Hi all,
I just had a 60ft tree removed from my investment property garden as it was rotten and dangerous. During the process, the lumberjack managed to damage a dwarf wall I have there taking out about 1.5m out of the 6m length at three courses high.
Just wondered which way you would expect this to go? It happened about an hour ago. He has messaged me through facebook which is how we have been communicating, to say the job was complete and also to tell me about the damage but didn't mention any course for compensation, rebuild or reduction in my bill so I asked if his insurance would cover it, if he would arrange to have it re-built or if he would offer a reduction for the damage so I could get it rectified and not be out of pocket.
How would you have dealt with this? This is my first rental property and one of the first times I have had to get a contractor in to do any work in the 30 months I have been letting it out.
The total cost of the tree removal was 850 pounds ($1700 but the house is in the UK) including having the stump ground out so that there are no longer any evidence that the tree ever existed and also taking all the wood away.
Thanks
Paul
I just had a 60ft tree removed from my investment property garden as it was rotten and dangerous. During the process, the lumberjack managed to damage a dwarf wall I have there taking out about 1.5m out of the 6m length at three courses high.
Just wondered which way you would expect this to go? It happened about an hour ago. He has messaged me through facebook which is how we have been communicating, to say the job was complete and also to tell me about the damage but didn't mention any course for compensation, rebuild or reduction in my bill so I asked if his insurance would cover it, if he would arrange to have it re-built or if he would offer a reduction for the damage so I could get it rectified and not be out of pocket.
How would you have dealt with this? This is my first rental property and one of the first times I have had to get a contractor in to do any work in the 30 months I have been letting it out.
The total cost of the tree removal was 850 pounds ($1700 but the house is in the UK) including having the stump ground out so that there are no longer any evidence that the tree ever existed and also taking all the wood away.
Thanks
Paul