Hello all,
I wish I was using my first post under better circumstances, but unfortunately the storm has forced my hand somewhat.
Long story short, we live in a nice neighbourhood. About 10 years ago, a traveller family bought a house behind ours.
Now they are a nice enough crowd except one or two who can be a little threatening. The reason I'm even bringing up the fact that they are travellers is that, during the storm, a tree from my parents property snapped and fell into their land, and apparently broke the window of a caravan. 2 foot to the left and tree would have severely damaged one of the other caravans.
To put things in context, they have their caravans RIGHT under the trees. The trees are very healthy. However, as far as we are concerned, the positioning of said caravans is very dangerous on their behalf.
Yesterday, one of the travellers arrived at the door saying a tree had fallen but there was no damage. Today, they tell us a window broke and strongly hinted we should pay 300 to cover the cost.
So, to the point, our insurance doesn't cover damage to their land or property. However, are we even liable. Isn't it up to them to have insurance and to claim against theirs?
Best regards,
FG
I wish I was using my first post under better circumstances, but unfortunately the storm has forced my hand somewhat.
Long story short, we live in a nice neighbourhood. About 10 years ago, a traveller family bought a house behind ours.
Now they are a nice enough crowd except one or two who can be a little threatening. The reason I'm even bringing up the fact that they are travellers is that, during the storm, a tree from my parents property snapped and fell into their land, and apparently broke the window of a caravan. 2 foot to the left and tree would have severely damaged one of the other caravans.
To put things in context, they have their caravans RIGHT under the trees. The trees are very healthy. However, as far as we are concerned, the positioning of said caravans is very dangerous on their behalf.
Yesterday, one of the travellers arrived at the door saying a tree had fallen but there was no damage. Today, they tell us a window broke and strongly hinted we should pay 300 to cover the cost.
So, to the point, our insurance doesn't cover damage to their land or property. However, are we even liable. Isn't it up to them to have insurance and to claim against theirs?
Best regards,
FG