Removing Leylandii hedge boundary

victoriavictorious

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Given that you haven't even bought the property yet, I'd be putting very polite pressure on the sellers to deal with this themselves, before contracts are exchanged.

I'm all for avoiding rows, confrontation and upset but they are the soppy so-and-so's who planted them in the first place, who have sat back and watched them grow to daft proportions and now seem to expect someone else to deal with the ongoing problem and foot the bill for it into the bargain!

Your choice, and I completely understand that a person can fall in love with a house but can't they see the unfairness and at least offer you a golden handshake of some sort? Good luck.

Of course you are absolutely right in all you say.
However.... as finding an affordable property to purchase in this particular location (that we had been planning to do for years) has been such a total and utter nightmare, now that we *have* finally found one, we dare not do anything to delay this move / rock the boat and risk losing our only opportunity.
Our buyers have been very patient and are waiting to exchange; we are almost there. We have already had 2 purchases fall through, so if this were to fall through too, our plans would be gone forever; there are no other houses we can afford to buy in that location and we could not face going through all this again for a 4th time!
The house was a great price, it's what we want, and even though dealing with this hedge is a darn nuisance that we could well have done without, tbh, nevertheless we are still happy to pay and get it sorted out ourselves. !!!128522;

Davesnave

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Given that you haven't even bought the property yet, I'd be putting very polite pressure on the sellers to deal with this themselves, before contracts are exchanged.

Sometimes this approach might be appropriate.


In this case, because the council officer's own prejudices might allow different interpretations of the guidance, it would be best to deal with them personally.

Norman_Castle

victoriavictorious wrote: »

Just found out that because it's a conservation area, we *will* need to make an official application to the council!

If the trees are only a few years old its unlikely there will be an objection. You could argue removing them conserves the area as it has been for previous decades.