How to deal with difficult neighbour

[jabjab]

We are needing to do some work on the exterior side of my duplex facing the neighbours. In order to reach certain places we need to set up some equipment for a few hrs that goes on the neighbours yard.

He refused and kicked the crew off which I get but how on earth can we finish the work?

Wbat the general contractor should have done is went to the neighbour beforehand and gave them a heads up

[Brent.ff]

... have you tried to go talk to him and explain whats needed?

otherwise, have you tried fucking his father?

[ExtraSlow]

Someone needs to talk to him.

[jabjab]

Left work and went to have a heart to heart with them. They don't want to deal with the general contractor anymore so I'll be the middle man to address any further concerns. Glad that got sorted out

[riander5]

Whew

[vengie]

What a rollercoaster.
Thank you for taking us along for the ride.

[littledan]

How to deal with a difficult neighbour? Sounds like a thread your neighbour should be posting.

[ExtraSlow]

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How to deal with a difficult neighbour? Sounds like a thread your neighbour should be posting.

Some asshat starts setting up equipment on my yard without so much as asking my permission. What a lack of common decency! I'm going to shut this down to teach these losers a lesson.

[killramos]

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Some asshat starts setting up equipment on my yard without so much as asking my permission. What a lack of common decency! I'm going to shut this down to teach these losers a lesson.

This. All day long.

If you built your home in such a way that you need to be on your neighbors property to maintain it, that’s a you problem.

You know access right of ways on private property aren’t free right?

[bjstare]

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This. All day long.

If you built your home in such a way that you need to be on your neighbors property to maintain it, that’s a you problem.

You know access right of ways on private property aren’t free right?

While I agree with the sentiment, tons (many, if not most?) of 2-storey homes built inside the city limits might require putting equipment on neighbours lots to get to high-up places. Our last house was a 1976 build on a large lot, but to repair the woodpecker holes on one side, the ladder was tall enough that it had to be placed on my neighbours walkway leading to the back of their house. Of course, we asked them first like normal adults and it was fine, but just saying that you can get everywhere on a house without encroaching on any other property is probably not do-able.

[jabjab]

If I knew they were setting for scaffolding then I would have let the neighbour know ahead of time but I was unaware. It would have been two poles set up so not taking any room at all. I do get it but if that was me I wouldn't yell at the trades but that's just me.

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This. All day long.

If you built your home in such a way that you need to be on your neighbors property to maintain it, that’s a you problem.

You know access right of ways on private property aren’t free right?

With the way houses are built nowadays there isn't much room to safely set up scaffolding equipment. But for the hassle I'm paying for a full exterior clean of thier home.

But again, I don't agree how the general contractor just didn't approach them first.

[XylathaneGTR]

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If I knew they were setting for scaffolding then I would have let the neighbour know ahead of time but I was unaware. I
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I don't agree how the general contractor just didn't approach them first.

My dude, this one's on you. You should be diligent about the work taking place at your home, and consider the impacts it will have on the surroundings. "I didn't know (and didn't bother to find out)" and pushing your responsibilities onto your contractor are weak ass excuses. Don't cop out, and learn from this one.

[bjstare]

Ya I’m of the same mind. If someone put any scaffolding in my yard without talking to me first, I’d be pissed.

[Brent.ff]

Do we have a new Mar?!

[killramos]

I’m having some renovations done right now, first thing I did was text both my neighbours to give them a heads up this will be going on.

It will have 0 effect on either of them as they are interior Reno’s. But it’s a common courtesy to keep likes of communication open.

And I didn’t expect my contractor to do that, that’s on me.

[arcticcat522]

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My dude, this one's on you. You should be diligent about the work taking place at your home, and consider the impacts it will have on the surroundings. "I didn't know (and didn't bother to find out)" and pushing your responsibilities onto your contractor are weak ass excuses. Don't cop out, and learn from this one.

I disagree it being on jabjab. He hired the GC to manage this. The GC should know how any reasonable person would react to some contractor setting up on their lawn. Even the contractor completing the work should know better. We work on others property fairly frequently, and always talk to the owner prior. Even though we aren't required to since we are working within a city ownerd ROW. Now, when jab was made aware, he did the correct thing and went to discuss with the home owner.

[jabjab]

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My dude, this one's on you. You should be diligent about the work taking place at your home, and consider the impacts it will have on the surroundings. "I didn't know (and didn't bother to find out)" and pushing your responsibilities onto your contractor are weak ass excuses. Don't cop out, and learn from this one.

I always ask for updates from the general contractor and they fail to provide them to me. I go to the site everyday after work to document what's going on due to the lack of communication.

From my understanding they were pouring garage slab, no mention of setting up scaffolding. Not sure what more I could have done to prevent this. I left work to fix the situation with success and now the neighbours would like to deal with me instead of the general contractor.

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I’m having some renovations done right now, first thing I did was text both my neighbours to give them a heads up this will be going on.

It will have 0 effect on either of them as they are interior Reno’s. But it’s a common courtesy to keep likes of communication open.

And I didn’t expect my contractor to do that, that’s on me.

I don't live there yet so it's hard for me to know what is going on day by day even tho I ask for updates. If I would have known ahead of time I would have knocked on their door with a gift card to a restaurant just cause

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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I disagree it being on jabjab. He hired the GC to manage this. The GC should know how any reasonable person would react to some contractor setting up on their lawn. Even the contractor completing the work should know better. We work on others property fairly frequently, and always talk to the owner prior. Even though we aren't required to since we are working within a city ownerd ROW. Now, when jab was made aware, he did the correct thing and went to discuss with the home owner.

Yeah I agree with this, a homeowner hires the GC to run the job and the GC should be fully aware they need to consult with the owners of any property they're going to infringe on. At the very least they should have let jab know well in advance so he could clear it with the neighbour. Realistically, should your average homeowner be expected to innately understand how a contractor is going to set up scaffolding?

[msommers]

A rare instance where both sides are right:

Jab lets the neighbour know they need access to their side when made aware that was the case, GC is getting paid to GC and should be responsible for logistics.

All in all, this sounds more like classic GC crap leadership where people are flying by the seat of their pants and don't actually have any managerial skills or foresight to organize a project, yet charge 25% overhead for their service.

[jabjab]

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A rare instance where both sides are right:

Jab lets the neighbour know they need access to their side when made aware that was the case, GC is getting paid to GC and should be responsible for logistics.

All in all, this sounds more like classic GC crap leadership where people are flying by the seat of their pants and don't actually have any managerial skills or foresight to organize a project, yet charge 25% overhead for their service.

You took the words right out of my mouth. I've told my fiance that they fly by the seat of their pants. I told them to clear up the bottom of the walkout of all the spare wood and junk for city inspection and they didn't do it. Surely enough, city inspector said they need to have this more livable and cleaned.