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[quote=Anonymous]My a-hole neighbor (whom I believe has HFA among other issues) hired a company to plant shrubs along our shared property line. The installers broke one of the poles of my fence, which is inches inside our shared property line. When I went out to look at the work, found the broken post and pointed it out to my neighbor, I asked him (very politely) to pay to repair it. Unlike most people, who would apologize profusely for breaking something that's not theirs, this a-hole started yelling at me and claimed that my fence (which has been there for 8 years) is in fact on his property. He said he had his property surveyed (he moved in 2 years ago) and discovered that my fence is on his property, but that because he's such a nice guy, he didn't say anything to me about it.

I was speechless, so I just turned and walked away from this maniac.

I went ahead and paid more than $400 to get the fence repaired. The fence folk had to dig up the post and replace it with a new one, plus remove and replace the two sections of the fence on either side of the broken post.

I sent a very polite email to the a-hole, along with a copy of the bill, asking that he repay me for the repair. I also asked, very politely, that in the future he inform me well in advance whenever he plans to do work along the property line.

He never replied. We have large lots, so I don't run into him on the street.

DH says we can't sue him in small claims court for such a small amount of money.

WWYD? Do I have any recourse? I'm so pissed, and I'm out $400. Plus, TBH, I'm afraid he'll do something like this again. He has landscapers working on his property all the time. [/quote]

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