Cutting back overhanging branches
You have a common law right to cut back tree branches that overhang onto your property. Always discuss with your neighbour before doing so.
- Any branches you cut off belong to the tree's owner. Ask your neighbour if they want them back or are happy for you to dispose of them.
- Do not throw trimmings back over the boundary: this could constitute fly tipping.
- Fruit on overhanging branches still belongs to your neighbour. Picking it without permission is theft.
Neighbour cut my trees right back
My neighbour recently contacted me to say she was going to get the overhanging branches from the large tree in my garden removed and that some branches may end up in my garden. I said I didn't have a problem with her removing any overhanging branches.
I got up this morning to find that my trees had been basically chopped down. The overhanging branches were indeed removed but right down to the tree trunk! I now have a line of bare tree on my side. I understand that they have a right to cut back to the boundary line but these trees are not on the boundary line, do I have any rights regarding this situation?
- When pruning a neighbour's tree, take care not to damage it beyond your boundary. If you do, they may claim the replacement cost of the tree.
- Check whether any trees are subject to a preservation order: your local authority can tell you. Cutting down a protected tree is an offence under sections 210 or 211 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Can we invoice neighbour for tree cutting?
There is a 20 metre long fence between us and our neighbour with a wall of fir trees growing on the neighbour's side of the fence. We hired a gardener to trim the fir tree branches back to the border of the fence. Can we send the Invoice received from the gardener to the neighbour?
If you cut overhanging branches yourself, you pay the cost. Your neighbour is not obliged to contribute, though you may reach an agreement. You have no right to enter their property to do the work without permission.
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Trees that do not belong to anyone?
We have several very large trees surrounding our garden who we have been told do not belong to any one we want them cut down just a small amount who can we get to do this. We have phoned the council but they've not been much help.
Trees that form part of a boundary
The boundary line between our house and our neighbour's is clear and undisputed. It presently consists of a wire fence. However, there are some very tall cedar trees planted many years ago on our neighbour's side of the boundary, but close to it.
These trees are essentially on our neighbour's land so we do not feel we have a responsibility to maintain them. Our neighbour, however, feels they are our responsibility as they form part of the "hedge" line to the left our property when viewed from the front. Who is right?
A tree belongs to whoever owns the land where the trunk grows, even if branches or roots spread onto another property. The owner must maintain the tree so it does not become a hazard.
If a tree sits on the boundary line, check your title deeds for ownership. If the deeds are silent, both owners share responsibility and neither may fell the tree without the other's consent. You can check title documents via the Land Registry website or by calling 0844 892 1111.
- There is no "no man's land": all land, and therefore all trees, are owned by somebody.
- A court can decide ownership if you cannot agree, but this is expensive. Reaching agreement with your neighbour is usually the better option.
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Damage, fallen leaves and right to light
Council owned trees damaging my property
Adjacent to my house is some green belt land owned by local council. On this land there are some large trees, 3 of which run adjacent to my property. Last year the council agreed to prune back the lower branches of the trees but only up to 20 ft in height. As a result, the branches at the higher level have continued to grow and some of the branches now virtually touch my property.
There are a large number of leaves coming off these trees and causing blockage to guttering etc. I am also concerned about the potential damage if one of these trees fell in the high winds. What legal position do I have?
You cannot force a neighbour to remove overhanging branches or fallen leaves. If they cause excessive damage, you can sue for the cost of repair. Try to resolve disputes amicably before going to court: litigation is slow, expensive, and you still have to live next door.
If damage results from an Act of God, such as a thunderstorm, and was not foreseeable, your neighbour will not be liable. For severe damage, contact your buildings insurer.
- Falling leaves, fruit, flowers and pollen are annoying but not a legal nuisance. You cannot require your neighbour to prevent or clear them.
- Responsibility for clearing fallen debris lies with the property owner or tenant.
