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"Your oak tree dropped acorns on my car"

Collin HaysBusiness Member
Property Manager 路 Gatlinburg, TN 路 Member since 2020 路 3k+ posts 路 4k+ votes

About the time I've heard everything...a guest calls and says acorns falling from an oak tree have dented their car, and they want to be reimbursed damages by the homeowner.  Good grief.

I advised our manager to tell them to file a claim with their own insurance company. If the insurance company feels someone else is at fault, they will most surely subrogate.  

People.

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Alan F.
Flipper/Rehabber 路 CA 路 Member since 2023 路 1k+ posts 路 1k+ votes
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That's nuts!

I'll see myself out.

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  • Rosston Smith
    Investor 路 Warner Robins, GA 路 Member since 2015 路 1k+ posts 路 490 votes
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    I've heard it all now, LOL. Good response. 

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  • Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant 路 Summerlin, NV 路 Member since 2014 路 45k+ posts 路 66k+ votes
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    Quote from @Collin Hays:

    About the time I've heard everything...a guest calls and says acorns falling from an oak tree have dented their car, and they want to be reimbursed damages by the homeowner.  Good grief.

    I advised our manager to tell them to file a claim with their own insurance company. If the insurance company feels someone else is at fault, they will most surely subrogate.  

    People.


    Must be some jumbo acorns to dent a car. 
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  • Jules Aton
    MD/DC 路 Member since 2024 路 1k+ posts 路 1k+ votes
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    That is a great response to one of the most preposterous things I have ever heard.

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  • Mike GrudzienPro Member
    Lender 路 Eugene, OR 路 Member since 2019 路 2k+ posts 路 1k+ votes
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    OMG!!  Vindictive, monster acorns, oh my!!

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  • John UnderwoodPro Member
    Investor 路 Greer, SC 路 Member since 2014 路 13k+ posts 路 17k+ votes
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    Quote from @Collin Hays:

    About the time I've heard everything...a guest calls and says acorns falling from an oak tree have dented their car, and they want to be reimbursed damages by the homeowner.  Good grief.

    I advised our manager to tell them to file a claim with their own insurance company. If the insurance company feels someone else is at fault, they will most surely subrogate.  

    People.


     That sounds like perfect advice.

    Maybe put up warning signs. "Some trees have acorns"

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  • Caleb Brown
    Real Estate Agent 路 Kansas City 路 Member since 2018 路 4k+ posts 路 3k+ votes
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    Now I am going to pull under acorn trees and threaten people lol. People are wild

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  • Andrew SteffensBusiness Member
    Tampa, FL 路 Member since 2022 路 3k+ posts 路 3k+ votes
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    I received a formal demand from an attorney (I believe to be a friend or family member) because I refused to issue a refund for bad weather.  It was a tropical storm with no evacuations (aka business as usual in FL) and they stayed the whole weekend at the house but did not get to use the beach, and demanded a full refund.  As for the attorney he was not licensed to practice law in FL so the PA BAR received a complain that is still on file :)

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    • Jules Aton
      MD/DC 路 Member since 2024 路 1k+ posts 路 1k+ votes
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      Quote from @Andrew Steffens:

      I received a formal demand from an attorney (I believe to be a friend or family member) because I refused to issue a refund for bad weather.  It was a tropical storm with no evacuations (aka business as usual in FL) and they stayed the whole weekend at the house but did not get to use the beach, and demanded a full refund.  As for the attorney he was not licensed to practice law in FL so the PA BAR received a complain that is still on file :)


       I had a plumber in beach town say the toilet and sink sabotages go up in an effort to get refund on rent when the weather is bad. 

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    • Andrew SteffensBusiness Member
      Tampa, FL 路 Member since 2022 路 3k+ posts 路 3k+ votes
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      Quote from @Jules Aton:
      Quote from @Andrew Steffens:

      I received a formal demand from an attorney (I believe to be a friend or family member) because I refused to issue a refund for bad weather.  It was a tropical storm with no evacuations (aka business as usual in FL) and they stayed the whole weekend at the house but did not get to use the beach, and demanded a full refund.  As for the attorney he was not licensed to practice law in FL so the PA BAR received a complain that is still on file :)


       I had a plumber in beach town say the toilet and sink sabotages go up in an effort to get refund on rent when the weather is bad. 


       100% believe it

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  • Alan F.
    Flipper/Rehabber 路 CA 路 Member since 2023 路 1k+ posts 路 1k+ votes
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    That's nuts!

    I'll see myself out.

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  • JD MartinBusiness Member
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    Rock Star Extraordinaire 路 Northeast, TN 路 Member since 2015 路 10k+ posts 路 16k+ votes
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    Are they sure it's an oak and they're acorns? We have a lot of shagbark hickory trees around here, and I will tell you from plenty of personal experience they will absolutely dent a car. In fact my run-around Kia has about 6 dents in it from those nuts hitting the car. When they hit sheet metal it almost sounds like a gunshot. Not to say that they have any kind of case, but yeah the right kind of nut can create dents. 

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  • Aaron T.Pro Member
    Developer 路 Aguada, PR 路 Member since 2014 路 927 posts 路 278 votes
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    Then STR guests wonder why check in instruction and house rules are so long. They started short, but as each guest makes these types of comments they have to be put in the listing. then they complain its too much to read.

    you will never win with these people. Entitled.

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  • Benjamin Louie
    Property Manager 路 Erie & Millscreek PA | Maggie Valley & Haywood County NC 路 Member since 2024 路 264 posts 路 118 votes
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    @Collin Hays 

    Wow, that鈥檚 a new one! 馃尦 I don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever heard of a homeowner being held responsible for acorns falling from a tree. Your advice makes sense car insurance should cover that type of thing. Guests can be creative sometimes when looking for someone else to take the blame.

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  • Michael BaumPro Member
    Olympia, WA 路 Member since 2016 路 8k+ posts 路 7k+ votes
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    I got someone complaining about needles and a few pinecones from the many Ponderosa pine trees that surround our lake house. They said we should do something about that.

    The trees are between 90 and 120 feet tall...sheesh.

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