7. The Pergola Becomes Another Problem
The next morning, I noticed that the contractors had stopped working.
The pergola frame remained unfinished, and several materials were stacked near the fence.
Tyler spent most of the morning on his phone.
Around lunchtime, he approached my driveway.
“Jason, we need to settle this.”
I put down my tools.
“What do you want to settle?”
He looked annoyed.
“I don’t want this turning into some expensive legal battle. Maybe we can work something out.”
I waited.
He suggested that I allow the fence to remain where it was in exchange for a small payment.
I asked how much.
He named a figure that wouldn’t have covered the value of the land, let alone the legal costs involved.
I shook my head.
“That isn’t what I asked for.”
He frowned.
“Then what do you want?”
“I want my property returned to me, and I want the structures removed from the portion that isn’t yours.”
His face hardened.
“You’re making this personal.”
“No, Tyler. You’re the one who built a fence on someone else’s property.”
He walked away without another word.
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