Sue them for compensation, you say that you want it painted back to its original color, and then also sue them for The unneeded stress that they caused you.

The police are wrong. The painters did NOT have a valid work order because they did NOT have permission from the property OWNER. You have a case for criminal trespass and vandalism.

Fraud. Easy. They took pictures of your house and said “yep that’s my house, please paint it”

i ran across this same story on facebook a few weeks ago. there was a update there that said the OP was able to take the neighbors to court and they lost, and had to have her house repainted again back to original color, and they had to also pay all of OP's legal fees and their own penalties.

Wouldn't that technically be fraud due to them faking that they were another person and signing a contract to say the house being painted was theirs?

1) Its not a VALID work order because the owner of the house did not sign off on the work 2) They are guilty of fraud for signing for work to be done on a property they don't own, so the police could have arrested them for that 3) There are damages, to paint the house back to yellow is going to cost money that is considered damages since it is money required to return your home to the condition you had it in due to their actions. 4) The painting company is still on the hook because they did not do any due diligence to verify the validity of the work request.

They did claim to be the owners of the house so you might be able to sue them for identity theft

Wouldn’t they have been breaking law by impersonating you and allowed people to go on your property without your consent

Actually yes! You can show your lawyer the proof of them getting the house painting because if I'm right it's illegal to have someone else's home painted without permission

I om just imagining their "legal" argument .. _Well Judge, she refused to paint her house a different color -- so we had to do it. She needs to reimburse us for what we paid the painting company_ .. *You mean this company invoice here, where you told the painters the defendant's house was yours?*

Just wait for them to go outta town and have painters paint their house bright yellow

Hire a company to paint their house yellow see how they like it

Identity theft? Cause they were pretending to be them??

How does a “work order” with no signature of approval from the home/landowner constitute as dismissal for trespassing and vandalism It’s not even a valid work order. You can’t just pay to vandalize another person’s property

Sue in civil court, even if the work order is valid and they didn't tresspass you can get compensation to have it repainted to its original color. There should be a law against this. I feel like it falls under graffiti as they had knowingly hired a company to paint property that isn't theirs, it would not be hard to prove.

I would sue for the stressful situation, emotional damages and the cost for the company to come out and paint it back

Bro wtf THEY were the ones who ordered the painting of the house why can't they be sued? By this logic anyone can alter anyone's private property and get away with it?

You cant sue the painters, because of the good faith. You CAN sue the company that hired them for negligance since they didnt do their due diligance to see if the customer legally had any right to make those decisions. The company could then sue the neighbor for damages caused by being hired under false pretenses. Now if the company is willing to work with you, you can get their assistance to build a fraud case against the neighbors since the neighbors TECHNICALLY commited minor Identity Theft. (Other than fraud, idk if this is the actual subclass but it was the closest thing i could think of)

Sue them for fraud because they lied to the painting company about which house was theirs

Screw that call the company and have their house painted yellow and say put it on Mrs. Smiths account.

When I painted it back to yellow, the shade of yellow facing their house, would be absolutely NEON.

Of all the things that didn't happen... The most blatant of dumb things it could not be a valid work order as the neighbors not only did not have permission to authorize repairs but lied to accomplish this in the first place. As such the testimony of the painting company as to who paid them would be more than sufficient to open a case against them for a litany of charges including vandalism, property damage, and and more. The civil suit would be a walk in the park not only would the neighbors have to pay for the repainting of the house but would likely be able to be held liable for emotional distress.

Pay the painters company to paint their house yellow

So….a work order that was not authorized by the home owner is still considered vandalism. Also the police don’t want to do their damn jobs? When they were called out for trespassing at the time and did nothing? Time to get the news involved.

The contractor is financially responsible for the costs associated with returning the property to the state it was in prior to the work being done. Due diligence is a lawful component of contract work to avoid this type of thing. In turn, the contractor can sue the shitty neighbors for the restitution. (Even without a real name, video surveillance can be used to track them down.)

Just because a contractor is paid to vandalize property doesn't mean it's not vandalism. Cops just didn't want to get involved and told them to figure it out in civil court.

Vandalism doesn't have to be done personally. The neighbours can also be sued for the cost of having the house repainted through the civil court. There is also the fact that the painting company didn't do their due diligence, so they can be sued as well.

Additionally, you could file a restraining order on them for their excessive behavior. - constant harassment - frequent inadmissible lawsuits - multiple complaints Three of these things alone could be enough and if she can ask multiple residents she might be friends with, or are willing to give them a piece of mind, then that restraining order is guaranteed.

"Valid work order and they were payed" that means nothing if it wasnt the actual home owner who payed them to do it also that wasn't a valid work order as it wasnt even the actual homeowner

The fact that this isn't deemed illegal shows how fucked americas law system is

“No officer I have no idea why my neighbors house burned down with them in it.”

