Felled timber in house to be sold

jonewer

Hi all, the house I'm living in is about to be sold by my aunt and father.

The neighbours have asked if they can have some trees felled along the boundary and also asked if the felled timber can be left in situ on this plot.

Now some of these trees are huge, one has a trunk about 1m in diameter. Could they be sued by the buyer (offer accepted already) if they leave several tons of timber lying around?

clutton_2

Blooming cheek....... if they want the tree felled - then give them permission but let them pay for it and for disposal of the timber ....

if you want to keep the trees, keep the trees... your call.

bigstevex

I'd be careful, your buyers may love the idea of being surrounded by trees!! I'd check with them too :beer:

Hopejack

Yes, it could be that the buyers don't take too kindly to the trees missing when they move in! I too wouldn't be happy to have them lying around especially at that size. Surely the tree feller can dispose of the trees albeit at a cost to the neighbour.

vet8

The wood will be worth a fair bit, it does not need disposing of, it needs cutting up to sell.

shane42

did they ask for the carpets too ;-)

not_loaded

Assuming it is SSTC, the property needs to be left in its ‘as viewed’ and ‘as offered’ condition.

Auntie-Dolly

You also need to check if there are preservation orders on them

Wee_Willy_Harris

The thing with trees is that it's MUCH easier and quicker to make them smaller than it is to make them bigger.

GDB2222

Umm, just a thought: Is this a dispute of some sort? Are the trees a problem for the neighbours?

jonewer

Yes, the neighbours are whinging about them. Its not a dispute as such though.

I think my dad/aunt were very silly to give the OK for this when the house is going to be sold so soon.Should just wait for 2 months then its someone else's problem,