flooded yard conjoined with neighbor’s flooded yard
Sasha Hammond
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Yard drainage/flooding issue..need to pump water. HELP?
Comments (7)I don't know what the laws are where you are, but where I live you are not allowed to channel water to someone else's property. It must exit your own property to the street. I agree with Yardvaark. It sounds like you need to research where the city planners designed the water to go and find out why its not going there. Its not hard to find that info. The city should be able to give you the development plan for your subdivision. Our city worked with us to help us solve the problem we had. I was told that just after the subdivision was built some neighbors further up the hill from us had similar issues to you. The city had to come in and build a storm drain through at least 2 of the lots to solve the issue for them. If you were not having these issues before your neighbor built his pool and garage then it sounds like you need to bring the issue up and demand it be solved. If it had happened to us and the city and homeowner weren't helpful in solving the problem we'd be suing both of them for not addressing the issue of drainage and recouping the cost of having to pump all that water out. In my son's old neighborhood the one house on the corner that was the lowest and kept getting flooded year after year was finally purchased by the city, torn down and a small park sits there now. But it took a long time for that to happen. I don't know for a fact, but I suspect law suits were involved. - In the link below I show how we solved our problem. But we really didn't have much issue with neighbors' lots draining into ours it was that our lot wasn't graded correctly in the first place and the water had no outlet to exit our property. Good Luck and please report back what happens. Here is a link that might be useful: Back yard drainage...See MoreFlooding townhouse back yard
Comments (27)I have the same problem here in Alabama! The site grading was not done properly when it was built. Nevertheless, we got by without any water intrusion until my next-door neighbor redirected his storm water drainage without regard for anyone else. Unfortunately, I was "downhill" from him. My townhome flooded 8 times and water intrusion of a less dramatic nature continues to this day. Toxic mold grew inside the shared wall that separates our two units. It made me sick and I was forced to move out. My townhome sits there, empty and uninhabitable. And I must pay rent every month when I could be living there for free. I have owned my home since 1998 and lived there for 10 years without any problems. To my horror, state law does not protect me from those who are harming me. I have tried every way in the world to resolve this but without success. I even represented myself in court. Long story short, state law allows no way to resolve a problem like this. As a result, I'm losing everything I have. Have already lost my health, my home and furniture, and a significant amount of my retirement savings. I continue to lose money with each month that passes. I am a disabled senior and cannot afford a loss of this magnitude. Would LOVE to join with others in effort to get the laws changed to better protect homeowners like us. Please email me if you have a similar story and would like to join with me - jberneske@gmail.com...See MoreNeed help with driveway and side yard flooding.
Comments (10)If you want foot traffic through those areas to be mud-free, and if you don't want to utilize that wonderful moisture for vegetation, then put down gravel for a firmer footing. If gravel proves too watery for feet, then put down concrete. That will whisk the water away anywhere you want to send it. Or if you don't like hardscape, a raised wooden walkway could get you where you need to go and keep your socks dry. What would nature do? That damp area would explode with vegetation. Nature doesn't like to waste water. Central Florida natives like Wax Myrtle, Dwarf Palmetto, or Horsetail Rush could soak it all up within a few years. Check out the Bog Gardening forum for ideas....See MoreHelp flooding yard
Comments (2)Unless there are other issues, using fill dirt to build a diversion berm on the uphill side of the property should work. You have to be careful not to divert floodwaters onto your neighbors' property. If that might be a possibility, get with the neighbors first before you do anything and you might be able to build a diversion ditch between the properties where the water can flow. Here is a picture showing how a neighborhood was built with swales and berms in SoCal....See MoreYardvaark
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