Neighbours tree blocking light

unforeseen

Or he refuses entry to anybody wanting to work on it. 
Tenant is entitled to quiet enjoyment and it also hinges on his contract with reference to responsibility for the garden. 

LL could possibly need to go to court to get access for something like this as it is a major disruption to the tenants use of HIS garden. 

wksd

chrisw said:

theonlywayisup said:

DCFC79 said:

theonlywayisup said:

It's a long thread so apologies if this is mentioned, but has the OP actually asked the owner of the house if the tree can be felled?

Didn't actually ask but a note was given to the neighbour.

I thought I read the note was given to the tenant, not the owner?

I was thinking the same thing. Protected tenant or not, surely the decision over the tree is up to the landlord.

 If the landlord doesn't want to upset the tenant, that's fine, But if they agree to you paying to have the tree trimmed I don't see the tenant has a say in it. He either keeps his protected status with a reduced tree or moves.

Sorry for delay in response.

We didn't know who the landlord was, so we did ask the tenant that but he refused to tell us (fair) and then questioned if we owned our property, I think this hit a nerve so I didn't pry. Instead, we found the landlord through Land Registry - he seems fair but doesn't want to upset the tenant. 

Right to quiet enjoyment...didn't think of that. Does this mean that the tenant can refuse the landlord access if, say, the landlord had decided to trim the tree himself?

The old man probably does have health issues, given his strange behaviour. However, he will not talk to me alone as I am a woman - something he has stated a few times, so I always have to ensure my husband is home who is a key worker so out during the day.

Mistral001 said:

wksd said:

-taff said:

Your entire first post is all about how much your house is worth, how little the property next door is as if you paying full price for a house entitles you to doing what you like. Your neighbour doesn't want to chop the trees down, he's told you that. Short of sneaking in there at the dead of night and doing it yourself, you don't have any option where you get to do what you want to do.

If, as you allude to, you had made friends with him, why didn't you just ask him? I'd have been annoyed that a new neighbour, after having chatted, was too spineless to come and ask me about the trees and sent a note instead.

And I would have said no too, just because....It doesn't matter if he verbally abuses you, who cares? It doesn't matter if he verbally abuses his neighbours, you have no idea what they do to him. Maybe they jump and down on the ceiling, maybe they annoy him, it's nothing to do with you. Sticks and stones. If he physically abuses you, then you have a right to be affronted

We wrote a note because 1) it is the council guideline on dealing with neighbour's trees and 2) CORONAVIRUS????

1)  Then council's guidelines were misguided.  Writing notes, no matter how politely written, can be seen as "meaning business" and strike fear into some people.   2)  Good reason for writing a note, but did you mention in the note that was your reason for writing instead of talking?  

Yes we said we put the note in due to Coronavirus restrictions and also offered some help with his shopping if he needed etc.