Rights with neighbours overhanging trees?

M00nface

Thanks! Yes have tried to be very informal about it and making sure we have everything in writing if needed, he said he will get back to me in a week. I am just hoping he sees it is a nuisance to us and it might be better for him to have them cut remover or reasonably trimmed as he doesn't even live there to cause less issues in future. Ideally we would not want to take things further as would like to obviously maintain a decent relationship with neighbours in our first home.

happyc84

Hi, did the OP say how long they have lived there; if its a relatively short time would the survey if done have picked this up.  Good luck with the landlord and you are within your rights to cut back the branches that are within your property.

M00nface

happyc84 said:

Hi, did the OP say how long they have lived there; if its a relatively short time would the survey if done have picked this up.  Good luck with the landlord and you are within your rights to cut back the branches that are within your property.

Sorry didn't realise I had further replies. Since February we have lived here, so not long, we only had a valuation survey with this property. Unfortunately the landlord has informed me they are facing personal issues and won't be looking into this anytime soon so I guess all we can do in meantime is cut what's on our boundary.

TELLIT01

M00nface said:

happyc84 said:

Hi, did the OP say how long they have lived there; if its a relatively short time would the survey if done have picked this up.  Good luck with the landlord and you are within your rights to cut back the branches that are within your property.

Sorry didn't realise I had further replies. Since February we have lived here, so not long, we only had a valuation survey with this property. Unfortunately the landlord has informed me they are facing personal issues and won't be looking into this anytime soon so I guess all we can do in meantime is cut what's on our boundary.

You could ask if they would agree to you removing the tree if you covered all the costs, if you can afford that.  The tree to the right would be the one worrying me as that is obviously far closer to the property.  Is that the one you want to cut back / remove.

Rosa_Damascena

TELLIT01 said:

M00nface said:

happyc84 said:

Hi, did the OP say how long they have lived there; if its a relatively short time would the survey if done have picked this up.  Good luck with the landlord and you are within your rights to cut back the branches that are within your property.

Sorry didn't realise I had further replies. Since February we have lived here, so not long, we only had a valuation survey with this property. Unfortunately the landlord has informed me they are facing personal issues and won't be looking into this anytime soon so I guess all we can do in meantime is cut what's on our boundary.

You could ask if they would agree to you removing the tree if you covered all the costs, if you can afford that.  The tree to the right would be the one worrying me as that is obviously far closer to the property.  Is that the one you want to cut back / remove.

That is the situation some of us are stuck with. Cheaper this way than ending up with subsidence part 2.

M00nface

TELLIT01 said:

M00nface said:

happyc84 said:

Hi, did the OP say how long they have lived there; if its a relatively short time would the survey if done have picked this up.  Good luck with the landlord and you are within your rights to cut back the branches that are within your property.

Sorry didn't realise I had further replies. Since February we have lived here, so not long, we only had a valuation survey with this property. Unfortunately the landlord has informed me they are facing personal issues and won't be looking into this anytime soon so I guess all we can do in meantime is cut what's on our boundary.

You could ask if they would agree to you removing the tree if you covered all the costs, if you can afford that.  The tree to the right would be the one worrying me as that is obviously far closer to the property.  Is that the one you want to cut back / remove.

Ideally both, the sycamore grows further out into our garden  and blocking most of the view from the back window while the conifer is actually sitting on the property itself, obviously from a structural concern it would be the conifer.

M00nface

Rosa_Damascena said:

TELLIT01 said:

M00nface said:

happyc84 said:

Hi, did the OP say how long they have lived there; if its a relatively short time would the survey if done have picked this up.  Good luck with the landlord and you are within your rights to cut back the branches that are within your property.

Sorry didn't realise I had further replies. Since February we have lived here, so not long, we only had a valuation survey with this property. Unfortunately the landlord has informed me they are facing personal issues and won't be looking into this anytime soon so I guess all we can do in meantime is cut what's on our boundary.

You could ask if they would agree to you removing the tree if you covered all the costs, if you can afford that.  The tree to the right would be the one worrying me as that is obviously far closer to the property.  Is that the one you want to cut back / remove.

That is the situation some of us are stuck with. Cheaper this way than ending up with subsidence part 2.

That is very true