What would you do ?

[ROYC75]

Let me back it up here, I've always suspected that the backside of neighbors house had a sewer line or even the main sewer line coming across into my lateral line. Years ago, they allowed landowners with multiple houses together to share the same lateral line. Now I have the proof, his line does tie into mine, matter of fact, it's right up under the deck of my house.

Backing up to 3 years ago, I had to replace about 80% of my lateral line from the bottom of my circle drive to the main city sewer line. That cost me $ 7500.00 and I didn't replace it all because I didn't want to dig up my blacktop drive at the time.


My neighbor has turned into a childish dick ever since his dog followed my dog back to our property and our other dog killed it. To add insult to injury, he slipped on the wet grass and broke his collar bone.

So my question is, do I make him pony up $3750.00 or have him put in his own sewer line, approx. 130 feet ? I would be willing to bet that 130 feet will cost him at least $10K to put in !

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Originally Posted by ROYC75

Wow, this place never fails to amaze me. Let me see if I can clear some of the nonsense up here?

We have a perimeter fence around our property. Our Lab didn't have his collar on and wandered across the property line. So, by the time I had walked down to the end of the driveway (at the edge of the house to see what was going on), he was 15 feet across the property line doing what dogs do, licking and sniffing each other's ass's. I commanded him to come back across to my side, as he came back, the neighbor's pain in the ass Yorkie decided to follow him. Having artificial knees, I could not run to the property line fast enough to stop what was about to happen next. My grandson's Pit was there with his shock collar on, as soon as their dog entered 6' inside of our property, it was too late. It had been raining some prior to this time and the neighbor slipped as he tried to run downhill to catch his dog before crossing. He slipped and did a Charlie Brown flop on his back, landing in a way to break his collar bone. I got citated for not having my Lab on a leach, yet he was not citated for the same thing. But he took all of this personal, took the time to give the grandkids a hard time. Telling them, I'm going to kill all of your dogs. Even making threats towards the kid's friends. I had to call the police on him several times about it and even spoke to the Co. Attorney about his threats, causing fear within them. Even after I apologized to him the next day, expressing my sorrow for his dog and his personal injury that was sustained on his property turned into an ass. Nothing worked, he kept on starring at us as we took our pets out on a leash, video us, making threats, playing loud music all day (which I didn't care, we like the same music) even after hours outside. He even started playing the same song all day long, for 16 hrs out of the day! Sad part is, we always got along up to this point, I used to mow his yard for him. He retired as a prison guard, was having some medical issues and a couple of weeks prior to this dog incident, he apologized for being a " asshole " about treat us and anybody around us. I told him then not to think twice about it, that I knew something was up with his demeanor. But this incident flipped him out, he put No Trespassing signs on the trees, paid for a survey crew to mark his property and has put up a fence between us, all within his rights. Please keep in mind, this whole time he had acted like an ass (over medication & emotional duress) I never engaged in his comments and told the kids to not comment. (This attitude of his has gone on for 5 months now and I'm about to send it into orbit).

Keep in mind when we both bought our houses, me in 1998 and he in 2010 , we were not aware of the current sewer line issues or how it was installed back in the 1930's.

Which brings us to date, he dug up a section of my yard to cut into a sewer tile that runs under my deck, to get to my sewer line. (FYI, there is only 10-12 feet between our houses) This line connects between my house and a clean out trap I had installed about 6' from my house. So his line is within 2, maybe 3 feet off the corner of my house! Then it runs about 60' out to the end of my driveway where we put in a cleanout trap and the new line starts, 90' to the city sewer main.

Years ago back in the 30's when both of these houses were built, the same guy that owned the old tobacco warehouse across the street had our houses built to help house the people that worked there (plus the many more on this street). They were boarding houses back in the day, reason they were built side by side, so close on the same sewer line. Building codes were so much different then than now and all of this old tile is giving way! I feel it's just a matter of time before the section between what we did and the house gives in under my blacktop drive.

