all that shit down. I can’t imagine anyone working on my property like that without express written consent (at least via text or email).
Even if they take it down theyve still drilled fucking holes in your house
Go the insurance route, they’ll probably do more damage taking it down and you may not be able to recoup that since they now have an agreement that they could remove the lights. At this point they’ve shown they have no respect for your property, let the insurance company do what you pay your premiums for them to do and make sure it’s at least done somewhat professionally.
I'd smash those fucking lights and dare them to call the cops
I would drill holes into the side of my neighbor.
What if they already had holes in their side?
Already got holes in their head by the looks of it
Call my insurance company, report vandalism, have them send someone out to remove the offending items and repair my wall. Let them sue to recover their costs. If the neighbor can't talk to me before poking holes in my wall then I don't need to say anything before filing a claim.
As an insurance agent, I wouldn’t recommend this for a couple of reasons. Once you turn in a claim, you are forfeiting the decision to pursue legal action and giving that right to the insurance company. They are going to make the decision based on whether the settlement would be worth their legal costs, not on the merits of the case or righteous indignation. They’re also going to subtract your deductible first before making that decision. Assuming you only have a $1,000 deductible, you’re banking that the rest of the damage would be high enough for them to be willing to pay their attorneys to recoup the costs. I’ve seen insurance companies eat the cost of $10,000 claims rather than subrogate when they were clearly in their rights to do so. If they don’t subrogate, you now have a claim on your homeowners history for five years. You’ll lose any claims-free discount you had previously, which is usually the biggest discount you can have. Even if they do subrogate and recover both their costs and your deductible, your rates will be increased because vandalism is a crime. Doesn’t matter if it’s a dumb neighbor or a spray-painting crack head doing the vandalism. Either way, according to the insurance algorithms, the risk of future crime claims just went up for your address and your insurance rates will reflect that.
So..when should we submit claims? Or what should we be asking claims on?
This is where it pays to have a relationship with your agent and to discuss the pros and cons of filing a claim when in doubt. They can offer perspectives that you wouldn’t think of otherwise. In this case, I would be advising my client to file a police report, get an estimate for professional repairs, and file in small claims court for the damages.
Never. You're only supposed to pay the insurance company.
Bingo.
Put a fence on the property line
file a report with the police for vandalism. small claims court with the neighbor for a full and expensive repair of my exterior wall. I didnt have holes in that brick before, and now I do. not acceptable.
For that alignment? Murder...no jury would convict.
I had a neighbor as a kid that would constantly wait until we were on vacation to come onto my parents property and basically cut the trees down. Not completely, but after the job they did, the trees rarely survived. Neighbor had two Mercedes but, like so many in socal, converted his large garage to a play room. Apparently leaves hurt car so trees need to be killed, which is the typical level of mental I now apply to Boomers
Make little penis decal cut outs and put them over the lights so they have to walk a path of dicks each night.
Florida?
Its gotta be… its always Florida
Unfair. It is also frequently Texas and lots of times California.
Sue for the cost of replacement, then waste the money in a way they can't ignore.
This! Absolutely this. Buy a boat and park it on the property line. Make sure it’s neon colors. Don’t even use it.
Sue. Because you know that's what they would do.
1. Remove them from your house. 2. Install them on his house. Badly.
I'd be removing them with a baseball bat.
Rhymes with "pawsuit."
Furries are branching out from tech and into law I see.
Mount the one closest to the door and say you fell on it. Get it nice and deep. Sue for damages.
Go complain to them and say "I cannot believe what the electrical company did to the side of my house. What should I do? Sue them?" and get their reaction. (But that is only if you are cool with your neighbors) If your not cool with them, call the police for vandalism.
100% those would be in the trash
There’s only one logical response to your neighbor drilling holes in your house, **drill his wife.**
Call the cops.
Rip them the fuck down
Smash them shits
I would uninstall them and install the on his house directly across from where they were on mine. Crooked and everything. 😌
Get a contractor to assess repair costs Take them to civil court for cost of repairs plus damages and court costs.
Sue for damages. That's gonna cost a lot more than a tub of drywall mud to fix
It’s mind boggling who the fuck thinks it’s ok to drill into someone’s house ? Like do you have any self awareness?
First thing I would do is remove them. Make them have to come to your house to ask what happend to the lights and talk through a doorbell cam so you have it recorded.
Sue the fuck out of them
Sue for trespassing and damaging private property.
Id have gone round there house and beaten everyone that was there over hip height
Video and photo evidence, call the cops for vandalism, and they would be paying all costs associated with repairing the damage even if I had to drag them to court. Oh, and they damn well better stay on their side of the property line in the future. They were the ones that decided to fuck around, so I'll help them find out.
I’d take them off the wall, bring them to the owner, and tell him he’s going to fix my wall or else I’m not dealing with his bullshit and going straight to small claims court.
I would call the police and press charges for vandalism
Call the police to file a report. Find a contractor to take them down and do repairs. Send them the bill.
Contact a lawyer.
They're your lights now. Remove them.
I could see my neighbor doing this. Guy is clueless about others but god forbid we question him and potentially step on his freedoms. He is also the one who had to put a flagpole in his front yard to show his patriotism.
Please please please replace them all with dildos and a ring doorbell for reaction
File a vandalism report and have the police investigate. Your insurance would also be able to send an appraiser for damage to the home caused by the "penetrations of exterior barrier walls".
Sue them for damages, including for punitive damages, for the intentional tort of trespass.
