Ownership of hedge

ronnyb_2

Not sure if this is in the right forum but has anyone any knowledge about ownership of hedges. Looking at my house from the front there is a long hedge between mine and the house next door on the left. The neighbours say that it's my responsibility and the previous owners used to cut both sides. There's nothing on my deeds to show the hedge either on the plan or in writing.

Jayar

Sorry, haven't got a clue, but you could try asking here
http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/
TBH, if they were to say it was my responsibility, I'd whip it out - but that's just me cutting off my nose to spite my face

wen2202

couldn't tell you whoose responsibility it would be but down the right side of my house is about 150 foot of privet hedge about 4 foot thick.
it is cared for between myself and my neighbour, he does his side and i do mine.
if it was a fence they wouldn't tell you to come and paint it would they????

lazy so and so's, tell them to cut it themselves.

Solomon_Broad

Whose boundary is it?

olly300

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

Whose boundary is it?

Not really the point.

Put it another way- lots of people have trees, bushes etc at the back of their gardens which grow over the fence onto the neighbour's land. How many people go into the neighbour's garden to prune/cut these plants?

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/trees.html

RAS

Hi

Is the hedge inside your boundary? If so you cut it, both sides.

Does the hedge form the boundary bwteen the two houses. If so, there should be something in your deeds. Alternatively, there may be something in next doors deeds that says you are responsible?

olly300

RAS wrote: »

Hi

Is the hedge inside your boundary? If so you cut it, both sides.

Does the hedge form the boundary bwteen the two houses. If so, there should be something in your deeds. Alternatively, there may be something in next doors deeds that says you are responsible?

Legally the OP has no right to access next door's land without their permission.

Next door can cut the hedge which is on their property but are not allowed to kill the hedge. They also legally have the right to return the bits cut off to the OP if the hedge is his/hers.

See link I posted.

GreenPete

As has already been said, the hedge belongs to the property that it has it's roots in, so it depends on where your boundary is.
If the hedge is your property then you have no responsibility for cutting your neighbours side. They are free to cut it up to the boundary line if they wish, and as the hedge is your property they are entitled to give the cuttings back to you. As for the height, your neighbour has a right to light and not the right to a view so they can't dictate how high it should be. The right to light is for the house, if you do let it grow up and block light getting into the house then you will have to cut it, if it's the garden it's shading then the height is your choice.

ronnyb_2

Thanks all, it's not clear exactly where the boundary between the 2 houses is I've looked on the deeds and there's no measurements or anything to point to an exact dividing line. The hedge is equidistant between the 2 houses.