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How a Neighbor Can Affect Your Home Value


Hi everyone! Today, I wanted to talk to you about something serious. We’ve had a lot of people who have gotten in touch with us in regards to what their legal rights are when dealing with a neighbor. Remember, when you buy a house, you are buying the neighborhood, so make sure to drive around and see what you are buying.

You don’t want to have the most expensive house in the neighborhood. If you buy a junky home, clean it up and improve the value of the neighborhood, that’s great!

So, let’s talk about the neighbor who isn’t taking care of his/her home. What can you do legally?
1.      Make a list. Write down everything you want your neighbor to take care.
2.      Check your state ordinances. In some cases, city officials will be able to help you enforce regulation. For example, if there is a tree that is causing problems, city officials can help you determine the compromise.
3.      Know your land. When you buy a property, you buy that space. If a neighbor’s tree hangs on your lawn or over your fence, you have the legal right to trim it. Do not kill it, though! If you kill it, you can be fined up to 3 times the value of the tree.
4.      Contact your home owners’ association. If there is a mud or water issue, it may be something your home owners’ association needs to contact SID engineers.
If you have an issue with water or mud, call me and let me know. I can help take care of it! I have gone over to a neighbor’s home and told them they are affecting the value of the home next to them.

The best thing is to not get an attitude. Don’t lose your temper. Just set up a time to talk. We even had some offer to help their neighbor. In one particular case there was an elderly man who wasn’t physically able to manage the lawn and a church group was gathered to help clean up. So be kind and find a way to get the problem fixed!

If you have any questions please give me a call and if not then have a great day!

Claxton Fireplace


Welcome back to my video blog! We have a fun one for you today! It’s beautiful out today and we’re going to talk about grills fire pits, outdoors kitchens and so much more!

Right now, were at Claxton Fireplace. Dan Claxton is the owner and he is a very good friend. He is a trusted individual so if you have any questions about the products you see today, don’t hesitate to give him a call!

One of the newer things Claxton’s has is these great awnings. So if you have an outside area that gets a lot of heat and a lot of sunshine, these awnings help really cool off and shade an area.

They also have all kinds of different grills: ceramic, gas, and he can even convert your propane grill to natural gas.

Who doesn’t love a good fireplace? They have contemporary, fire pits and anything else you can think of.

We have Josh with us today to tell us more about what Claxton’s has to offer. Josh has been here for six years and he project manages. So if you have plans for adding a fireplace or want a new grill, come to him and he can help you figure out how.

We have almost anything you can think of. We have every type of fire place from contemporary to traditional to outside fire pits. We can resurface and remodel your current fireplace too. At Claxton Fireplace we have our own tile guy, stone guy, etc.

Claxton’s is also the only company that offers power sweep for chimneys. We start from the bottom and run a drill that acts almost as a weed wacker. We also run a vacuum through.

So give us a call at 402.491.0800. We have anything you can think of!