Answered the phone an a quite irritated lady is telling me how I have to call the "planning inspector" in a nearby town and straighten out the mess I have caused.
She also said the if I get this mess straightened out she will not sue me.
It appears that i did whats called around here a "Simple Re-Plat" that combined 4 lots into 2 about 3 years ago for this woman and her husband.
Now this "City" has discovered that there is a water line crossing her property at a 45 degree angle and will not give her a building permit.
Well, there are utility easements for all of these lots that have been in effect for 40 years, so why they have a water line cutting through her property I had no idea about especially since nothing is visible and that being visible is in my contract and always has been.
Cutting to the chase, my first thought is that this "City' needs to relocate the line and put it into the easement, but after pulling up the job, I realize that I was stiffed on the payment by this arrogant, foul mouthed piece of work and told her I need payment in 24 hours with a reasonable interest charge or she can fly a kite and it needs to be cash.
She just left, payed me in cash, was very sorry for the "misunderstanding" and all of that crap.
I called that city and told them that they needed to move a water line that was illegally outside of their easement and quit screwing with my clients, They agreed, are digging a new ditch right now, all 40 feet of it, end of story.
What goes around comes around.
Randy
First off, congrats on getting paid!
Someone needs to 'splain to me why Non-payer=Very Needy. Seems like it should be the other way around.
Steve
You're right. I always remember the deadbeats and normally I get pay back sooner or later. Shouldn't have to wait, but it is sweet sometimes and brings a smile to my face. And makes a good story to tell like yours.
Great story!
> I called that city and told them that they needed to move a water line that was illegally outside of their easement and quit screwing with my clients, They agreed, are digging a new ditch right now, all 40 feet of it, end of story.
You seem to have swaggered the city out of a potential prescriptive easement claim. Well done.
Revenge is a rather sweet dish.
Oh, does that sound familiar. I didn't know she had moved to your area. Everything was somebody else's fault. Everything.
Tough to prove open and notorious when a pipe is underground 3-5 feet. City is doing the correct action, they need to either move the pipeline or create a new easement.
:good: :good:
Both on getting paid (in cash) and getting the city to correct their mistake.
B-)
> Tough to prove open and notorious when a pipe is underground 3-5 feet. City is doing the correct action, they need to either move the pipeline or create a new easement.
Tough to prove perhaps but easy to claim. In any case it is likely cheaper to move the waterline than to pay a lawyer to file to paperwork. Lucky thing it wasn't a sanitary sewer line.