Request to trim tree in garden

Dimey

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Sometimes TPOs cover large areas or even whole estates rather than a single tree, No one has mentioned checking the search, and they cover all trees in the area, even non native species, you have to jump through hoops to fell a tree in the area.

Any more posts you want to make on something you obviously know very little about?[/QUOTE]


OK - I was nice on my last post because anyone can make a mistake and your post about conifer's picked me up nicely.

But now.... There's no need to be rude.

I gave information to the best of my knowledge of my own TPO's and my own Fir trees.

I expected the OP would gather people's opinions and form her own. I expected she'd go off to get professional assistance if she deemed it necessary. I had the best of intentions. No there are no more posts I want to make.

Leif

asharon wrote: »

I would say yes they can coppice them to let more light into their garden but at their expense and a height that you agree to.

After all it's for their benefit alone.

You can't coppice conifers, only hardwoods such as Oak, Beech and Hazel.

Leif

Dimey wrote: »

Well a fir tree is a conifer, so is a pine. I'm not clever enough to tell exactly what you've got there.

Conifer just means its a tree that doesn't lose its leaves in the winter as opposed to deciduous trees that do :-)

Not so. An evergreen tree is one that keeps its leaves over winter. A conifer is a tree which bears cones. A Camellia is not a conifer but it is evergreen. A Holly is evergreen, but not a conifer.

Leif

I doubt one tall thin tree is a nuisance, or even two maybe. There are some very tall conifers round here. You do get some shade, but since the sun moves, only a small area is in permanent shade, which is not a bad thing as some plants such as Gaultheria procumbens thrive in shade. I would not want one oak or one beech near me though, they are big beggars. Not much grows beneath a beech tree.

booter

From the pictures it looks like the house at the bottom of your garden is lower than yours - they live down the hill so to speak. Which would make the trees from their angle appear much taller than from yours/your neighbours angle. If I lived in the lower house, I'd want them trimming too, but if I lived in your house, I'd want them as a screen, so would only trim them to just above the height of their roof, from my eye level iyswim!

However, it's all a bit of a moot point at the moment as they're asking the wrong person - IMO your next door neighbour's trees are more invasive than yours.

I think I'd feel inclined to write an A4 letter back, explaining that only one tree is on your land, just moved in so serious funding issues etc and that if they want to come and have a look, they're welcome to do so, you don't bite (unless of course you do, in which case warn them of that:rotfl:) Assuming their letter is polite, chances are they wrote first to gauge your response/demeanor - I'd have been more upset if they'd come knocking on the door making demands.

bunberry

booter wrote: »

From the pictures it looks like the house at the bottom of your garden is lower than yours - they live down the hill so to speak. Which would make the trees from their angle appear much taller than from yours/your neighbours angle. If I lived in the lower house, I'd want them trimming too, but if I lived in your house, I'd want them as a screen, so would only trim them to just above the height of their roof, from my eye level iyswim!

No our houses are on level ground. It only looks like theirs is lower because they took the pic on ground floor, whereas mine was taken from our first floor.

booter wrote: »

I'd have been more upset if they'd come knocking on the door making demands.

Well... the disadvantage of that is since we're inexperienced, we'd probably agree to something unreasonable without realising when put on the spot. But I agree an essay of what is mostly fluff is a little over the top.

cyclonebri1

Apologises for not having read it all but 2 things come to mind, 1stly, your neighbours trees are a much bigger issue than yours.

You really should make an effort to get on with your neighbour to the rear, all neighbours infact.

And just about everything anyone else have said.

But here's the rub, who in their right might would put something like that in writing without 1st having approached the person in person.

That action has almost circumvented any need you have to good neighbourliness.

I would do nothing, get to know all the neighbours, get the feel of things, see who else has a "problem" with them and then decide but only after talking otherwise you are no better than they.

On a personnal note, my neighbours don't like my trees, unfortunately they were there when the estate to my rear was built, they are 10ft inside my boundary, well kept and safe, and also 25ft tall. They are staying

paddy's_mum

They might have written in the first instance because they can then consider what is said ... especially if one or both of the neighbours have a tendency to be verbally a bit of a bull in a china shop!

There might well have been no intention at all of appearing aloof, or intimidating. I frequently advise putting a point of view down on paper so that the recipient has time to consider what has been said rather than getting the wrong end of the stick during a misheard conversation.

As a keen gardener myself, I wouldn't much like that lot looming over my plot especially as much nicer plants could be growing there, which all the houses that see them could enjoy too. (Think...Liquidamber, crab apple, winter flowering cherry, hawthorn, maple...)

Biggles

You are really taking this too seriously.

Whatever you did to your tree would make no difference, it's the four (or more?) trees in your neighbour's garden that are the problem. Sit back and see whether or not he does anything; if he does, and if you are so inclined, you might decide to ask his man to cut your tree down too.

Meanwhile, if the letter-writer gets in touch again, just tell him, nicely, what you are doing and why.

cyclonebri1

Biggles wrote: »

You are really taking this too seriously.

Whatever you did to your tree would make no difference, it's the four (or more?) trees in your neighbour's garden that are the problem. Sit back and see whether or not he does anything; if he does, and if you are so inclined, you might decide to ask his man to cut your tree down too.

Meanwhile, if the letter-writer gets in touch again, just tell him, nicely, what you are doing and why.

And take it away??, (yes)

To be honest that's a very good point, and when they realise the cost (to them), it will likely be less important.;)