Legal Question in Construction Law in Nebraska

Re: Neighbors threatening suit because of constuction noise and dust

You may not be doing anything wrong, but you have upset your neighbor which is rarely a good thing. I don't believe they have a viable case from the facts you have described. That doesn't mean they can't sue, it just means they are not likely to win. Most cases like this are brought as a "private nuisance" case. To win a case for private nuisance, there must be unreasonable use of your property at the expense of your neighbor's enjoyment of their property. You have certainly interfered with their peace and quiet enjoyment, but your use has not been unreasonable from the facts you describe. Your contractor may not trespass on their property, even for a moment, nor may he allow the dust from cutting bricks to enter their property, even minute amounts. The amount of noise from the brick saw may or may not be considered unreasonable. Your bricklayer could learn how to use a hammer and a brickset to avoid the use of the saw or reduce using the saw only to complex cuts. He won't like that suggestion much, but I was a bricklayer at one time; it can be done.