All Forum Posts by: Kevin Oberlin

Who -- Is the owner liable or the stump grinder? If stump grinder can't pay, is homeowner's insurance liable? 

If no insurance but they say they will pay, what is best practice? send a bill for the fixed window or have them pay the window repair directly. 

Question how you would deal with this...

My rental is in a neighborhood. Next door was recently bought by a guy who's flipping the house in order to rent. He chopped down the tree in the front yard, just hired someone to stump grind the tree, and the stump grinder machine threw pieces of wood toward my house one of them crashed threw my front window.

My tenant was in the house and took a picture. He told the neighbor next door, the new neighbor called me, said he would talk to the stump grinder but the stump grinder probably doesn't have insurance and might not have the means to fix the issue.

Would love to clean some wisdom of how to go about this from those who have had similar incidents. Thank you in advance!

Question how you would deal with this...

My rental is in a neighborhood. Next door was recently bought by a guy who's flipping the house in order to rent. He chopped down the tree in the front yard, just hired someone to stump grind the tree, and the stump grinder machine threw pieces of wood toward my house one of them crashed threw my front window. 

My tenant was in the house and took a picture. He told the owner next door, the new neighbor called me, said he would talk to the stump grinder but the stump grinder probably doesn't have insurance and might not have the means to fix the issue.

Would love to clean some wisdom of how to go about this from those who have had similar incidents. Thank you in advance!

@Nathan G.

Thank you all!

What would you charge to the security deposit for this damage to the wall? 

I'm noticing that some websites post that a landlord may refuse a ESA request if the following is true:

"Single-family homes that were rented out without using a realtor. The
owner of the home cannot own more than three single-family homes."
(Source: https://www.thebalancesmb.com/...)

Does this really apply to ESA? Other more substantial sources appreciated.

Any experience/thoughts on this?