Chopped tree down, neighbour saying we damaged property

2bFrank

This is utterly vile, you're a Neighbourhood Terrorist in my eyes.

You had the choice of not touching the .... and just saying "whatever" and going indoors to let them stew in their own p155 and garden ....

You need to learn to walk away.

I think we have gone off topic here, we know what we did was wrong, we tried to walk away but we just did something stupid. However, in saying that, all his other neighbours have thanked him, as the family have been a pain for a while, and he hasn't heard a peep from them since.

Davesnave

2bFrank wrote: »

I think we have gone off topic here....

Indeed.

It was a small tree, unlikely to have an effect on anyone's foundations, and now it's gone.

The End.

Gigervamp

2bFrank wrote: »

Myself and my mate are not chavs. We are quite educated.....(there house backs on to my mates) unfortunately we did go down to there level though when she started to hit us, guess there is a little chav in us.

But not educated enough to use the correct word.

mysterymurdoch

There's no way a 6ft plant would have an impact on anyone's foundations. I've been out hoiking up 20-30ft conifers and tend to take 1-2hrs per stump. A 6ft thing would take 2 swings of a mattock.

Roots - not even worth having a discussion about roots and so on. The only issue is a stupid neighbour looking for a fight. Definitely just ignore them.

prosaver

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Ah, the Voice Of Reason...

Just for that, I'm off to cut down and burn all my ash trees - and I have a few of them too!

Bet it's bleeding Brussels again, telling us wot we can or cant do an the like. If only there was a way we could show our displeasure at all them expats... experts, rather, some way to demonstrate our... Oh... right!

It use to bother me when people reply to me like that, now im not 4rsed.


I knew someone who trimmed a neighbours tree


as it was blocking the light and it was a Ash tree,

which in our area has a tree protection order:D
Check out your local council to see it applies.

https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/article/408686/Tree-preservation-orders
20k fine if you get caught.... they might google earth you

Cakeguts

She is too late! If she wanted to complain about foundation issues she needed to do it while the tree was still there. You can't complain about ex trees.

quotememiserable

prosaver wrote: »

as it was blocking the light and it was a Ash tree,
which in our area has a tree protection order

So you're saying that because one ash tree had a TPO on it, that therefore they all do?

Davesnave

All the TPOs in the world wont protect ash trees once they get the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, which causes a disease called chalara die-back.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/30/ash-dieback-trees-2018

Some areas look like they will lose most of theirs fairly soon.

The vast majority of ash trees have no protection in law.

bouicca21

Round my way we have self seeded ash saplings in abundance. I don't think twice about pulling the pesky things out.

pimento

2bFrank wrote: »

I think we have gone off topic here, we know what we did was wrong, we tried to walk away but we just did something stupid. However, in saying that, all his other neighbours have thanked him, as the family have been a pain for a while, and he hasn't heard a peep from them since.

When I read some of the problem neighbour stories here I do wonder whether going nuclear is the only way to take away their upper hand. Some people just have to have their fortune told.
I bet your friend doesn't hear another peep.