neighbours tree is starting to block the view of the valley from my house

Davesnave

lstar337 wrote: »

I would rather look at a green valley, than a London skyline!

I didn't choose the location. I'm not into urban sprawl.

However, it's not all about distance and 'nature' either. I once lived on the edge of Exmoor, with views over many miles of landscape, yet it was a very boring view. The foreground was mainly acres of soft rush, so there we welcomed the few trees nearby, and even the movement created by sheep!

If the OP loses this view, she could decide to spend time improving her garden, thus making a view that no one can take from her. Interesting and beautiful foregrounds are probably more important than distant horizons.

SaverSims

Ask your local councillor to help start negotiations. My husband, a councillor, is often asked to intervene in such situations. (And has a 100% success rate!)

poplarkin

PollySouthend wrote: »

it's just selfish and inconsiderate. "*I* want a tree - so *you* have to live with it".

Agreed, that view has been shown by some people here.

The offending trees are merging with the hedgerow and about 4-5ft from the boundry.

They don't look like leandai trees, but they are pretty ordinary (and ugly IMO) conifers.

I might give the council a call, doubt they will be much use but under the hedge row act I kind of have a case.

I know I can't really compromise with him, all I can offer is to stop buging him,but seing as he's retired, selfish and unpleasant its probably the highlight of his day when I politely ask him if I can pay to get his tree trimmed. Trempted to spray the top with weedkiller in the winter, just a bit.

No good spraying the tops in the winter. Most trees will be dormant and won't take the spray in. Research chemical injection with glyphosate.!!!

nickj_2

PollySouthend wrote: »

it's just selfish and inconsiderate. "*I* want a tree - so *you* have to live with it".

Agreed, that view has been shown by some people here.

The offending trees are merging with the hedgerow and about 4-5ft from the boundry.

They don't look like leandai trees, but they are pretty ordinary (and ugly IMO) conifers.

I might give the council a call, doubt they will be much use but under the hedge row act I kind of have a case.

I know I can't really compromise with him, all I can offer is to stop buging him,but seing as he's retired, selfish and unpleasant its probably the highlight of his day when I politely ask him if I can pay to get his tree trimmed. Trempted to spray the top with weedkiller in the winter, just a bit.

are you yourself being selfish and inconsiderate asking someone to chop their tree so you can have a view when it's clear they don't want to, it seems to be a bit of the pot calling the kettle black

if you wanted a house with a view , you should have consulted the nieghbour before you purchased or bought a house with a clear uninterrupted view

there seems to be a lot of suggestions involving criminal damage , so i'm not sure why these haven't been removed

Dan-Dan

Yet I got a forum warning for daring to suggest two posters suggesting various illegal actions , were crazy......

zipdip

if this tree upsets you so much then I would pay to have a guy dig down just on your side of the fence and very near the tree,and see if he can find one of the roots ,and then cut into the root and pour rootout into it and the will tree die,you are allowed to remove or kill any roots that are getting the way of a ornamental pond you are thinking of putting in,you have said the boundary hedge is 12 ft high well that is way over the maximum height allowed get the council on that as well.

rustyboy21

Idiophreak wrote: »

Is that a serious question?

If you had a 4th bedroom and then you knocked it down, would you say

"How does removing a bedroom take 25% off the price of your house, when the people viewing it, never saw the room in the first place?"

People pay good money for a house with a nice view, whether it be of a valley, a sea-view or a cityscape. Remove the view, remove the value.

...and the 25% figure I quoted was based on the removal of light more than the removal of a view, I've no idea how much the impact on OPs value has been....

Yes it is a serious question.

Removing a bedroom, is a quantifiable thing. If all the houses in your street were 4 bedroom and you removed one of them, then it would be reasonable to assume that it would affect the price of your house. You are offering your house at the same price as one in your road with an extra bedroom.

Trees are totally different. They grow. You could plant a tree in your garden, when you first bought it. You paid ,say £100k for the house.
25 years later, the tree is 20 foot high and is blocking maybe a view of a valley. Only you know that you used to have a view of the valley, no prospective buyer does. With inflation/price increases, you sell your house for £200k. That is not a 25% reduction in house price. Even if you sold your house 5 years later, the tree may have blocked some of the view, but still, the prospective buyer doesn't know the tree hasn't always been there and is blocking the view and you still will sell your house at an increase on the price.

A tree will not affect the house price, unless it is right next door to your house and is causing building issues.
Your argument is totally flawed.

Arguing with your neighbour about not cutting down a tree, which has been there since before you moved in and then taking a threatening stance will harm your sale more than the damn tree! Question '' Do you have any issues with any of your neighbours'' Answer '' Err No'' may come back and bite you on the !!!!, not declaring any neighbour issues

Fitzmichael

If it's really close, there'll be plenty of root under your lawn or whatever, so you could pour lots of a strong poison onto the area on your side. If you want to protect your lawn, you could dig down and carefully remove the top level of grass and turf. Then pour in the poison and leave it for a week or so. Lay some heavy duty plastic and replace the turf; water and feed it. Watch the tree to see if anything happens with the foliage. If so, you could repeat the process during the winter.

Davesnave

Fitzmichael wrote: »

If it's really close

Ah, but it isn't.

Next.........!

gwapenut

I can't believe people are inciting criminal damage / poisoning trees for a tree that is on somebody else's private property.