In the end, cheap can become expensive.
This is the experience homeowners in Markt Schwaben have to experience.
They hired a gang to clean the facade.
With fatal consequences.
Bees and plants die at the neighbors.
Markt Schwaben
- After the cleaning of a house facade in Markt Schwaben, which was carried out on Monday, July 19, the PI Poing is now investigating a possible environmental offense.
House owners agreed on a so-called doorstep shop with members of a work party who went from house to house and were traveling in a van with French registration and had the facade of their house cleaned with a high-pressure cleaner.
Workers disregard all environmental regulations
However, all environmental regulations such.
B. waterproof covers of other buildings or floors as well as a collecting container for the dirty water including proper disposal disregarded.
The dirty water seeped away or evaporated.
When a neighbor finally noticed a strong smell of chemicals, he informed the responsible environmental office of the municipality of Markt Schwaben.
The employees of the environmental agency stopped work immediately.
Bees die in the neighbour's garden
After discovering discolored plants and some dead bees a day later, a local resident reported the incident to the police.
The officials now took soil samples and initiated investigative proceedings against the employees of the company based in Baden Württemberg on suspicion of soil contamination, although their names are not yet known.
The Police Inspection Poing generally advises special caution in door-to-door sales of craftsmen, mostly paving, roof cleaning, tar work, etc., which are offered by wandering work teams.
It is not uncommon for there to be problems afterwards and the clients, who usually pay for the work in cash in advance, have poor chances of any claims for damages or recourse.
“In the end, cheap can be expensive,” said the police.
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