Neighbour issue. What to do next?

You don't even have an invoice, really!

I have to say, if I was your neighbour, I would struggle to believe that you genuinely can't get in touch with them.

7 months ago and taking no responsibility, I get why he is running out of patience. You are so unreasonable.

OP's obviously paid cash in hand to get it cheaper due to avoiding VAT, so no invoice.

But she has not adressed why she has no idea of the names of the people who painted the house. It’s not a small job so how was she going to contact them if anything went wrong with the job?

LumpyandBumps

She said at the start of her first post that the houses open onto the street, no garden. If the car was parked outside her house it would be very close to the paint job.

"Not proportional"? But the reasoned and civilised approach hasn't worked for him, has it? Now he's lost his cool you're taking notice.

"Around 4 weeks following this a neighbour from down the road knocked to say the painters had got paint sprinkles on his car (it was parked outside our house when the painting was done). " Also it's been 7 months right?

Why did he wait 4 weeks to talk to you? I don't really believe down the road neighbour that the paint was splattered at your house. Ask him for his cleaning invoice, tell him you need a copy to try pass on to the painters.

I would talk to NDN again say you really need the painters details. Do you not have a name at all? How did you pay for it?

But I'd also possibly pay for the quiet life but I don't really think it's your responsibility at all.

She has addressed it clearly. NDN engaged the painter, not her. Turns out painter is a relative of NDN. NDN won't give their details.

For the sake of £150, I would just pay the neighbour.

Then you can learn a lesson and move on without the stress.

can i assume firstly that you did actually witness said paint damage to the neighbours car? because i would certainly want to have seen it before anything happened.

and as everyone else has said, in the absence of details of the workmen, its on you to pay the money and then chase it with the workmen.

im unsure how, if the job was defective how you were going to chase this up with the workmen if you did not have their details?

how did you pay them?

Nah, I wouldn't be paying him a penny.

You didn't cause any damage to his vehicle.
Did he should you the paint splatters?

Why are your ndn not giving you a name? Has the car neighbour knocked and asked for the details from them?

Also, if he expected you to pay surely he should have discussed costs first of all? What kind of car does he have? I've had a van valeted, inside and out, for less than £150.

OP said the painter is a relative of the NDN who are refusing to give their details. So the NDN is letting them get away with it, leaving OP to face angry car man.

Your neighbour have been waiting around 6 months to get this solved. I can see why he is angry.
I would pay the 150 quid and leave there if I were you.

I'd say you're the problem neighbour here.

And this is the one point that @redlorryyellowlorryredlorryyellowlorry is unwilling to address.

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Do not pay him anything!!! The CF has zero proof that anything happened, he's just trying his luck!

If you pay it, you're admitting liability and means he'll come up with something else next time you get any work done.
You get a cat - it will have destroyed something in his garden/killed a fictional guinea pig
You get a dog - it will have bit him/poo'ed on his door step causing him to 'slip' (even if it's never off its lead!!)
You have a storm or get your roof done - a roof tile will have magically damaged his house/garden
You have any kind of external work done to your home/garden then it will have caused some kind of monetary loss to him.
You have kids - the kid will have damaged his house somehow once he/she is playing out.

Oh come on, this is clearly fake. Of course you’d have contact details from an invoice.

Yes. I'm really surprised that so many people think a householder is liable for damage caused by a tradesman.

Seems to me that the NDN is deliberately withholding the contact details of their relative, the tradesman, so that the OP will give in and pay up instead.

Spot on

Solve this the simple way. Ask the neighbours over to a chat with tea and cake. Apologise and give them the cash. Happy neighbours makes good neighbours. Simples

The only reason I can think that you don't have their number is because you did not get a written invoice. Does that mean you paid them in cash rather than via an invoice? Unfortunately, I think if you did then there is a chance they are not insured hence the avoidance from the neighbour to give his family members details. If you did pay cash then I think its down to you to sort - a reputable company would have probably covered the cars or have insurance to cover such damage.

I agree

I don't think you should have to,pay but I also don't beleive you have no details for the painters.

I'd contact my home insurance company for the free legal advice they offer. To be honest if I was the car owner I'd probably just claim on my insurance too.