Rowhome Property Damage Attorneys Serving Delaware County, PA

Often more than one party: the contractor doing the work, the developer or owner who hired them, and sometimes an engineer or the party's insurer. Pennsylvania law also puts duties on an excavating owner toward the adjoining property. Sorting out who pays starts with the permits, plans, and an assessment of what physically caused the damage.

Photograph everything with dates, keep any earlier photos of the same areas, write down when you first noticed each problem, and report it in writing rather than by phone. If the work next door is permitted, the filings are public. Do not sign a release or accept a repair check before someone has looked at the full extent of the damage.

No. Homeowners policies often exclude earth movement while still covering other causes, and how the loss is characterized frequently decides the claim. We review the policy language against what actually happened, and we handle the bad-faith side of these disputes as well.

Yes, an old lien, a missing heir's signature, or a boundary discrepancy can hold up a closing indefinitely until it's resolved through a negotiated release, a quiet title action, or litigation.

Often yes. A professional survey combined with a negotiated agreement between neighboring owners resolves most boundary disputes without litigation, we reserve court action for cases where a fair resolution isn't otherwise realistic.

A sheriff sale is typically the final step in a foreclosure or judgment-collection process, and by the time it's scheduled, options for stopping it narrow significantly. Speaking with an attorney as early as possible preserves the most options.

Residential tenancies are heavily protected by state and municipal landlord-tenant statutes, while commercial leases are governed almost entirely by their own negotiated terms. That difference changes which arguments are available to either side.

Delaware County sits in Delaware County, so a state court matter goes to the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, at the courthouse on West Front Street in Media. Federal claims are heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Delaware County is older riverfront boroughs, dense inner-ring townships, and the Main Line's western edge. Whatever the matter, it is filed and heard in Media, though an initial case review does not happen at the courthouse. Court appearances come later, and not every matter reaches one.

Often more than one party: the contractor doing the work, the developer or owner who hired them, and sometimes an engineer or the party's insurer. Pennsylvania law also puts duties on an excavating owner toward the adjoining property, which comes up constantly in the county's older riverfront boroughs and dense inner-ring townships, where houses are attached or stand a few feet apart. It starts with the permits, the plans, and an assessment of what physically caused the damage.

Yes. Homeowners policies often exclude earth movement while still covering other causes, and how the loss is characterized frequently decides the claim. A denial is not the last word on it. We review the policy language against what actually happened, including whether the water or the settlement followed work on a neighboring property, and we handle the bad-faith side of these disputes as well.

Yes. An old lien, a missing heir's signature, or a boundary discrepancy can hold up a closing indefinitely until it is resolved through a negotiated release, a quiet title action, or litigation. The older borough housing stock along the river has changed hands many times, and gaps in the chain are common enough that they should be looked for early rather than discovered the week of settlement.