Neighbouring trees blocking our light
A property we are thinking of purchasing has quite a few trees in the back garden which completely block any sunlight. Some could possibly have preservation orders on them. Is there any way we can have these thinned or removed. Does our right to sunlight override that of a preservation order?
Under the Rights of Light Act 1959, a property that has received daylight for at least 20 years may be entitled to continue receiving it. You could apply to court to restore daylight blocked by a fence or trees. If trees have a preservation order, the property likely has no established right to light. Protected trees can usually only be pruned if they become dangerous.
- There is no right to direct sunlight, only daylight: roughly equivalent to the light of one candle at one foot.
- You have no right to a view, nor any right to object if trees previously screened an undesirable feature.
Dangerous trees
If a tree appears diseased or at risk of falling, contact the landowner. If the land belongs to the council, ask them to prune or fell it.
If the owner refuses to act or cannot be reached, contact your local council's Environmental Health Office. The owner has no strict duty to act but will be liable if a tree they knew to be damaged causes injury or property damage.
Where a tree poses an immediate risk, Environmental Health may invoke the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and serve notice on the landowner to make the tree safe. If the owner fails to comply, the council can do the work and charge the owner.
@MrTink Sounds like a straightforward case of damage caused by the tree surgeon, and the liability sits with them, not your neighbour, since they were the contractor doing the work. Send a written letter (recorded delivery) to the firm setting out the damage, attaching your photos and a quote for repair, giving them 14 days to respond. If they're not insured or just ignore you, you can take them to the small claims court online for under £10,000, it's fairly cheap and you don't need a solicitor. Check Companies House and any trade body listings too, that often flushes rogue traders out once they realise you're serious. Keep every bit of correspondence in writing from now on.
Neither the firm (which looks suspiciously like a rogue trader) or the neighbour are offering to repair or pay for the damage. What can I do?
I'd be annoyed too - eucalyptus trees grow absolutely massive and they're not bothered at all. If the tops are bending over your fence in wind then that's your call to sort out. Just trim it back to the boundary line and you're fine.
Only thing to check is if there's a tree preservation order on them - unlikely if they only planted them in 2020 but worth a quick ring to the council just to be safe.
The sun thing is frustrating but there's nothing you can do about that unfortunately. Gardens don't have any right to light. But the damage risk to your fence is a proper concern and gives you every right to cut back what's coming over.
But i had a visit from a garden/tree surgeon company that used to work for the previous owner who informed us , that our neighbor tree is to close to our foundations and he has been warned about this. How do we check? What should we do?
We have a problem with a mouse infestation in the roof space. My neighbours tree is overhanging (and resting on the tiles) of our converted garage, the pest control people say that trees near to eaves and guttering are a well known way for mice to enter buildings.
I will arrange for a tree surgeon to remove the overhanging canopy, but I'm wondering if I also have a right to remove any vegetation that is with in 6-8inches of the gutter - this is the distance the pest control people have specified as a 'firewall'.
I've written to the neighbour and said that I will have the overhanging tree professionally removed, an asked for their agreement to cut back a bit extra. No response yet.
Is there any legislation, say relating to public health issues, that would compel my neighbour to allow me to remove the 6-8inches of vegetation that could serve as ingress for further infestations in my property. I have approached the neighbour in a friendly way, and hope they respond favourably, but I'd like to know what my rights are in this matter.
Thanks
Infestation in our attic due to the acorns from both trees over hanging that corner of the house it had cost me £800, for exterminator and roofer to patch holes+gutter covers over some parts of the guttering, this year a further £80 as the down pipe was blocked with acorns and over flowing over the top. I have spoken to neighbours a few times who will not trim the tree back. They have trimmed the mid to lower leaves once since we have been living here 7 and a half years ago. We have mountains of leaves that have stained my paving and are a nuisance as I can’t spend every weekend clearing them. I have been clearing some over to them as the wife agreed. But really need them to look at trimming the tree again. I believe they can trim 2m off the ends and top?? What can I do if they keep refusing to trim the tree??
