Recent content by Curious2134

Now you tell me ha. I'll just drop trying to show it's installed wrong because it's primarily a waste of time, and instead chalk this up to yet another life lesson. But still... it's installed wrong :) Sorry for all the other people who are getting screwed.

Yes I know what I wrote before, more has happened since and I considered this a different question. I guess I was naive about the reports by somehow thinking the report helped the homeowner get a well constructed item. Everyone tells me to have a structural engineering company look at it - but...

What is the name of your state? Missouri We had a chimney recently built and while I am not a structural engineer, it seemed likely the foundation wasn't adequate. I hired a firm, top in the search results list for my area in no particular order, and they worked with the installation company...

Just following up - the Structural Engineering report noted the flashing was wrong and suggested the foundation should have a process called concrete leveling due to not having the proper footing. After the report, the chimney company agreed to fix the flashing but not the footing. I went...

No we're not. I've reached out to our county to see if there is any mechanism to enforce any building codes. The only thing I am worried about is the chimney's foundation just being a slab on the ground and not going to the freeze level - all being attached to the house. Everything else I can...

Missouri sorry - reading Angi's list yesterday, they mention the bond thing but I am very unfamiliar with the topic. Perhaps I should become more familiar.

Yes I am sure. The second group of subcontractors who spoke English good enough, said the first group who we kicked off our property were their cousins who had only been in the country for 4 months. They supposedly don' speak to each other. I asked for proof of insurance of these people and I...

We have a chimney that was a prefab. The siding was falling off and I heard about this company advertising on my preferred radio station - so I call them to come fix it. Great reviews, nothing I could find bad. They came with a drone and we looked the chimney all over with it. They said it...

Neighbor is installing a fence on his property. The existing fence on my property is mine. Dispute is resolved. Lots of oddities happened so I can only surmise what their legal was telling them. Maybe stuff works behind the scenes? I don't know but all of the sudden the neighbor's entire...

I will update as soon as I have something new since you are curious. Still waiting and working on a path forward. The lawyer wants me to wait for the title insurance company to respond so right now, just waiting on them.

I am very appreciative of all your insight on this. You've given me ideas and information that I definitely didn't have before. I did eventually find a new lawyer, who sounds like an older gentleman, who said he deals with this situation all the time - but he's usually hired by the title...

One other tidbit my wife reminded me of, these aren't even my neighbor's cows. He leases his land to someone else.

We did speak with the previous owners. The fence was there when they purchased the property. The neighbors house wasn't built until 2006. Up until then, and even now, the pasture line runs almost perfectly on the surveyed property line except for a small section. The barbed wire runs off...

I am doing the purple so let me rephrase, does anyone know if I have to locate trees exactly on the property line? I've watched a few videos and such but I can't discern if there is a "standard". Is 1 foot away close enough? 10 feet? Just so it's visible somewhere on the property? I get that...

If it was just the husband, I'd already have this dealt with. But his wife is claiming to the fence and telling the area neighbors that we're trying steal "their land." So, I spoke with a lawyer yesterday. Some have wondered and yes, we pay the property taxes on this land. Every survey...