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Tall bushes on our property cut down by company building a house next door?

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Theskiingguy
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I understand this isn't a major deal, and most people will just say "get over it" but we feel violated and that we've been taken advantage of by this company as they've been breaking house codes and laws right after another.

We have, or had, about 8 tall (10 foot) bushes on the side of our property. These trees were still on our property, and someone/a company is building a house next door. They tore down all 8 bushes without our consent or even giving us word of it, and replaced them with smaller, less-full, trees/bushes. They planted new ones that appear to be just outside our property line, (will check later) which means we won't have any control over them.

We're wondering
A. what can we do about this, honestly this company making the house have been jerks to us trying to push us around ever since they started building.
B. if we can "sue" or something along that line, what can we expect to get money wise.
C. what are our odds of winning in court, if we didn't hire a lawyer. Because they had no consent whatsoever, and we didn't even know anything about it, until I came back from work to see all the trees down but one.

Thank you very much for your time NSers and I know I can't expect much from a ski website, but I thought I would give it a shot! :)

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May 23 2013 7:06PM
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Casey
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Call the city and report them. A similar thing happened at my condo complex whenthe board cut down a bunch of trees without the proper permits and the city fined them like 5 grand.Also they will be able to tell you exactly where the property line is, and if the dont have all the proper building permits they will get shutdown until they comply. If you see any safety violations call l and i on them.
May 25 2013 10:22AM
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Schlutz
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1. make sure that they are doing illegal things.
2. If they are, sue them with evidence like others have previously told you.
3. Profit???
4.Buy new giant trees with money
5. Plant them where your old bushes were.
6. piss off comapny even more
7. MORE PROFIT???
May 25 2013 10:52AM
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VT_scratch
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wondering if anything ever came out of this?

bump
Oct 9 2013 12:38AM
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TijmenDal
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Sue the maddafakka's.
Oct 9 2013 5:16AM
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theabortionator
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http://youtu.be/VvurENXg15o?t=26s

At least they didn't do this




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Oct 9 2013 12:02PM
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Peach.
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Seriously though, I want to know.
Oct 9 2013 12:12PM
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lands11
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I'm actually really curious what happened
Oct 9 2013 12:17PM
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Iliveinutah
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you would have to get a revised survey of your land showing to boundary, in most cases before you can build you must do that regardless so the guys next door are probably in the right. if they are wrong and the surveying was off you could go to small claims court but you wouldn't get a whole lot. also a survay cost about 2-3 grand. my advice deal without your bushes. Family owns a surveying company .
Oct 9 2013 12:18PM
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skiierman
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Fuck the bosses wife then kill his dog.
Oct 9 2013 12:25PM
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Peach.
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Fuck the bosses dog then kill his wife.
Oct 9 2013 12:28PM
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Theskiingguy
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Thanks again guys for the responses/support! And sorry, didn't realize people wanted a follow up.

But basically we took them to small claims court, in which we sued for reimbursements of the trees. We won and got money equal to the cost of replacements. In addition, we got "custody" of the trees that were thought to of been 100% on our side of the property line. Meaning they can't tear down "our" trees without consent or purchasing them from us at the agreed price.

Thanks NSers :)
Oct 11 2013 12:42AM
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skiierman
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Why are you thanking us? Your parents and the court system did everything.
Oct 11 2013 1:28PM
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Casey
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I am more than willing to take credit for this landmark court case victory
Oct 11 2013 3:31PM
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Sno.
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This was probably already said, but contact the city and get them red-tagged.
Oct 11 2013 3:50PM
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