Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

The cable is to be cut on the pavement outside my garden, redirected along pavement and down neighbours side of garden to his house. The pipe and cable under my garden will be severed at each end and will not be used again. It will be removed if my landscaper comes across it. If its as deep as they tell me he shouldnt find it. When asked if I wanted it removed I told them as it will be dead I will remove it if necessary they were happy with that [saves them a job]. I dont want them clumping on my garden anymore.
As I write this Cobra have arrived and started digging in the right direction.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Should do some photo's of work in progress for the record.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Well thank you for the clarification, I was getting all angry at them on your behalf. :D

I'm glad to hear they are now on the case and doing the job properly. What a bunch of muppets though. This will end up costing them a lot more than they stood to save had you let them get away with it.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Some people are simply too ignorant to realise that open plan front lawns aren't the same as the grass verge next to the road. Like the taxi driver who drove across a neighbour's lawn to get close to our front door. Or the kids who used to play football across them. Or whoever left tyre ruts in ours last night. :mad:

Please don't give the ...gentlemen... any reason to set foot on your property again.

Glad it looks like it's coming to a satisfactory end at last.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

I'd have gone beserk even if I'd given permission and they left my lawn looking like that. What a shoddy job.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Have done, here's one

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

LOl, and now the neighbours looks bad 'not that that is a bad thing', do you think they were trying to get them to match ..

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Roffle roffle ... are you getting your entire lawn returfed as part of this deal? It's going to make your patch look a lot better than his. :D

How are relations with your neighbour now by the way?

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Am I mistaken or is that still your garden? I thought your garden ended where your next door neighbours driveway is looking at the Photo it does!

Admin edit (Chris) Please don't embed pictures that size, it just messes up people's browsing.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

No, the boundary will be at a right angle to the front wall of the building and it will most probably start at a point right between the two cable points you can see on the wall.

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Someone needs to send those guys on a landscape gardening course :rofl:

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

No deal established with the claims dept at BT. I have a quote from a reputable landscape company to take the top off my lawn, level garden and turf with quality turf, a miniature box hedge is included to distinguish the boundry of the two properties, not sure how that will go down. I need to send this with a claims form they have sent me on which I have to state details of my claim. Apart from the landscapers bill I dont really know what else I am entitled to claim, I dont think they are likley to help me with that. Any ideas? The latest trench will not be on my side of the hedge.
Spoke to my neighbour on his way in tonight, he's fuming as Cobra it seems are suggesting that his wife gave them the go ahead to dig across our garden in our absence. I have told him no matter what his wife has or has not done the professionals involved would be fully aware that she would have no authority to grant such an act. He like I would not like to fall out over this but it cant help but strain a relationship [I hope things will calm down over time].

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Get a few beers and stand outside together and compare who's garden is worse off. Maybe you can salvage a laugh once it has all been sorted. I know it has been an awful experience for you and I don't see the funny side at all but perhaps you and your neighbour can move on from any bitterness. I am pleased that all involved are working with you to fix the problem and I look forward to seeing the photo once all is completed.

Duke

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

OK, I'm not a lawyer (so much for the caveat). I wouldn't expect any claim to allow betterment, i.e. the cost of the hedge. Unavoidable improvement, the provision of a reasonable quality lawn of new even turf over one that might have been perhaps a bit weedy should be allowed, unless the lawn really was in terrible order which your photos would suggest wasn't the case.

After that is a case for compensation, or in legal terms damages. That really is one that the ambulance chasing lawyers might be better off dealing with. Does your house insurance include any legal cover, some do. Might be worth a call to them if it does? Of course if BT/ Cobra or whoever is involved have any real sense they should have been making you a cash offer simply to shut you up. Did you ever get as far as serving a proper letter on them to make them sit up and take note, or is it still all oral stuff?

Re: Garden Dug Up and Cable installed on my property without knowledge
 

Looking at those pics, it seems to me that the best solution would be for the gardener to turf over the whole area. I'd be surprised the BT claims department would accept the hedge box. I doubt they'd notice if the claim would include returfing your neighbour's patch (which appears to be just a yard wide). Returfing the lot would definiteley be more pleasing on the eye.