fast_muchly
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Clean an old ladys bungalow this is the 3rd time of doing it and she is losing it abit and cant get around ( just painting the picture ) .
She usually gives me the key to do around the back to undo the wrought iron gate ( padlocked ) . But this time she said she couldn't because she wasn't very mobile and feeling unwell . I said I can get over with the ladders its o.k . She said that's fine .
So I pop the ladders against the wall end which is at the side of the gate its a 4x4 brick . I go up the ladders and stand on top of the wallend and lift the ladders up and pop them down the other side against the wrought iron gate . Once im down there is a very small single brick wall running in opposite direction and about 4 foot in length about shoulder high which contains those cement see through patterned bricks . All I did and this is honestly what happened was moved my ladders against this wall and the whole top section of the wall went over in one block and fell on a plastic chair the other side and destroyed it.
I went in told the lady and insisted on contacting a member of her family as I think she might be a bit confused to say what had happened and just let them know as I didn't want her relaying the info as I wouldn't rely on it being remembered as straight as I told her .
Well about a week and a half has past I have forgot all about it and ive just been rung by this said old little lady . Basically saying she has contacted her insurance and what am I going to do about it being repaired .
Im sorry but I don't see this as being my fault and I should not have to pay a thing . This wall has been up years and is thin single brick but surely any wall should stand an aluminium ladder leaning against it and not capsizing ??? . Its your typical old ladies bungalow going into slow decline .
If I had leaned my ladders against a wall and the wind blew it over and it hit her car . That is my fault as that's bad placement of ladders .
Where do I stand with this legally as I do not have insurance .
Plus im peed off she has been to other neighbours saying whats happened so now im refusing to pay im worried there going to think bad of me as they have all said what a great bloke I am and I will sort it . Normally I would but in this instance I really think the wall was in a terrible state and what if it had fell on me ??? .
And NO I didn't walk on the wall at all just for people thinking this didnt happen as I said .
Clean an old ladys bungalow this is the 3rd time of doing it and she is losing it abit and cant get around ( just painting the picture ) .
She usually gives me the key to do around the back to undo the wrought iron gate ( padlocked ) . But this time she said she couldn't because she wasn't very mobile and feeling unwell . I said I can get over with the ladders its o.k . She said that's fine .
So I pop the ladders against the wall end which is at the side of the gate its a 4x4 brick . I go up the ladders and stand on top of the wallend and lift the ladders up and pop them down the other side against the wrought iron gate . Once im down there is a very small single brick wall running in opposite direction and about 4 foot in length about shoulder high which contains those cement see through patterned bricks . All I did and this is honestly what happened was moved my ladders against this wall and the whole top section of the wall went over in one block and fell on a plastic chair the other side and destroyed it.
I went in told the lady and insisted on contacting a member of her family as I think she might be a bit confused to say what had happened and just let them know as I didn't want her relaying the info as I wouldn't rely on it being remembered as straight as I told her .
Well about a week and a half has past I have forgot all about it and ive just been rung by this said old little lady . Basically saying she has contacted her insurance and what am I going to do about it being repaired .
Im sorry but I don't see this as being my fault and I should not have to pay a thing . This wall has been up years and is thin single brick but surely any wall should stand an aluminium ladder leaning against it and not capsizing ??? . Its your typical old ladies bungalow going into slow decline .
If I had leaned my ladders against a wall and the wind blew it over and it hit her car . That is my fault as that's bad placement of ladders .
Where do I stand with this legally as I do not have insurance .
Plus im peed off she has been to other neighbours saying whats happened so now im refusing to pay im worried there going to think bad of me as they have all said what a great bloke I am and I will sort it . Normally I would but in this instance I really think the wall was in a terrible state and what if it had fell on me ??? .
And NO I didn't walk on the wall at all just for people thinking this didnt happen as I said .
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