Neighbours tree & my car !x! a legal question

cyclonebri1

Ring bark it one dark night?, if your neighbours on your side should be no problem from there.
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Coat on ready to dodge rampant tree huggers;)

pulliptears

OH had the copper nails theory with some laurel trees in our garden.....didnt work.

He drilled holes into the roots and poured in diesel.....didnt work.

Kept him out of my hair for months while he poured every household cleaner/bleach etc into the holes in an attempt to kill them. In the end I chopped them down and dug up the roots. Job done

Conor_3

mandi wrote: »

Wish I could Conor, but not possible ..Thanks anyway

Why not? Is it parking where each resident is assigned a specific parking place?

Mojisola

mandi wrote: »

I was hoping there was something I could do legally, as the tree is an evergreen , so I have the problem all year

What kind of tree is it? I can't think of an evergreen that will produce that much sap summer and winter. Have you got a photo of it?

markelock

assuming you park on your land, and the tree sap comes from the landlords land onto your car, I'd say it's his responsibility to look after it. law of tort, see rylands v fletcher maybe?

anewman

Just thought, could you by any chance get a carport or garage put up? No idea on planning regulations and requirements etc though. For example http://www.cswshopping.co.uk/maxiport-self-supporting-carport-1600-3035-white-finish-p-125.html

ozvaldinho

It's not actually tree sap causing the problem, it's exploding aphids. I don't know the exact technical details, but apparently certain trees attract or host billions of certain aphids at this time of year. These aphids gorge themselves on tree sap and a proportion of them explode after over-indulging, this 'sap' is actually aphid guts. Lime trees are a particular problem this time of year, unfortunately some of my motors are kept in the drive of a historic building where the trees are protected with preservation orders.

My solution...go to Halfords and buy a cover for your car. Takes a minute or two with practice and is useful at the other times of year when trees are a pain, ie spring blossom, summer aphids, autumn conkers/acorns/beechnuts/falling leaves, winter frosts and year-round bird and squirrel crap.

Wig

vaio wrote: »

Just to clarify….is this a tree on neighbours property which overhangs your property and drips sap on to your car whilst it is parked on your property?

Apparently it does not overhang, and the sap or honey-dew (we have not determined which yet) blows over the fence onto the car.

Wig

ozvaldinho wrote: »

It's not actually tree sap causing the problem, it's exploding aphids.

The tree is an evergreen. Doesn't that suggest conifer? In which case it might be sap.

cyclonebri1

ozvaldinho wrote: »

It's not actually tree sap causing the problem, it's exploding aphids. I don't know the exact technical details, but apparently certain trees attract or host billions of certain aphids at this time of year. These aphids gorge themselves on tree sap and a proportion of them explode after over-indulging, this 'sap' is actually aphid guts. Lime trees are a particular problem this time of year, unfortunately some of my motors are kept in the drive of a historic building where the trees are protected with preservation orders.

My solution...go to Halfords and buy a cover for your car. Takes a minute or two with practice and is useful at the other times of year when trees are a pain, ie spring blossom, summer aphids, autumn conkers/acorns/beechnuts/falling leaves, winter frosts and year-round bird and squirrel crap.

Wow, exploding aphids:cool: sounds plausible enough. Sensible action would be a carport/cover, carport more expensive but much, much more practicle.;)