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NY. Six months ago our neighbors chimney contractor accidently lined half of our basement chimney and sent soot throughout our house and bricks falling down 2 of our 4 chimneys. Since that time we have been trying to get our neighbor to respond and professionally clean the damaged rooms and take responsibility for repairing the flues of the two chimneys that sustained damages. One chimney had half of its clay liners removed when the Chimney company attempted to line my neighbors chimney (ended up lining half of one of ours and half of one of our neighbors and then tried to tell me my flue wasn't mine). We had a professional video inspection and analysis done by a respected chimney company and was advised that we could make them put our chimney flue back to its original condition, but that it would be cheaper to just line the chimney now.
I asked our neighbor for his contractors insurance and was refused. I then suggested that neighbor get his insurance involved and was refused. I then got professional estimates that were rejected by our neighbor. He refuses to pay for more than one room and that does not cover damages to flues nor does it cover the real costs of soot removal in other areas. We have incurred the lose of 1/4 of our living area for over 7 months and numerous inspection costs that exceed $1000+. Since that time more things have gone wrong and continue to go wrong and all parties have had it....they with our complaints and us with their inaction and decision to not accept responsibility for their contractors actions.
I assume that the only option I have hear is legal. My extremely high insurance deductable rules out working through my insurance company. How do solve a problem such as this and how do we avoid more problems in the future? Can I stop him from doing more work on his property until this and other issues are resolved?
I asked our neighbor for his contractors insurance and was refused. I then suggested that neighbor get his insurance involved and was refused. I then got professional estimates that were rejected by our neighbor. He refuses to pay for more than one room and that does not cover damages to flues nor does it cover the real costs of soot removal in other areas. We have incurred the lose of 1/4 of our living area for over 7 months and numerous inspection costs that exceed $1000+. Since that time more things have gone wrong and continue to go wrong and all parties have had it....they with our complaints and us with their inaction and decision to not accept responsibility for their contractors actions.
I assume that the only option I have hear is legal. My extremely high insurance deductable rules out working through my insurance company. How do solve a problem such as this and how do we avoid more problems in the future? Can I stop him from doing more work on his property until this and other issues are resolved?
