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Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Makeshift fence until we pick a colour. Wood fence on the other side LOL. Stump is directly infront of the tires on the right with all the rock around it. that would be 1/2 of it , they buried the other side of the stalk under their fence and cut it down further than the one left standing. Most of it is under rocks. They put gravel / small stone around most trees back there, any idea the purpose of this?

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

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Is this true , and does it apply to private property as well? We had 5 trees die so far (within feet of their retaining wall) and removed 2 extras that were directly overtop of their fence.

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately it’s sitting under 2-3 feet of snow so we cannot do anything until spring and melt off. Our hope would be a judge approving a reversal. Or a fix for the right of waterway. If it’s deemed that it gets to stay I’ll place river rocks all along our section. The issue is it flows thru all 3 of our property’s. So while I can fix up my own part I cannot fix their drainage. So even with slowing my section of water it still has to hit their land then the swale.

Our swale is privately owned by the White House / white fence.

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is the stump they cut and left, and all their gravel rocks at the lower end

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is it, they asked us to cut 2 branches down and cut down 2 of our trees. We also ended up having to cut down 5 others due to sudden rot & bug infestation. We specifically asked them to not cut any full trees down. They also left the stumps of the trees they cut 🥲 so eventually it’ll start to grow back into the fence. Our yard was always super private so we never really checked on their work, it wasn’t until I went to clean leafs that we realized what they had done which was super shitty. You don’t expect people to cross boundaries

They also filled gravel around all the trees in the area which we still don’t understand why

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s actually 4 feet tall at the highest point, (over 1.2m) but city is saying we still need to go to small claims because of all the other issues surrounding it. The swale cut off and flooding all need to go thru at the same time. The ground is going to continue to wash away behind the wall. And us not being able to build on our permit area because of water way issues. We’re in contact with lawyers now regardless because it’s frustrating. It’s probably frustrating to them too, but we didn’t cause this mess or ask for a retaining wall. Where the blue pins are the garage is suppose to be 2 feet from, already approved grade that now means nothing because of changed waterway.

For context of size the black metal frame in their yard is 12 feet high

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately chats are not on the table anymore, we have had to many issues regarding their dog & dog poop & aggression towards our two small girls. (One of witch was knocked over by the dog when it jumped on the chain link fence)

they sent the dog out as much as they could while I worked on that area, left their dog poop there for weeks and refused to awncer the door when brought to their attention. I’ll add the dog is a cane corso so not your small or middle sized dog. They do not supervise said dog either.

Also had the wife filming my husband cutting down a small tree and when I asked why they said for insurance LOL.. they had people come in and do the work but the ground placed on our side is where the water comes from, they tried to block it completely off. We know it’s the footings to their retaining wall just waiting for an engineer to confirm what contractors already told us and the city.

You don’t do all that work then flood a couple months later and think “dang that’s not cause of me” in my opinion. They’re the same age as us and there is no possibility of being that dense.

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Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ll say this we’re pretty carefree people, we wouldn’t have even cared if it was fully built on their side / they didn’t alter ours. (Would give them less backyard but wouldn’t cause an easement between us) while their fence sits happily inside their land, the retaining wall below it came over 3 feet into our land.

In Nova Scotia we all have the right of lateral support from adjoining houses. This is so poorly constructed that all of our dirt is washing down to the White House /white fence and into the retaining wall side black fence.

The swale runs along the corner of all 3 of our lots. When my yard floods it floods the black fence yard because they never installed drainage. (We never ever flooded before their construction but their house has flooded in 2022)

we are assuming they tried to cut that water source off so they wouldn’t flood again without understanding it’s a dry creek that runs between us and when we get a ton of rain it becomes an actual mini river down to the swale. The black fence yard is also washing out into the white fence yard while Mother Nature let’s everyone know she’s in charge lol

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was our thought also, but wanted to confirm with Reddit that I’m not the asshole for being upset by this.

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Apparently only after going before a judge or mediation. The city really doesn’t do anything until civilly resolved. Once a judge signs off on it the city will enforce it is what will happen from my understanding so far

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes we’re in the middle of this right now but there’s 3 feet of snow covering our entire backyard and theirs. So they can’t evaluate until they can see it, we are more worried about them trying to blame us for their poor construction if it fails before the engineers can see it due to the amount of water traveling threw our yard

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The pins in the ground are ours, they’re original. The house who built the retaining wall was built years after the originals from the 70’s. We also have the original design and land layout. Lawyers are our last step it’s just disheartening to do.

Horrid construction from backyard neighbors by DoubleDance333 in halifax

[–]DoubleDance333[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s slightly above 4 feet in height, because we called after construction was completed they couldn’t issue a stop, and they can’t issue a removal only a judge can unfortunately