Lsbcal
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Some of our neighbor's storm drainage is flowing into our property before flowing to the street. He is getting a bid on improving the drainage. The drainage work would have to be done on our property. The issue of who pays what has not been decided yet.
Background
Our neighbor "Greg" is situated up hill from us. He has just built a new swimming pool with extensive alterations to his backyard and lots of new concrete around the pool. This may have exacerbated the drainage issue into our property but I'm not sure how bad it was in the past. In a storm last week the water flowed into our driveway and pooled before running off down the driveway to the street and gutters.
Greg had mentioned in the summer that I should watch for drainage issues as his pool contractor had mentioned possible issues. Last week I contacted him during our big storm. Greg came over and even video recorded the water pooling to show a guy that works on drainage projects. Yesterday they came by and we discussed the drainage issues together.
The drainage guy will give Greg an estimate soon. It will include a catch basin on our property probably, and new piping going down our driveway (maybe 100 feet or so) towards the street gutters.
In a previous conversation Greg mentioned this work might be $1000 to $1500. I said we could chip in but we didn't discuss the division of costs. He's been very nice about the problem and admits that "90% of the water" is from his property.
The Question
I want to do the right thing in cost sharing but 50/50 seems like too much. I could ask Greg what he thinks is an equitable split. What do others think I should offer?
Background
Our neighbor "Greg" is situated up hill from us. He has just built a new swimming pool with extensive alterations to his backyard and lots of new concrete around the pool. This may have exacerbated the drainage issue into our property but I'm not sure how bad it was in the past. In a storm last week the water flowed into our driveway and pooled before running off down the driveway to the street and gutters.
Greg had mentioned in the summer that I should watch for drainage issues as his pool contractor had mentioned possible issues. Last week I contacted him during our big storm. Greg came over and even video recorded the water pooling to show a guy that works on drainage projects. Yesterday they came by and we discussed the drainage issues together.
The drainage guy will give Greg an estimate soon. It will include a catch basin on our property probably, and new piping going down our driveway (maybe 100 feet or so) towards the street gutters.
In a previous conversation Greg mentioned this work might be $1000 to $1500. I said we could chip in but we didn't discuss the division of costs. He's been very nice about the problem and admits that "90% of the water" is from his property.
The Question
I want to do the right thing in cost sharing but 50/50 seems like too much. I could ask Greg what he thinks is an equitable split. What do others think I should offer?