It is becoming a real problem, I don’t get enough sunlight to grow much veg in the summer etc.
Neighbour is old and sick and always in Hostpital or care home. No other family members.
We writes to council and they says trees are not registeed and consult to
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please advice
Hoping for some help.
Behind my residential property, at the end of the garden is a slither of council-owned land, which is approx. 5m wide widening to 10m later down behind my other neighbours rear gardens as you go down the hill. This slither of land is almost vertical (sheer). In this slither, directly behind my property, there are around 15 large trees close together, ranging from 5m (15ft) high to 15m (45ft) high. Further down the slither of land, directly behind other properties this thins out dramatically to around 1-3 trees at the rear of other properties. In the summer we get around 2 weeks of full garden sunlight. The rest of the year we obviously get a lot less. From September to November, we hardly get any sun in the garden. The volume of leaves and helicopters (seeds) that fall from September onwards is massive. The seeds grow throughout the spring in their hundreds, everywhere. The paving and decking to the rear is extremely slippery/dangerous due to this. Everything below the overhanging tree branches in our garden is rotten, unusable, stained, and slippery and it's not possible to do anything in this area. I want to have a garden room built for an office, but because of all this, I don't see it being possible as after a year, it will be rotting. Cleaning this up regularly is a massive task and I have a mild version of MS so this becomes tiring and difficult, not to mention slippery the entire time.
I realise I can request (and have requested) the trees to be lopped, however, this has made things worse as they grew thicker, exacerbating the issues further. I have also removed the overhanging branches as best I can up to a height of 2m, which is a tiny portion of the overall height of the massive amount of overhanging branches.
I've been in contact with the person in charge of the land at the council around 5 times, every 6 months, to ask if I can reduce the amount of trees and pay for this, as well as off-setting two-fold elsewhere in the local area. He never replies. So I am at a loose end. Obviously, due to my condition, it's becoming increasingly harder to work on clearing the gutters, jetwashing the walking areas and furniture, it ruins everything, etc. anyway you get the idea.
Does anyone know if what I am requesting is possible? Or if there is a way out of this without selling up and moving elsewhere, which I am considering due to the amount of work required.
He has denied ownership, even though our drive has only concrete surface and a wire boundary fence.
What would you suggest?
Our neighbor's apple tree is producing an excessive amount of fruit flies due to the uncollected apples and lack of pruning. Is there any action we can take regarding this issue? Perhaps seeking assistance from Environmental Health or exploring other options? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
My neighbour rents a council property and on the boundary is a large Ash tree which is overhanging my property outbuilding and patio.
I have contacted the council and the housing team about getting this cut back, its around 80ft high, branches are sat on my outbuilding roof, constant tree sap and bird foul on the patio being walked everywhere. I also only get the sun early in the morning then late afternoon as its behind the tree.
They have replied saying its ok to cut over hanging branches but don't un-balance the tree.
If I was to cut all over hanging branches and place them in my neighbours garden where would I stand?
Or what is the best approach on this?
Who's responsibility is to cut the overhanging branches, please?
To cut branches hanging over their property, we need to hire someone and get permission from the neighbors to go in their garden and cut it from there. If anything happens while the branches are cut, would we be liable to repair?
As well, who is responsible if the tree causes damage to the neighbors property, please? (e.g. the roots are affecting their conservatoire/subsidence or the branches are falling due to a storm)
Should we hire a tree specialist which can asses the tree and tell us if it can cause damage?
Thank you very much!
My neighbour asked me if he could have some the wood from the trees to season for logs to use in his log burner over the winter of which I agreed.
My neighbours then went on their annual 3 month trip to France before the job started. My tree surgeon didn’t put all of the branches over the fence as he put them through his chipping machine.
