what would you say

I_have_spoken

what do you all think

Sounds like you know all your rights, but nothing about your responsibilities

cazxx1

Sounds like you know all your rights, but nothing about your responsibilities...is here any need for this

Bogof_Babe

tulip12 wrote: »

My son has trees which he cuts back as much as he can but his neighbour cuts the overhanging ones from his garden and just dumps them in my sons garden a few times every year, (doesn't ask) I don't think there is anything my son can do about it so he just collects it up to keep the peace. .....Neighbours

Perhaps your son could ask for access to the neighbour's garden to trim that side of HIS (your son's) trees while he is doing his own side.

For 25 years our neighbour over the back let his enormous conifers grow a couple of feet a year, straggling untidily over the top of our 6' fence, and every year my husband had to get his ladder and electric hedge cutter out to cut them back, otherwise they would have grown out of control. They blocked our light in any case, so the bigger they got the more overshadowed our garden and back windows became. It used to take about five bags (paid for by us) to dispose of the trimmings, even when they were well cut down. He didn't offer them to the neighbour as I know what reaction we'd have had, but if any fell on his side while cutting, that was his hard luck. From their side they wouldn't even be able to see the overgrowth on our side, so we were doing them a favour really.

A few months ago he finally cut them down and put his own fence up in their place. Just as well, as my husband is getting too old to be climbing about on ladders wielding an electrical saw. This is the best thing that has happened to us this year! :T

Daisymaisy

The trees are causing your neighbour nuisance through no fault of their own. If they cut them and dispose of them you would be unaware of the nuisance. The least you can do is offer to dispose of the branches that they have to remove to keep your garden out of theirs.
It is no secret how big these trees can get, my neighbour's conifer, planted right up against the fence was at one point growing at least 2 meters into my garden causing that part of my garden to be really dark. At about 40ft+ tall I was only able to trim to a certain height before it became dangerous for me to reach any higher. The good news is they had it removed earlier this year, the not so good news for them was that it cost them £400.