MAN SEEKS ANSWERS AFTER CLAIMING NEIGHBOR'S PROJECT CAUSED COSTLY DAMAGE

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An Asheville man named Chris Lewis claims he’s out thousands of dollars after a neighbors runoff ruined his home. Over the summer Lewis’ neighbor started a landscaping project that caused runoff to run down his driveway into his basement.

"They started dumping truck loads of dirt to raise the backyard, increase the slopes on the sides as well as the back of the yard." Lewis told News 13. "A day and a half later there's a significant rain event that washed an enormous amount of mud, dirt, sediment, whatever you want to call it, out of their yard, down our driveway, clogged our drain system and proceeded to flood the lower level of our house with several inches of water, mud, sediment."

The city states that they had been out to the neighborhood eight times for routine inspections and multiple additional times in response to complaints. However, a copy of the permit for the project shows a date issued of July 25. Lewis says that's 10 days after his basement was significantly flooded.