He has returned from France & has shouted over the fence to me about the bloody mess that is in his garden and that if I didn’t get the branches moved he would start throwing them back over my fence. I told him not to threaten me & as I had only done what had been requested.
I have written evidence in the form of Messenger messages for the agreement on this as his wife accused me of putting all of my tree debris over the fence as he didn’t communicate his wishes with her.
Please let me know where I stand?
The neighbours themselves are only there occasionally and the garden is completely overgrown with their own shrubs also having grown to engulf the garage on their side and also the roof we have been having to cut back the growth for years to stop it encroaching, the ivy coming form them already damage mums fence which she had to try and replace which was difficult with all the overgrowth and since then I have had to cut the ivy back again it coming through again, the neighbours front sunken garden is completely hidden by overgrowth as well and he has a hedge that the people before him planted on our land with the permission of our predecessor we have live in this house for 50 years by the way so and the current neighbours about 20 or so, so not new, he keeps the hedge trimmed right back so it has all the growth on our side and my parents being elderly dad is 90 now they are around the 50/60 mark I want to cut the hedge right back as is cases a problem getting in and out the drive and some times scratches the car as the hedge is getting woodier and wider and narrowing our driveway, the branches are quite thick so I asked if he would mind and if I could straighten the top as it is quite undulating he objected and asked what equipment I would be using I told him probably a chainsaw as there is a lot to get though he said he didn’t liked the idea and said I couldn’t cut the top as he didn’t want to see our bins, which is fair enough had he mentioned that in a nice way I can happily move them and probably will anyway. He changed the fence panels between us it is there side of responsibility as all this in question is but you get see through the slats and he had the wrong side facing us which is not very nice as it is outside the corner window where we have our seating area in the kitchen the only possible place for us to have one, I mentioned to him that he may not have realised that the fence was the wrong way, he said he will not change it and there is no law to say he must and walked off.
His garage garden and house are seriously neglected he has bags of rubbish down the side of us and weeds and overgrowth.
Mum told me last summer when I was cutting it back he asked her to leave the cotoneaster on his garage roof but I want to remove it altogether with everything growing on there it looks like it’s potentially rotting.
My questions are:
Can I remove the cotoneaster from his garage roof?
If his roof is rotting from all the overgrowth including his own can he sue us, we have nothing in sitting about him saying leave it on the roof to my mum?
Can I cut the hedge at the front back?
Can I straighten the top it’s an eyesore as it is?
I have a nieghbour's Leylandi planted on the fence line which is now knocking over the fence and causing subsidence. The neighbour was served letters last year and refused to have it taken out so us and another neighbour has cut straight up the fence line to cut the overhang. However, the leylandi is still growing and has pushed up the paving slabs and pushed the fence over by several inches. the garage is about 1.5 metres away from the leylandi and this could now start to damage the garage footings.
Can I have some advice please
Kind regards Tony
Apples and Damsons naturally fall into his garden, he will not allow me or anyone I hire to cut back the branches or enter his land (I had to get a court order to repair my fence).
This in itself isnt a problem for me but what is a problem is that he throws the apples and damsons back over the fence, sometimes with such force that my wife had to go back into the house to avoid being hit by the apples.
I have asked him on several occasions not to do this but still it continues, surely this cant be right, I dont really know what to do.
We Tidy it annually
Neighbour at back moaned about leaves in their garden and worried it might blow over in strong winds
I had it cut back again a bit to take off low branches hanging over their garden
Neighbour came round moaning still saying they want it cut back on their side more
We said just cut back what’s over hanging
Came home few days later and the neighbour has slaughtered the tree beyond saving and our tree surgeon says it’s unbalanced and has to be cut down
The neighbour has cut all branches right back to trunk on their side
This now means the tree is definitely at risk of falling on our side as so unbalanced
Do we have any rights on what they have done to our tree at all?
My neighbour collected leaves which fell onto her land from my eucalyptus tree.
