The person I hired was not another contractor.<\/p>\n
It was a property attorney.<\/p>\n
He arrived at Katherine\u2019s house carrying photographs from my security cameras, the pool installation records, and an estimate from a licensed company explaining what it would cost to remove the concrete and rebuild what she had destroyed.<\/p>\n
The preliminary total was over $38,000.<\/p>\n
Katherine came running across the lawn moments later.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re suing us?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m asking you to restore what you deliberately destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her husband followed behind her looking considerably less confident. His company\u2019s truck, logo, and license number were clearly visible on my camera footage.<\/p>\n
That mattered.<\/p>\n
A lot.<\/p>\n
My attorney explained that the incident involved unauthorized entry onto my property and intentional damage. He also advised them that I had already preserved the video and contacted my insurance company.<\/p>\n
Suddenly Katherine wanted to call the whole thing a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said the children were too loud,\u201d I reminded her. \u201cThen you filled their pool with concrete at five in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Within days, her husband\u2019s company agreed to pay for professional removal and restoration rather than let the dispute escalate further.<\/p>\n
The pool had to be rebuilt almost completely.<\/p>\n
But when it finally reopened, my children jumped back in wearing enormous smiles.<\/p>\n
Katherine wanted silence.<\/p>\n
Instead, she bought my family a brand-new pool\u2014and learned that someone else\u2019s backyard was never hers to control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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