Which is Worse?

Shoveling snow or shoveling dirt and gravel? Hmmmm. I can't decide right now.

Although it was nice not to have to worry about keeping the driveway clear of snow all winter, I really didn't bargain for this. Most of the gravel that was in my driveway is now in the neighbor's yard, along with all the top soil that used to be my lawn.

The red dotted line represents my property line. Most of that huge pile of dirt and gravel is on the neighbor's property.

This used to be grass.

That mound just below the red x is about 2 feet high.

The only thing that stopped them from pushing it further into the neighbor's yard was the neighbor's tree. Just looking at this pic makes my blood boil. I've never seen such a horrid mess!

My new lawn!How the hell am I supposed to get all that gravel back into the driveway?

They removed so much top soil in some places that the ground level is 6 or more inches lower than it used to be. There was grass here last summer.

Lovely ain't it?

The area outlined in red is the back-up section of my driveway. Since there's no longer any gravel in that area, my tires leave trenches when I drive there. As you can see, all the gravel is now in the lawn in the forefront of the pic.

I went out there at 7AM this morning and worked on it for two hours. I barely made a dent and hurt my back in the process. It's hard to judge depth in this pic but the new ground level (foreground) is approximately 6" lower than it used to be because all the grass and top soil is in that huge berm.

I looked over the contract I signed with them and it states that I must, in writing, report any damage within 48 hours of it happening and that they will repair any damage that is properly and timely reported. It's been months since they tore up the place but I sent them an email anyway. It wasn't until I actually went out there to start cleaning it up that the scope of the damage was realized.