I would have thought if a car parks on your property, you could get it towed. Or perhaps you need a sign for that. I suppose you could take the offender to the disputes tribunal if they don't make good the damage. But without knowing the full case and situation, I don't think we can comment.
I would have thought that as your neighbours employed the contractors to do the work, they were your first port of call, how they then recover the money is up to them?
Neighbour has been round with the project manager today and had a look, and both agreed it wasnt that bad before the truck arrived and will get it sorted - so theyll be chasing the contractors with the truck (was first time the project manager had used them and said he wont be using them again after this and their attitude towards my wifes complaint) to cover the costs.
grant_k: When we were doing renovations to our house in Auckland a few years ago, we had to pay a $500 "road damage bond". This covered any damage done by our contractors to the roadway or berm, driveways etc which wasn't reinstated to original condition. Luckily our contractors were careful and didn't do any damage, so we got the $500 back. This was 10 years ago, so I would expect it's more than $500 now.
I had to pay a $1000 bond for my Auckland building consent ~ 4 years ago. got it all back at the end
What is the name of the contracting company, so that anyone that reads about this will be 'well informed' if they choose to consider them for a job. ;)
xpd: Neighbour has been round with the project manager today and had a look, and both agreed it wasnt that bad before the truck arrived and will get it sorted - so theyll be chasing the contractors with the truck (was first time the project manager had used them and said he wont be using them again after this and their attitude towards my wifes complaint) to cover the costs.
Cheers all :)
They should have liability insurance anyway to cover such damages.
I believe the council bond is to cover damages to roads and pavements that the council owns, and not the driveways of neighbours, but that may depend on the council involved.
mattwnz: I believe the council bond is to cover damages to roads and pavements that the council owns, and not the driveways of neighbours, but that may depend on the council involved.
The road verges (berms) are on council-owned land. Therefore the first few metres of everybody's driveways are owned by council too. That is why they can cut trenches through them to lay new pipes if they like, without asking your permission. Any damage to verges (berms) and the first few metres of all the driveways is covered by the bond, along with any damage to the road itself.
mattwnz: I believe the council bond is to cover damages to roads and pavements that the council owns, and not the driveways of neighbours, but that may depend on the council involved.
The road verges (berms) are on council-owned land.? Therefore the first few metres of everybody's driveways are owned by council too.? That is why they can cut trenches through them to lay new pipes if they like, without asking your permission.? Any damage to verges (berms) and the first few metres of all the driveways is covered by the bond, along with any damage to the road itself.
It possibily depends where on their driveway it is damaged then, but I got the impression it was within their boundary. Not everyones driveway connection to the road is the same. I have no berm on my driveway connection to the road, just the pavement which you drive across, which is tar sealed (shaped) and forms part of the footpath.
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