Homeowners are being hit for damages totalling \u00a3246m every year due to neighbourhood botches, according to Direct Line.
\nThe insurer\u2019s research has found that neighbours cause a wide range of woe, from smashed windows and severed electricity supplies to flooding.<\/p>\n
During the last five years, 9% of homeowners have suffered damage at the hands of their neighbours, with each incident costing an average of \u00a3541.
\nPerhaps surprisingly, the most common type of mishap is not a smashed window but a severed utility, whether electricity, gas, phone lines and water.
\nProperty damage, such as garden walls, garden ornaments and smashed windows, was the second most common.<\/p>\n
Naturally, the more serious incidents can damage relationships, and 7% of those affected have turned to the courts, but 10% now say they are closer to their neighbour following a mishap.<\/p>\n
Direct Line\u2019s Matt Owen has emphasised that most people do get on well with their neighbours, and stated that once the situation is resolved matters need not escalate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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