Problem neighbour over my trees

sunshinetours

Cuttings should be "offered" back to the owner not automatically given back. Natural falls of fruit, leaves etc are for the recipient to dispose of. if he doesn't like it then he should cut back any overhanging branches to the boundary

anggrrr

paddedjohn wrote: »

He put a note through the door, the seeds were left on the door step.

nope, in a bag in the letterbox with the note.

anggrrr

paddedjohn wrote: »

Fair play I miss read that but as far as I'm aware any fruit or branches that fall from a neighbours tree belong to to them and have to be returned.

It doesn't overhang his garden though. You cannot make people responsible for every piece of garden detritus that blows from their garden, it's not reasonable or practicable.

As for being in his shoes. I am, the trees shed into my garden too and if the huge garage wasn't in the way they would have been dealt with before the bad autumn weather set in. He has a tree in his garden right in that corner that sheds into my garden, also ivy that grows over that tree and over my wall, but I'm not calling at his house with it in a bag! I'm going to get it pruned at the same time at my own expense.

moneyistooshorttomention

Another take on this is that, from where I'm standing, I can perfectly well understand the neighbour being annoyed about the trees and maybe his insurance company are "breathing down his neck" to take action against the tree owner (ie yourself) because of the height of them.

Best to save yourself/your insurance company ever being at risk of having to pay out a claim because they are too tall to be so near his house and just remove the trees now.

In his position, I would not be able to understand why I hadnt been given a definite date the trees would be removed or why the garage was being dealt with first. I understand the necessity to remove an asbestos garage - but nothing will change on that point if it takes a few weeks or even a few months to have it removed. The trees, on the other hand, will carry on constantly being a nuisance to him until the day after they are removed.

Errr...you are planning to use specialist asbestos contractors to deal with the garage dismantling are you? Just saying.....as a nearby house to mine gave me hysterics when they were removing a similar garage recently and I could see it was a bunch of obvious amateurs throwing this asbestos round everywhere - right near my house and lungs. They soon found out just how well my lungs function for yelling at them purposes when I spotted that going on and they got told off about lack of concern for health and safety in no uncertain terms:rotfl:. (I may normally speak in a "nice voice" and use my manners - but they soon found out there that I can do "Eastenders Fishwife" when I'm put at risk....). I still dont understand just why they were so unconcerned about the neighbours' health that they used amateurs (particularly in these litigation-conscious times). Probably fortunate for them that I didn't have a camera handy to take photos of them doing it just in case I ever needed it....:cool: - but your neighbour may well have a digital camera and take and keep photos if the job isn't being done properly and he is being put at risk.

Mojisola

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

In his position, I would not be able to understand why I hadnt been given a definite date the trees would be removed or why the garage was being dealt with first.

The neighbour has no rights in this issue at all!

A neighbour who demanded a definite date if I was sorting out a new house with all the unexpected problems that might arise and the need to be careful with money would get very short shrift indeed.

missile

I would put the seeds and note through his letterbox. Give this bully an inch and he will think he can boss you around thereafter.

moneyistooshorttomention

Mojisola wrote: »

The neighbour has no rights in this issue at all!

A neighbour who demanded a definite date if I was sorting out a new house with all the unexpected problems that might arise and the need to be careful with money would get very short shrift indeed.

I should have phrased that a bit differently perhaps.

What I meant was that, if I were the neighbour, I wouldnt be "demanding" the due date of removal - I would be politely waiting expectantly for the new owner to tell me that date without being prompted.

I say this as someone who is prepared to buy a new house with a problem tree or trees there - provided they are in MY garden and MY property. In that case - I would be going round to apologise to my new neighbours personally that they had had to put up with the tree/s concerned for however long they had been there and telling them the date I would be having them removed myself - as "I don't intend to keep the tree's myself and I have already arranged for them to go - the guy will be coming in on 15 April (or whatever the date the following month was that I had arranged with the contractor). I apologise it will take me 2/3/4 weeks to do this - but I only moved in last week and the contractor is booked up for the next couple of weeks".

Hope that clarifies:D

(NB: I am working on the basis that I will be trying to get on with my new neighbours from the outset and certainly ready to meet "reasonable requests" - which I think this is. I'm already planning on knocking on the doors of mine "bearing gifts" and asking for contact details of any good local workmen they know).

Mojisola

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I say this as someone who is prepared to buy a new house with a problem tree or trees there - provided they are in MY garden and MY property.

In that case - I would be going round to apologise to my new neighbours personally that they had had to put up with the tree/s concerned for however long they had been there and telling them the date I would be having them removed myself

What if they say "But we love the trees!"

(Joking!:rotfl:)

Ivana_Tinkle

The greatest victory you can give this kind of person is to get drawn into an utterly pointless argument with them over a subject on which you both actually agree!

Norman_Castle

I would throw any seeds delivered to you back over his fence, just to keep him busy.