If you pay to have someone assassinated, you go to jail for murder. To say that they are not held responsible despite paying for the paint job is absolute insanity.

Get their house painted yellow.

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If that was me I'd return the favor and have their house painted yellow 😂 exactly how they did it

Hire painters and have them paint the neighbors house yellow.

This absolutely is property damage

It can count as vandalism and property damage

Hire someone to paint their house yellow

It wasn't a valid work order. Who the hell told you it was a valid work order? Sounds like someone that didn't want to work. A valid work order must be done by the property owner or an authorized agent of the owner. The company that did the work didn't verify that the owner gave authorization for the work. So they actually can be charged with both vandalism and trespassing. But if they claimed they were the owners, they also can be charged for theft by deception, fraud, and possibly identity theft.

Paint their house yellow 😂 if it’s not illegal why not

Noo! I Need the update! I want to know that the idiot neighbors got punished and the house was painted back to yellow again! 😭

Isn’t it vandalism to paint someone else’s property? Or destruction of property?

Let them take you to court, when in front of the judge just say "i didn't give them permission to paint my house so why should i pay for it? They pretended to be the home owner of my property, paid a professional company to do the work and now are demanding i reinburse them when i never wsnted my house painted in the first place" This will give the judge something to think about and i bet they told their lawyer some twisted story do they would take the case, i bet they regret doing so now. 😂

Paint their house yellow

In that case, I would hire somebody to paint their house, highlighter, yellow, and put a ceiling coat on it pay for it and not step on the property to repay the favor and if you put a black coat of paint underneath it, it makes the color that much more wonderful because you can’t get rid of that black underneath no matter how hard you try to fix the color on the anything black.

This might be real because most of that checks out legally. OP used the right term “reasonable reliance” for why the painters are probably not liable. If they were, they probably have a signature on something transferring liability to the person who hired them. As to trespass, that requires that you enter or CAUSE entry onto the property of another. The neighbors hiring painters to “trespass” makes the neighbors themselves liable for the actual tort of trespass. Given the lawsuit, the neighbors have admitted to that. A lawyer would also advise them not to post anything else about it until the conclusion of proceedings. Don’t want to give the other party any more info than they legally have to.

Hire the same painting company to paint their house yellow when they are away somewhere

How is it considered a valid work order - when the property owner wasn’t aware of it, didn’t approved or even pay for it.

Get the same company to paint your Neighbours house yellow😂

Hire the same painters to paint the neighbors house yellow💀😂

It absolutely CAN be treated as vandalism and property damage. Even the company can be sued and lose. The work order doesn't mean shit.

Sue them for emotional damages because you can say that the house was yellow as it was the last memory of a family member or something and that you and that family painted it yellow before they died

You technically could sue the painter for doing the job for not doing due diligence for making sure the people who did the work order to get you out was the owner of the property. Second you could charge the neighbor for fraud proving they called the company. Also the company should be liable for being the property as it was previously due to it being fraud. That why have have liability insurance.

“Editor’s Note: Sadly marking this as inconclusive as OOP hasn’t posted in over eight years. We'll have to assume OOP's house color is back to cheery yellow with a sprinkling of tasteful rainbow polka dots, reluctantly financed by their neighbors.”

I feel like that should still be vandalism. They paid someone to paint something that didn’t belong to them. Just like if you pay someone to kill a person you’ll also be found guilty

What about impersonation or fraud or even harassment? They claimed your house was there’s and in doing so altered your property without permission. The painting company may have had permission but the neighbours didn’t

Sue them for compensation or fraud for acting like you

Give the painting company a picture of what your house looks like. Looks like before. Tell them to paint it like that again. Show the court pictures for when they put you in court for having a yellow house.

Even if they can’t be charged for trespassing they can be charged for any alterations to the house NOT in their name, unlike tree laws there are laws that protect homeowners and their property from being altered (in some cases its due to copyrights or historic reasons) and if they intend to sue there should be a counter suit against them if they choose to slander you or incriminate themselves

She should sue them for impersonating her

This is when you just wait, dont say or do anything, then when t hey leave for a nice trip do the same thing to them but have it painted a nice bright pink

Yah things about this don't ring, true. Someone paying a person to vandalize your house is a crime, whether they were paid or not no matter how well the job was done. Yes the painting company would be on the hook to if they were notified they they were hired by someone,not the owner to alter their property with out their permission and not follow up to confirm if they had owners permission. They neighbors would definitely be on the hook for vandalism for hiring someone to paint her house with out permission. Hiring someone to crime for you dose not protect you.

