tlogic
Inactive User
Hi,
I am fuming this evening,
I came home this evening after a long day at work to see a trail of devastation left behind by my local council.
It appears the council was doing it's routine waste collection at an access road at the back of my house, the twats that were loading the vehicle up forgot to close the gates on the vehicle ( caged type vehicles) , and as they drove away the gate swang open, took out both mine and my neighbours gates and knocked a brick wall down including damaging my neighbours garage.
To top it off they left a trail of debris behind them and didn't stop. Luckily I caught it on camera and someone also witnessed the incident. and took the REG number down. I will be contacting the council first thing tomorrow.
What would you do in my situation, go through home insurance ( I don't particularly want to pay the excess as it's not my fault)
Or make the council pay for the damage?
I was thinking of giving them seven days notice to repair the damage or otherwise take them to a small claims court.
My property is currently not secure as anyone can come in through the back garden even though I have temporarily blocked the access and my neighbour can't use his garage anymore as the garage door is knackered.
I am fuming this evening,
I came home this evening after a long day at work to see a trail of devastation left behind by my local council.
It appears the council was doing it's routine waste collection at an access road at the back of my house, the twats that were loading the vehicle up forgot to close the gates on the vehicle ( caged type vehicles) , and as they drove away the gate swang open, took out both mine and my neighbours gates and knocked a brick wall down including damaging my neighbours garage.
To top it off they left a trail of debris behind them and didn't stop. Luckily I caught it on camera and someone also witnessed the incident. and took the REG number down. I will be contacting the council first thing tomorrow.
What would you do in my situation, go through home insurance ( I don't particularly want to pay the excess as it's not my fault)
Or make the council pay for the damage?
I was thinking of giving them seven days notice to repair the damage or otherwise take them to a small claims court.
My property is currently not secure as anyone can come in through the back garden even though I have temporarily blocked the access and my neighbour can't use his garage anymore as the garage door is knackered.