At first she put them in 3 large soil bags and put them over the fence without saying anything to me The matter only came up when I wondered what large bags were doing in my garden - then discovered what they were.
Not content with that, some days later, she emptied the leaves in my garden and removed the bags.
I know what she has done is illegal but what can I now do to legally address this? For example, is it fly tipping?
As you can imagine, I am very annoyed about it.
Regards
Comella
The neighbours tree roots are nearer to our house, concerned about damage and light.Also she has vine growing up to her roof and it's crawling towards ours again worried about damage to house.
Just because I am. Woman does NOT give them the right to ruin , destroy, and kill Our Animals!
I appreciate your help
Thanks
The neighbour at the bottom decided to erect a small concrete building around 15 years ago.
Now says that the roots are causing subsidence to his building, and he wants to remove it.
I said no - the tree’s been there for a long time.
Who’s right?
I wrote to the owner, with photos, asking him to deal with the situation. He did not reply. I wrote again in May. Once again he failed to reply.
Do I need to seek legal advice?
I am now having the overhung branches cut at my expense. I however be leaving the cut branches in her front garden for her removal.
Also I need to now have my driveway cleaned because of the mess her trees have caused.
Can I claim the cost of having my driveway cleaned, by her?
In the 1950's a number of sapling trees were planted within a matter of feet from our rear garden. My father and neighbours complained that these will become very large and intrusive. The local county council claimed they could plant them where they wished but promised to keep branches etc away from our gardens, which they did on a regular basis. But in recent years they have ceased to cut dangerous overhanging branches back. Despite numerous complaints, they now just say they are not obliged to limit the trees size. This appears to be grossly unfair. Could we neighbours return to have them regularly cut back and send Warwickshire County Council the bill?
We just spent $700 cutting the tree back last year and now they want the tree gone, the tree has been there for a number of years but they have decided to park their boat underneath. Any chance them paying half the cost of the removal, where do we stand?
Their neighbour has decided they want a new drive and are demanding they cut them down
My parents don't want to get rid of them as it stops them looking into their home
They haven't a problem with them giving them a trim
Nor have they an issue with them cutting the drinks if they run across their land
Surely the neighbour can't make my parents take them down
I live in a ground floor flat, that I own.
The rest of the block are council.
Can the branches from two large trees be cut. As they keep my garden in the shad.
Also, pigeons use it to have target practice on our washing.
Thanks.
We are desperate for a lawful answer on how we should go about getting it solved.
We are an elderly couple in our eighties. As soon as it is cleaned, within a few minutes it look as though you have never cleaned it.
After I've moved all of them , he wasn't happy and wanted remove them back. I told him that I had waited long enough and he agreed I do this. Buy he wasn't happy and walked away asking me to remove them.
After a while ,I spoke to him again and explained him that I didn't want to upset him. I explained it's his landlord responsibility to sort it out. Ask him to throw them back to our garden if he is not happy and if he things that was the right thing to do.
He sounded more calmed but I don't know what's going to happen.
What should I do?
Monterey pine which overlooks my garden. It’s height was estimated at 22metres six years ago, but looking from a distance it is the same height as the nearby church spire, and casts a solid shadow across by garden until 5 o/c in the afternoon. We have branches going across the entire width of lower part of the garden. As well as roots that have pushed up slabs in my lawn and arbour. We have many branches fall down, one landing on my cherry tree plus the year round removal of the needles and pine cones. Finally they have built a shed which now cuts out the last of the sunlight at the bottom of the garden.
What can I do to resolve this situation/
regards
Patrick Johnston
Thanks in advance.
Is this fly tipping and how to report it?
Why should you have to pay for the pruning and removal of branches that are coming from a neighbour who has no concerns for your welfare or financial situation.
If there was a petition out there, I for one would be signing it to try to get the law changed.
