Any owner of a lot or land bounding and abutting upon a proposed improvement claiming that he will sustain damages by reason of the improvement shall present such claim to the board of revision of assessments within two weeks after the service of notice or the completion of the publication herein before provided. Such claim shall be in writing and shall set forth the amount of damage claimed with a general description of the property with respect to which it is claimed the damage will accrue, and shall be filed with the director of finance. Any owner who fails to do so shall be deemed to have waived such damages and shall be barred from filing a claim or receiving damages therefor. This provision shall apply to all damage which will obviously result from the improvement, but shall not deprive the owner of his right to recover damages arising, without his fault, from acts of the city or its agents. If, subsequent to the filing of such claim, the owner sells the property, or any part thereof, the right to such damages, if any, shall follow the ownership of the land without other transference of the claim. The board of revision of assessments shall report to the commission all such claims for damages filed with it.