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ALL THAT'S STANDING: The remains of a West Plains Rd, Invercargill, property after a fire on Thursday night.

A chimney is all that remains of a rural Invercargill home.

Keith Greig had been away from his West Plains Rd home for only about an hour on Thursday but returned to find it engulfed in flames.

"I screeched down my driveway . . . there was a guy there who must have called the fire station,"he said.

Greig, a security guard, lived alone in the old wooden house, his home of 18 years. It was "only worth two dollars", but worth a million to him, he said. "My grandkids loved it out there, I loved it out there."

Greig said he had no idea what caused the fire. "It was gone, yeah, I'm baffled."

He lost 18 years of belongings in the fire.

"I'm staying with my son in town here and then I don't know what I'll do," he said.

Fire Service Invercargill senior station officer Gordon Rodgers said the cause of the fire was unknown but not suspicious. Firefighters were called to the fire at 7.48pm and left the scene at 1am, he said.

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Your crazy neighbors have been bugging you for months. They dont maintain their yard. Theyre loud and stay up too late. Their dog barks any time you go near and leaves smelly presents too close to your fence.

It is one thing for you to put up with this. But now that youre getting ready to sell your house, you are concerned that their bad behavior may sabotage the sale. What can you do?

Play Nice, at First

It is much better to solve a problem with a neighbor without initiating a lawsuit, recommends New York lawyer David Reischer. Although his advice might go against his professional interests, he believes resolving neighborly issues without filing a lawsuit or involving a lawyer is the best way to go.

Bringing a lawsuit against a neighbor for sloppy upkeep, loud pets or general bad attitude is the last resort. A court will never provide you the remedy you are looking for in a timely manner, Reischer said.

If there are actualdamages involved, Washington, DC, lawyerThomas J. Simeonesays lawsuits can be filed in an attempt to recover financial damages caused by unruly neighbors, such as those related to broken windows or fences. The court also could be asked to issue an order prohibiting similar conduct in the future.

However, Simeone notes, If you seek damages for a lost sale that would be hard to prove. After you prove the neighbor violated the law, you would need the potential buyer to testify that they would have bought the property at a certain price, but for the neighbor. Even then, judges may be reluctant to force the neighbor to pay for the loss of a sale, but instead may limit damages to financial losses you incurred in repairing your property.

Instead of going to court, both Reischer and Simeone suggest trying to work out a solution with the neighbors in a friendly manner.

Simeone recommends taking a series of steps, beginning with the least confrontational option first. Start informally and move toward more assertive means of seeking redress. Start with a conversation, then a letter, then notify the county/police, then have a lawyer send a letter, then file suit, he suggests.

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LEOMINSTER -- Two people were left temporarily homeless when a fire damaged a multifamily home at 36 Boutelle St. shortly after midnight Thursday, said Deputy Fire Chief Gary Ranno.

The fire appeared to start in a stairwell bulkhead leading to the basement, Ranno said.

"Fire on the left-hand side of the building on the bulkhead extending to the basement and first floor," he said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

It only took about 20 minutes to put out the flames, but then firefighters spent an extended period making sure the fire didn't extend inside the home's walls, which have a balloon construction.

"So we have to check the walls very carefully because of the lack of fire stopping and older insulation that was installed," Ranno said.

The electricity was shut off to the home until the electrical wiring is repaired.

There was a single resident in the first- and second-floor apartments.

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