Need Input - Neighbor's property runoff - residential

[AddisonOil]

I'd talk to your neighbor "friend" and get it fixed ASAP. Once it goes to civil court your gunna be a day late and a dollar short...

[Playa]

In for the inevitable warrior responses that'll get fired up around 8:30-9:00


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I'd go down buy me a case a beer and skid steer and I'd make a trench as wide as a Yugo, by god! And when he came to confront me 'bout it I'd answer the door in my tighty whities and my .357 and spit tobacky juice in his eye.


Sorry Grayson, didn't want you to have to wait til 9!

[Drycreek3189]

I'd go down buy me a case a beer and skid steer and I'd make a trench as wide as a Yugo, by god! And when he came to confront me 'bout it I'd answer the door in my tighty whities and my .357 and spit tobacky juice in his eye.


Sorry Grayson, didn't want you to have to wait til 9!

Or jerk a board off that fence and go upside his haid wit it !

[Bullseye07]

Someone needs to manage their SWPPP. Tell them to fix it or call the county.

[Kingfisher789]

I'd get rid of that wood fence and put up a block wall with some drainage and get neighbor to split it w you.

[Kingfisher789]

Ps. I'd get it right first time. Last time I checked it rains a lot in Orange Co

[Graysonhogs]

I'd go down buy me a case a beer and skid steer and I'd make a trench as wide as a Yugo, by god! And when he came to confront me 'bout it I'd answer the door in my tighty whities and my .357 and spit tobacky juice in his eye.





Sorry Grayson, didn't want you to have to wait til 9!

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[Thumper]

I'm certainly no expert but I'm pretty sure there's case law that prohibits one landowner from causing water drainage to negatively affect the next door neighbor. Surely there is someone on TBH that has a better working knowledge of your situation.

I thought it was against the law to divert water onto someone else's property.

These^^^^

Had a good friend go through this with a hostile neighbor. It is against the law and Louis took him to small claims court and won. Only problem there was no real way to enforce the small court's ruling, it turned into a constant court battle with no end in sight.

Louis ended up removing his fence and building a 2' concrete retaining wall sunk 12" into the ground just inside his property line. Then reinstalled his fence on top of the retaining wall using doglegged fence posts. Hostile neighbor went balistic when his yard, and now his garage, would flood after spending a ton of money to push his water runoff onto Louis' property. Neighbor asked my buddy "what do you think I'm supposed to do now", Louis told him he could use his garage as a wading pool for his kids.

[PondPopper]

This is a tough one.. You do have rights and this is wrong on so many levels..
Unless they are just absolute idiots they know exactly what they are causing and do not care.
I would play hard ball..

[TXgringo83]

I live in Orange myself in the Bridge City school district (Tyler Estates). Luckily my neighbors and I were on the same page and we have small ditches between our properties.

When I first moved in My backyard stayed flooded. I went and talked to my neighbors told them my issues and paid to have a dirt guy come in a dig small ditches on either side of our properties. This actually helped all of our yards drain much better. Everyone is happy.

I would suggest that you be direct but neighborly. Tell him you had no issues until he filled in the ditch. If that doesnt work you will have to have a dirt war lol.

[Abctx]

There's plenty of room there to fix that properly. He needs to do so....

[systemnt]

Doesn't sound likes hes being unreasonable yet.
Give him a chance to make it right. One chance.
Document and take pics daily. (let him see you do it.)

[toledo]

I would try to avoid a French drain. They are known for getting clogged up and not working right. Plus its an automatic mark against you when it comes time to sell.

[Mike]

I was actually thinking of using a trencher, cutting a trench that will drain to the street along the fence line and then another along the back fence to the ditch on the right side of my property and then installing the black slotted 4" irrigation/drain pipe with the outer sock. Fill with gravel, sand and a bit of topsoil and I think that'll handle it. I'd just rather not do it on my property, IMO, it should be his responsibility. My property was fine until the house was built.

[Smithwr]

I was actually thinking of using a trencher, cutting a trench that will drain to the street along the fence line and then another along the back fence to the ditch on the right side of my property and then installing the black slotted 4" irrigation/drain pipe with the outer sock. Fill with gravel, sand and a bit of topsoil and I think that'll handle it. I'd just rather not do it on my property, IMO, it should be his responsibility. My property was fine until the house was built.

This sounds good, he should do it on his property so I hope hes reasonable with you. I would be livid.