My neighbour tree is rubbing in the fence post and on windy days the noise it makes is like your fingers going down a chalk board( Colorbond fence) besides that the mess this tree make is unbelievable the pine needles are everywhere in my clothes when I hang out my washing under my doors in between cracks in the concrete
Please have you any advice for me
I am not happy about this at all, so would appreciate a legal standpoint answer.
Developers are starting to build in the field next to my house/garden. They instructed a tree surgeon to remove 3 trees on our boundary line. To do this they pushed down my fence with a digger and damaged a brick wall. You can clearly see the tree stumps on our land.
What can I do about it.
Thanks Chris
the tree is quite tall and I'm worried that if made weaker it could fall and I would be liable for the damages/injures
best regards
We sold the land the trees are on about 5 years ago and the new owner wants to cut them down. We assumed when we sold the land that it did not include the trees on the boundary line. is this correct ? Can the new owner of the land cut them down without our permission ?
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Any advice as to what my next step should be. I even offered to pay for my builder to take them down if he would pay for the removal.
Wondering what the protocol is in sorting this?
He added a Tulip Poplar directly behind my inground pool. Once these trees mature, they will totally block the sun from my pool along with the roots will ruin the pool, commercial/industrial plant farm, flower gardens, etc. The pine needles and Poplar will ruin the pool and add a higher need for maintenance. The needles with acidify the grounds at the farm and block sunlight. He did not do this to any other of the 8 homeowners that border his 5-acre field. I am at the end of the field furthest from his actual residence. He did this as an act of revenge due to the fact that he was asked by the authorities to cease burning toxic materials directly behind my house which affected the entire neighborhood. I must mention that his toxic burns killed my livestock and sent my children to the hospital, etc. Does the nuisance law, harrassment, personal injury and, the Rights of Light Act 1959 all apply here?
Many thanks,
Sarah
I requested that he cut down the tree that was causing the damage but he decided to get a chain saw so he could cut a V shape round my gutter. However he cut my gutter but not the tree. He says he doesn’t have to cut down the tree as it isn’t over my residence but just a garage. How do I stand in this situation please.
My poplar tree fell in strong winds , mostly in my neighbours garden , luckily causing little damage ! Who is liable for the cost of removing the tree ? I
his whole conversation ws about it being a shame they wernt under a TPO ( as he admits ) and then he escallates for more permission with the "problem" not being fixed.
my mother was adamant the trees importance and he states her concern was danger not making the neighbours happy.
has the tree surgeon been negligent in not confirming in writing his intention and permissions to work on the trees. he is now claiming she has to proove she told him not to and hes sorry if he didnt do what she though he would with the permission she gave.
We brought in a tree surgeon to prune back overhanging limbs of the tree next door.. This was done with consultation and approval of my neighbour. The tree is a large Eucalyptus and three large branches that overhang by about four metres.
Once two branches were removed, the arborist felt that the last one would destabilise the remaining tree with a risk of it falling on my neighbours house. The work has stopped for now and my neighbour was consulted. However he refused to balance the tree on his side. I need to removed the last limb because it will hinder the scaffolding going up next week. I also want to consider my neighbours needs. What is my legal position? If the tree falls will I be held liable?
My neighbour has a hedge in their garden running 3/4 the length of the back of our cottage.It has grown thick and is compacted against my house causing damp in my house.Where do we stand legally getting them to remove it from touching our wall
Thanks
Our neighbours house is owned by a housing association. It turns out the branches on the other side (that we cant access) have been growing and increasing the overhang over the boundary for numerous years (significantly proceeding our arrival). I can see they were entitled to prune back periodically but they have not. They have now demanded we cut back the overhanging branches from their side of the boundary. I have offered to do what I can with a chainsaw but this would involve a professional trees surgeon. I am trying to understand who would be responsible for the costs of this? My understanding is they could and should have maintained this themselves to abate the nuisance reaching this extent?
The cost for us to do this was £180.00 which was fine with us as we at least could carry out some work.