Paint their house the exact same yellow while they are still gone. See how they like it😂

They are suing you…for painting your house grey…when they did it without your permission…those people are psychos. No doubt this will be a slam dunk. I hope the painting company has a good lawyer, because the crazy neighbors will try to come after them next, but if they can counter with fraud, it might work.

In that case if you can just pay to have someone else’s house painted do it to theirs when they are out and make it look atrocious

What kind of BULLSHIT story is this????? Painters and Police claim job was fully paid for. Neighbors have essentially confessed to committing vandalism with this lawsuit / criminal mischief by proxy. LAWSUIT requires including the Painters who will have to testify in this fraud (for self-defense), and could offer homeowner a full re-paint at neighbor's expense. KARMA

You can sue them for mental damage😊 you’re welcome

I would just have hired the company to paint their house yellow

Finally a voice that is from the short

The neighbors should at the very least be able to be charged for vandalism.😅 That's a stupid legal loophole that they exploited. But this is probably fake anyway.

Tbh I would have painted it BRIGHT yellow

The neighbors fraudulently represented themselves as owners of the property and would be liable in court for all costs, including restoration of the property to it's original condition. It is no different than tree law cases where someone hires a contractor to cut down trees on another person's property.

wait until they go out of town and have their house painted the most outrageous bright color you can find. if theres no legal repercussions then why not be petty?

Sue for the cost to repaint it yellow and then get a fence in the same color. I hate the people who have no taste and make everything some depression mix of greys and white. While your at it paint your car the same color

Impersonating identity is a crime

I would do the same to them but in neon yellow just to annoy them more

op should start a homeowner association and force the neighbours to paint their house yellow

Now that they're stupid enough to incriminate themselves, you can sue them.

*When I hear nonsense like this I wonder if actual homeowners have any rights? The house painting company didn't require any other information? They simply believed the psycho redhead neighbors?! Didn't the psycho neighbors NEED to show proof that the yellow house was truly theirs?? Such as mail showing their address or IDs showing their address? If the paint contractors did deeper research, they would have known the deed on the house was NOT the same name as the people who paid for the house being painted. Did the crazy neighbors lie about being the owners? If so, where was that proof? The work order didn't appear to be valid. The entire scenario was fraudulent every step of the way. This story is beyond insane.This story is as ridiculous as squatters having more rights than actual property owners.*

small claims court would see them destroyed failing that pay for their house to be painted dayglow orange

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Pay to have their house painted yellow 😂

Ever interrupt your enemy making a poor decision

Why does anyone ever care what their neighbours house looks like?? I don’t get it I wouldn’t care!! if you like how your own house looks good for you!! Unless they have plants or something encroaching onto your property leave them be….

This is vandalism and property damage. Imo, this can be sued

It actually is vandalism bc the deed to the home isnt in their name. The fault of the painters is that the signature they had on the paperwork wasnt that of the homeowner. My house was painted a few years ago, but my dad owns my house (I'm a single mom and my parents helped me out) and so while I live here, I couldn't get it painted without their signature. Ironically, they chose to paint their house and offered to have mine done the same color (we're several blocks apart) under tbe notion that the painters gave them one quote based on the amount of paint for both jobs. They were required to show the deeds to my property since they didnt live there along with the deed to their own home to still prove ownership of the property. So the painting company- I mean, its not required by law that they check the deeds before painting a home but for what its worth, they kind of should be checking just in case of something like this which ofc, the odds of this happening in actuality isnt high but mistakes happen still of mistaken addresses etc. Like the story of a woman on vacation who's second property was accidently torn down bc the demolition company got the wrong address.

Tf you mean they want to sue YOU for the cost of the painters, They are crazy

You should paint their house yellow while they are gone

Or, uno reverse. Paint their house in neon pink mix in glow in the dark paint. Do the exact same process they did. Then again that's stupid petty. So maybe not

that’s like not getting in trouble for hiring a hit man and then suing the person they wanted dead bc they felt guilty 😭

You should paint their house yellow the same way they painted you house grey

Paint their house yellow it’s obviously legal and since it’s been done to you and they expect for you to pay it’s only natural you return the favor and find the most expensive company you can to apply the most impossible to remove paint on the market. What are they going to say?

Imagine intentionally trying to create a HOA

How on earth did the neigbour get the painting company to paint the house? Wouldn’t she need to show she actually lives there, show she owns it?

How can they not be sued when they didn't check for proof of ownership

HIRE THE COMPANY TO PAINT THEIR HOUSE PINK OR YELLOW OR UGLY COLOR

Give them a taste of their own medicine. Paint their house multiple colors that most people would hate and use the same company 😊

If the lawsuit doesn't go anywhere pull the same thing. Call up a company and have their house painted. Neon pink

If my neighbour ever did that, their house would mysteriously......well, you know?!