Investor · Grasonville, MD · Member since 2017 · 453 posts · 415 votes
Hello all,
Recently, a neighbor asked to run drainage from his rear downspout through his yard to the rear of my yard and out to the woods on the rear side of my property line. Claiming the water from the downspout is causing foundation damage on their home. They'll be trenching and running a pipe and adding in two drainage systems to help with any build up of water in my yard all on their dime. This was offered as a thank you, and to help with some stagnate water that does buildup in my yard.
I'm concerned about liability. Legal documents have been drawn up to be signed and witnessed, removing any costs, responsibility, liability from my LLC that holds the property.
Anything else I'm missing? Should there be a contractors license involved? Proof of insurance, etc?
@Ken Nyczaj There are a few things he can do to reduce the amount of water coming through your property. One is get some rain barrels on their property which will store some water and then the excess is what comes through your yard. In your yard, you could have a pipe or create a swale and put rocks in it, so when there isn't a big run off, it looks like a dry stream bed and when there is, the water can still move through the property by passing through the rocks.
I would also check the slope if it does go into the woods, who owns that land and if you allowed to divert the water there.
Investor · Grasonville, MD · Member since 2017 · 453 posts · 415 votes
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@Theresa Harris Thank you for the reply. Not concerned about water running through my property as it doesn't happen from the neighbors downspout, it is all building up around their foundation. They will be running pipes from the down spout, under ground, through my yard to my back woods which is sloped and is on property I own.
I'm more concerned with the liability of a neighbor working on the property I own under an LLC. Would like to help them out but I'm cautious about a few things.