I need to do something about this scenario with a 1-time, somewhat friend that has turned into a dickhead over pets!

Since I have not approached him yet, I'm leaning towards just letting him put his own line in. But I was wondering if there was another option here for him, cuz we are going to have to revisit this sewer line again. So I was thinking about getting him to own up to 50% of the maintenance is only fair.

[Womble]

So he's being the childish one by not being friendly after you raped and killed his dog? I think you owe him an apology.

[TLO]

This thread is like a roller-coaster. I can't wait to see what happens next!

[Jewish Rabbi]

He probably wouldn’t have been as mad if you didn’t start tea bagging his dead dog Halo 2 style

[Skyy God]

So one of your dogs kill your neighbor’s dog, and he’s the dick?

You’re the bad neighbor.

[lewdog]

IS ANYONE SHOCKED IT WAS A PIT BULL WHO DID THE KILLING?!?!?0

[Jewish Rabbi]

Originally Posted by lewdog

IS ANYONE SHOCKED IT WAS A PIT BULL WHO DID THE KILLING?!?!?0

BIG_DADDY told me it was the yorkie who killed the pit bull

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

How is the neighbor being a childish dick? Does he look at you with his knowing eyes that you owned and failed to train your psycho dog not to kill other dogs?

You honestly sound like a real piece of shit in this thread. I hope your neighbor drops a growler that clogs the sewer pipe and it backs up into your shower while your using it.

Meh, sometimes that happens. Sometimes it doesn't matter how well trained, nature and instincts take over. And from the way he described, the neighbors dog came to his house. Personally, I don't really care much for the way some people out in the country just let their dogs run free but that is the way it has been forever. Still, I don't see how you can blame Roy for that.

[Graystoke]

What is City code for shared laterals?
Is there any easement documents?
Does the City have tap records?

Shared laterals are trouble, get it rectified. If there is no easement or legal description defining the shared lateral then by right the neighbor needs to dig his own.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Meh, sometimes that happens. Sometimes it doesn't matter how well trained, nature and instincts take over. And from the way he described, the neighbors dog came to his house. Personally, I don't really care much for the way some people out in the country just let their dogs run free but that is the way it has been forever. Still, I don't see how you can blame Roy for that.

Roy's dog went over onto the neighbor's property first. I suppose Roy would be pretty upset and acting like a dick if his neighbor's nature and instinct took over and he shot and killed Roy's dog for being on his property.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Roy's dog went over onto the neighbor's property first. I suppose Roy would be pretty upset and acting like a dick if his neighbor's nature and instinct took over and he shot and killed Roy's dog for being on his property.

That's the real issue here, why wasn't the yorkie packing heat living in such a shady neighborhood of unleashed pit bulls?

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

It actually makes perfect sense. Your dog got his killed so he wants yours put down so you have to deal with the same loss as him.

Could this have been avoided if you just bought another shock collar? Because if I had to guess you gave your dog’s collar to the psycho dog and let your dog run loose.

Good point. Sounds like the grandson's visiting pit was issue. Perhaps this all could have been avoided if the grandson took steps to keep his pit in check. Either not bring the pit over or keep it inside. I don't know, I wouldn't give Roy too much grief over this but he (or his grandson) definitely have some responsibility here.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by lewdog

IS ANYONE SHOCKED IT WAS A PIT BULL WHO DID THE KILLING?!?!?0

This is the first time the dog ever even looked at another living thing wrong!

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Roy's dog went over onto the neighbor's property first. I suppose Roy would be pretty upset and acting like a dick if his neighbor's nature and instinct took over and he shot and killed Roy's dog for being on his property.

While I can't argue about Roy's dog being allowed to roam free, I will argue that the neighbor allowing his little yipper to roam free is equally as responsible.

[Pablo]

After reading this story I’ve run to the local shelter and adopted a couple pitbulls. I don’t want any attack yorkies gaining access to my property

[BryanBusby]

Did you try sucking the neighbors dick, OP?