Neighbour asked us to trim the hedge

greensalad

I'm of the opposite opinion on this to everyone else it seems. I'd never dream of asking my neighbour to cut down a hedge on my side of the house just because it originated on his side. I'd just trim it if it was annoying me. Similarly, if he asked me to come round his house and trim down a hedge because it was annoying him I'd think... why can't you just do it yourself?

Unless the neighbours are elderly or otherwise incapable, I'd just say it's no problem if they want to trim it back.

Slinky

We had some neighbours who wouldn't stop hacking at our hedge at the front, crossing over the boundary onto our garden to do it and taking it back beyond the boundary on our side. It was turning into a weird shape. We told them to stop and they didn't. Would wait until we were out. So we let the hedge at the back grow higher than we wanted to shade their garden and get our own back. Bet they are as glad we moved as we were.

SadieO

tristanjourney said:

sevenhills said:

tristanjourney said:

Moving forward, my plan is to trim the hedge twice a year, which is what my gardener has advised. If the neighbour knock our door again a few weeks later because of the hedge, we will just kindly tell them that we will only trim it twice a year. If they want it to be trimmed sooner, then they can do it themselves on their side. We are happy to let them use the green bin to dispose the trimmed bits.

Your neighbour could trim it right back, to the point where it may not grow well, if they wish, it could turn brown.

A conifer hedge, I presume.

Before start the work, my gardener asked my neighbour and mentioned that cut back to the boundary will show the brown bits. My neighbour's response is that they want it to be green, so it's fine to not trim that much, and no need to be back to the boundary. My neighbour seems care more about the appearance/looking of the hedge on their side rather than "oh their hedge crossed the boundary".

Why did you and your gardener agree that people like your neighbour are impossible to please?? Sounds like they just wanted it neatening up a bit and then were happy, where are they being impossible to please? 

subjecttocontract

My understanding is it had grown 2 inches over the boundary and the neighbour wanted it cut back cos their car was a tight fit. When the gardener told them that cut back to the boundary it would show brown bits they said they want it to be green.

They can't have both.......that's why they appear impossible to please !

I've already adopted a dislike for these neighbours.

CSI_Yorkshire

subjecttocontract said:

My understanding is it had grown 2 inches over the boundary and the neighbour wanted it cut back cos their car was a tight fit. When the gardener told them that cut back to the boundary it would show brown bits they said they want it to be green.

They can't have both.......that's why they appear impossible to please !

I've already adopted a dislike for these neighbours.

They probably didn't know that cutting it back that far would leave it brown, so when told this then chose a less worse option of trimming slightly less - helps a little with the car problem but doesn't cause an eyesore..

Seems like a perfectly logical decision to me, nothing for you or the OP to "adopt a dislike" over.

What would have been the 'correct' answer that wouldn't make you dislike them?