Bill from neighbours for tree damage

eastcott5

We have very large poplars in the house behind us. if they fall on our house in high winds we have to claim on our insurance unless we can prove they are negligent/ haven't cut them for several years. So your neighbours need to look to their insurance not yours. What happened to the wood/logs?. My son has just paid £80+ for a large white heaped builders sack of cut and chopped logs. I thought that if you chopped of a neighbours tree that was over your garden then you had to give it back. In theory that wood is yours - so bill them for 3 sacks worth.
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lesanne115

Your neighbour should have gone through his insurance company as the tree landed in his garden. It is then his insurance company job to contact your insurance company to reclaim the money. He has no right to act alone and foot you with the bill especially without consultation with you. I would tell him to get in touch with his insurance company who probably will advise him that he should not have acted alone. Sounds like a con the me whos to say hes not sharing the money with his mate! Good luck

SeaLion_2

There is large monetary value in the logs that the neighbour has kept, probably several hundred pounds' worth. Taking it from your property is theft.
As for actually paying for them to cut down your trees and remove the fallen one - you have no liability to pay, and even if you did, that's why you have insurance.

This isn't even a money saving moral dilemma - there are clear legal guidelines around this situation.

The fact that you have paid anything at all - personally I dislike being taken for a mug, but I guess some people don't mind! But then again, they say money isn't everything....

grahamb_2

tree on his land
he ordered the work
he did not consult you
seems pretty straight forward to me!

As this counts as fall overs (like apples) I think he is duty bound to offer the wood back to you!

Robin_Davies

You were available but were not consulted, it was not an emergency and you have no contract with the tree surgeon.

Do nothing and see what their religious beliefs tell them to do next.

Keep copies of everything that happens. Record phone calls, photograph text messages, and insist that all communication on the matter is in writing.

Let them take you to Small Claims, enter a defence when requested, but have to hand some estimates from other tree surgeons and be ready to settle out of court for that amount prior to the hearing, to avoid going to judgement.

Your neighbour has behaved unreasonably, so call their bluff for now. But settle on a reasonable amount if you think it best, as the Judge will want to see that you have behaved reasonably throughout.

Let us know the outcome.

4311486Sheila

Hi - last Autumn we had five trees cut down in our front and back gardens - all really huge and difficult. Tree man and his assistant took full day (8am start and finished at 5.15pm) to complete the job but did not charge anywhere near your bill. We are in Hampshire and it was a regular business that I got from trusted people site. I would definitely not pay.

ptrichardson

Is this a joke?

They didn't knock on your door and give you the opportunity to resolve the issue, but instead took it upon themselves to hire someone to do the job.

And add to that, someone that they just happened to know - isn't that convenient. Oh, and now the bill is extortionate, how very interesting.

For all they knew, you could have done this work yourself, or had a friend do it as a favour.

But they didn't give you that opportunity - and so, it becomes their issue.

Don't pay a penny.


I can't believe they didn't even knock on your door. Or failing that, put a letter through your door giving you 24hrs to resolve the matter.

gaving7095

Personally, no way would I pay.
It's absolutely unfair & unacceptable for you to pay for a service which you weren't given any say in choosing, or any quote for.

Now I know this will sound harsh but as your neighbours don't speak to you anyway then why worry about keeping things sweet with them?

Also, what kind of "religious beliefs" prevent you from talking to your neighbours? That sounds simply unsociable to me.

Mojisola

gaving7095 wrote: »

Also, what kind of "religious beliefs" prevent you from talking to your neighbours? That sounds simply unsociable to me.

This sect keep themselves to themselves. They will talk to neighbours but a man would want to talk to a man, not to the second-class citizen who lives with him.

meknowalot-51

You should be suing them for tresspass and damage to your portion of the trees.As for the tree falling on their garden,it has nothing to do with you,it's an act of god.What if the tree fell and killed someone,are you responsible?.........of course not.Cutting the trees down without consulting you is not the right thing to do.My advice to you is this,seek legal advice and make it clear to your neigbours that if they persist in you paying for their vandalism and tresspass then you will sue.