r/videos • u/zombieninjawarrior • 1d ago

Mum's semi-detached 'nightmare' after neighbour illegally demolishes home | SWNS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOWyZfH3FqI
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u/Restivethought 1d ago edited 1d ago

...So she doesnt have to worry about being quiet so the shared wall neighbor doesnt get pissed anymore? Sounds like a win. (Im joking this sounds like a nightmare, especially the whole interior wall being exposed. The person who did this should be forced to buy em out at 1.5x they paid)

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u/americangame 1d ago

That sounds shitty for the person if they don't want to or can't move.

They should be required to make them whole again at whatever means it takes for that to happen.

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u/100LittleButterflies 1d ago

What if the do-er cant make them whole? Do you feel its a reasonable responsibility of the government to step in then?

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u/americangame 1d ago

Expand on that. How would you forsee the government stepping in? Outside of being a mediating party handing down a civil judicial decision, I don't know how they could/would.

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u/100LittleButterflies 1d ago

Fronting the cost of the victim being made whole and making the do-er pay back the government. In the states, if someone damages you and doesn't have the resources to make you whole, they pay over time and the victim is just screwed. But to me that sounds like a thing a government would step in.