Are my neighbours tree ‘surgeons’ allowed to jump the fence into my garden?

Cabincrewcasey

Slithery said:

lookstraightahead said:

When I moved house once an elderly gentleman used to use my garden to tend next doors flowers. Should I have phoned the police? 

Stocks and shackles, definitely.

Sounds kinky, not sure if she saw him in that light tho ;-)

tasticz

Merry Xmas everyone a good read 

lookstraightahead

There's a street lamp opposite our house, with a big tree next to it. We live semi rurally and sometimes people take shelter there in the rain. When it's dark, the lamp casts a shadow on the tree and any figure, so it's quite scary when I look out and close my curtains. 

eidand

If this discussion has shown anything is that some people are ok with it and some aren't. I wouldn't be too quick to judge others.

The fact remains, access is needed over someone else's property that does not give anyone a right to do what they want when they want, unless it's written in a contract / lease.

Private property needs to be respected and treated as such. I do not like a situation like this and would kick them out straight away.

All I ask is that I am informed who needs to do what, when, how long it takes and how many people will be on my property. I would then lay out the conditions, like for example do not walk over the grass, stick to this area etc etc. A lot of tradespeople have no respect for someone else's property and have no issue ruining someone's grass for example.

That's it, ask and if the owner is not home then they need to stay away. It is not the owner's problem that whoever needs stuff done did not have enough common sense to come and tell them about it BEFORE anyone turned up.

lookstraightahead

eidand said:

If this discussion has shown anything is that some people are ok with it and some aren't. I wouldn't be too quick to judge others.

The fact remains, access is needed over someone else's property that does not give anyone a right to do what they want when they want, unless it's written in a contract / lease.

Private property needs to be respected and treated as such. I do not like a situation like this and would kick them out straight away.

All I ask is that I am informed who needs to do what, when, how long it takes and how many people will be on my property. I would then lay out the conditions, like for example do not walk over the grass, stick to this area etc etc. A lot of tradespeople have no respect for someone else's property and have no issue ruining someone's grass for example.

That's it, ask and if the owner is not home then they need to stay away. It is not the owner's problem that whoever needs stuff done did not have enough common sense to come and tell them about it BEFORE anyone turned up.

Like you say, some people are ok with it, some aren't. I'm ok with it. I've more of an issue with noisy neighbours 

maisie_cat

eidand said:

If this discussion has shown anything is that some people are ok with it and some aren't. I wouldn't be too quick to judge others.

The fact remains, access is needed over someone else's property that does not give anyone a right to do what they want when they want, unless it's written in a contract / lease.

Private property needs to be respected and treated as such. I do not like a situation like this and would kick them out straight away.

All I ask is that I am informed who needs to do what, when, how long it takes and how many people will be on my property. I would then lay out the conditions, like for example do not walk over the grass, stick to this area etc etc. A lot of tradespeople have no respect for someone else's property and have no issue ruining someone's grass for example.

That's it, ask and if the owner is not home then they need to stay away. It is not the owner's problem that whoever needs stuff done did not have enough common sense to come and tell them about it BEFORE anyone turned up.

I must admit that I work on the basis that be a good neighbour is a two way street and sometimes involves just letting it go.
My FIL is a cantankerous old sod of a neighbour, complaining about his "rights" because sometimes people park across his drive and over the grass.
One day he'll need help and find it hard to find, I've told I think life it too short to worry about such small things, grass grows again, but neighbourly relations not so much.

michael1234

turnitround said:

Im amazed at how many posters say they would call the police in these circumstances. 

Even if the police did have time to attend they would not be very impressed to get there to find someone saying 'These are workmen from next door and they didn't ask first'.

What a complete waste of police time.

I disagree and would phone the police without a doubt.

lookstraightahead

We live in old houses and someone is always having some kind of work doing. Often you don't know what access will be needed. Whoever is in tends to make them cups of tea.

lookstraightahead

michael1234 said:

turnitround said:

Im amazed at how many posters say they would call the police in these circumstances. 

Even if the police did have time to attend they would not be very impressed to get there to find someone saying 'These are workmen from next door and they didn't ask first'.

What a complete waste of police time.

I disagree and would phone the police without a doubt.

So you know what they are there for, so what would you want the outcome to be? And then what if one of your pipes burst in an emergency and access next door was needed? 

user1977

michael1234 said:

turnitround said:

Im amazed at how many posters say they would call the police in these circumstances. 

Even if the police did have time to attend they would not be very impressed to get there to find someone saying 'These are workmen from next door and they didn't ask first'.

What a complete waste of police time.

I disagree and would phone the police without a doubt.

What would you suspect the four men with the tree lopper might be up to?