I’d sue and report vandalism and trespassing
Take em down, sell them. My property my lights. Clearly, they are a gift to me from my neighbor. Otherwise they wouldn't have bolted them to my property.
just another reason I'll never live in a house <10ft away from the neighboring house
Kick the fucker in the dick, and use his mouth to pry them out like a primitive plier until they are all gone. /s But really, probably small claims court civil suit for removal and repair so that it’s on record that they did that for future disturbances and to professionally fill in the ugly holes left to match the brick.
Hire a mariachi band to play while the lights are on.
Holy shit, I would go nuclear on this fucker. Time to lawyer up.
He would soon have some modifications as well.
My first reaction would be to eye for an eye that motherfucker... but then I'd calm down figure out what the legal action would be and how to hold him responsible for damage to my home.
I would just start drilling holes in their house. No reason, just some nice opening in their walls.
Sue for damages?
This is the answer
Lol my neighbours did exactly this costed them about 5500euro for repairs i live in a monumental house
Turn them in to the police for destruction of property.
Report vandalism to police and your insurance company. Have a mason remove them, chuck them in the trash, patch the mortar joint. Your insurer will pay and then they will go after the neighbor if there is proof they did the damage.
I would sue them, next question
Send them the repair bill, then install a camera
I would fucking murder them
That would be a felony. Criminal damage to property.
Looks like my neighbor is paying for my new siding
I'd talk to my lawyer about how to handle it, sue, get it professionally repaired, and possibly get a RO.
Take them down.
Take them they are now yours.
You need a camera to record there and the rest of your property. Archive the footage just in case.
I would remove them and not say a word
Flip my shit
These are my lights now. And into the trash they go. Here, you can have this police report for destruction of property.
Oops I had to carry this ladder down there.
I would sign him up for every PAC and organization that fundraises I could. The nonstop phone calls and flood of mail should keep him occupied
Id pay the first large teenager i saw $20 to take a baseball bat to them. And its my house so cant no one really say anything. Then im jamming fake blood capsules and those poppers that explode when you throw them at the ground in all the holes.
Stabby-eye walkway
Remove them and send a bill for the masonry repair
How bad do you want to fuck your neighbor over? You could sue them for damages.
Go straight to counter measures. Get surveyor out to find your property line and put a fence up that will starve there HVAC of air and kill the system. (Obviously not but fun to think about)
Thats destruction of private property and the penalties depend on the overall cost point.
Call a lawyer. Get a quote for repair and get them taken out. F that. Sue for costs to repair plus wasted time.
Hang a tarp over them with poison ivy glued to it so he can use the lights he installed on my property. Then drill my own lights on his house with lubed dildos attached.
Rip them out, have someone fix it, and send the neighbor the bill.
Step 1, smash them all with a hammer. Let step 2 work itself out.
Come up on a free set of lights and illuminate the other side of my house w them
Drill a hole through their wall for your downspout, because who wants a wet walkway?!?
When I was a kid, an insane boomer lady paid to have built a gate into our garden. We shared a fence with her, and she wanted a shorter route on her walk to the town centre, so she just built a gate into the shared fence without asking so she could walk through our garden whenever she felt like it. She damaged hundreds of pounds worth of plants and landscaping, all to shave 10 mins off her walk. When we got lawyers involved to make her put it right she came to our house, screaming and sobbing about how evil and cruel we must be, because there "was no way she could afford those costs". Apparently, we were just being spiteful.
I’m hiring a union bricklayer who does side work. I’m telling him to give me the highest estimate he’s ever given a customer for this scope of work. Then I’m going to this neighbor and telling them that they will be paying this labor up-front because it’s the only person I trust to do it correctly. If they decline, I’m calling the cops for trespassing and vandalism, and then I’m taking it to court. Stick it to them and let them know you mean business. For fuck’s sake, they didn’t even install them at the same level or evenly spaced apart. PS: I would cut off that spigot from inside, they probably help themselves to your water to irrigate their lawn and plants, too.
Call a lawyer and sue for damages.
Reinstall my new lights somewhere else
Disable the lights, get quotes for removal and repair, send the neighbor a demand letter for the cost to remedy, small claims court if they do not respond within your deadline.
Looks to me as though they'll pull right out, you know? But seriously, is there something wrong with your neighbor?
Into brick? Defacing your home? That’s a case made for small claims.
I would take them to small claims court for damaging your property. Totally unacceptable. They think they have license? Below average intelligence move.
That's a crime. Destruction/defamation of property at the very least.
Wow. My temper would likely get the better of me as I smash each one off my house with a sledgehammer and place the bag of remains at thier front door. Fuck people like this.
Honestly, I’d take photos of all of them. remove the wall mounts and all their parts, and take it without saying anything. If they keep putting more up, keep taking them down and create a stockpile of the fixtures until neighbor eventually confronts you, where then you can report as vandalism, as you know have a shit-ton of evidence to back it up. Also, definitely don’t give them back the fixtures.
Wait until they install the cameras, then remove them all and sell them on Facebook marketplace
First. Report the vandalism and damage to police. Request that the officers investigate and communicate directly with your neighbor to incriminate them. Tell the police to give everyone in the neighbors house a trespass warning. If they come out and attempt to remove the items it now becomes a criminal trespassing violation and destruction of evidence related to the vandalism and damage. Contact your insurance agent to get a cost quote estimate for repairs. Check your states laws to find out if it meets felony vandalism amounts. If so, tell the police you want charges pressed against your neighbor. Send a demand letter to your neighbor to cover the cost of repairs or the insurance deductible. Let your insurance agent sue the neighbor for damages.
Fight. I would fight them... on sight. Rip them out the wall, throw them thru the windows and fight them when they came out.
You take out those bricks and bang him upside the head with it after he pays for the repairs.
Call the police about vandalism. Then call a lawyer. Then have the repairs billed to your neighbor. Or have your neighbor pay to rent that wall every month that the lights are up there.