Once the tree was trimmed back, it became apparent that the four remaining large trunks looked anything but stable, as there is a large gap in the middle with the trunks spaying and leaning outwards.
I've taken various pictures of the tree in its current state and previously before the work was carried out just in case of any repercussions.
This neighbour seems pleasant enough but I feel that the cost of removing the whole tree is possibly a step too far as it is expensive. Our side looks much better but I'm still concerned that at some point during a spate of bad weather that it will fail and cause a lot of damage to either his property or ours.
There doesn't seem to be a lot else we can do at this point. I wondered if anyone else has had a similar problem?
When we prevented her gardener from cutting them she said she didnt want a 60ft tree by her house. It was only about 6ft! Instead she waited till we were out and then chopped it down to 5ft herself. Is there anything we can do?
Can I be forced to chop the trees down ?
The branches hang over my garden between 6 and 8 feet, and dropped thousands of seeds on my patio, and in autumn I clear more of her leaves from my garden than from my own tree.
I no longer get full sun in the garden during mid afternoon in the summer and the tree is blocking light from my downstairs room.
My neighbour went crazy a few years ago who we fixed the fence, by kicking it and screaming and shouting at me.
I don't have much to do with her.
What can I do?
now we have all the foliage stuff covering our garden that doe not have any trees in what should i do what can i do
I have discussed this with the neighbours, but they don't seem to care too hoots. The fence is one that I organized someone to put up, debris taking away and paid for, but they did pay me back, so the fence belongs to us both.
When we moved into are property 5yrs ago
The tree was no higher than there gutter
Over the yrs we have asked them to prune the tree
Which they never did
Now it's above the height of the house
It's now blocking out Sun light to are garden and we have roots from the tree basically on top of are lawn which by the way is now dead
I know are neighbours will not do anything
So how can I get this problem sorted we have talked to them and sent letters but no joy
There are trees dividing these properties but the housing association are now cutting them back despite complaints from me and my neighbours.
The original design for these houses was build back sides forward and the trees were planted to afford privacy.
Why at the time of looking to get planning permission for the back sides forward houses was privacy a consideration, but not now?
If there anything can be done to prevent them doing this in the future?
Many Thanks
The problem has got worse more recently and I’ve had to fence off a section of the play area due to a few incidents where the children have got excrement all over themselves. Frankly, it’s a health hazard.
Despite all this, my neighbours are not interested in pruning their tree and don’t see it as their issue. They have said we are welcome to trim any branches on our side but they do not want any “boots on their land“ from tradesmen etc. However the tree is twice the size of the house and even the lowest branches aren’t accessible so I’m slightly stuck.
Their other neighbours paid £400 a few years ago for a tree surgeon who managed to access the tree from their side but the specialist said he could only do so much as he didn’t want to imbalance the tree by trimming too much on one side. Also, I feel aggrieved at the prospect of paying to maintain someone else’s property.
Do I have any ability to essentially force my neighbours to trim back their tree? Help!
Lawn and flower bed. What can I do ?
I wonder if you could help us, our back garden backs onto a pub garden. There is a brick boundary wall, behind this wall they have planted conifers which are less than a metre away from the wall. I have spoken with the owner of the premises to ensure the trees are cut before they grow above the wall. The trees were not there when I purchased my property. There are multiple trees to make a hedge border.I also raised the closeness of the trees to the wall and highlighted that the trees would push against the wall, which could result in the wall coming down. The trees are over two metres tall and they are hanging over the wall and there are now cracks in the wall too! I have a toddler who loves being in the garden. I have asked them repeatedly to cut the trees I feel like I am begging them to do it and what they are going to do with reinforcing the wall, the answer has been we will deal with it when it happens! I don’t want to run the risk of any of us getting hurt when the wall falls! What can I do?
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We have had to replace the fence 3 times due to the tree pushing it out, then it breaks. (its her fence by the way!) My garage floor is cracked and lifting due to the roots of the trees.
I can only get certain TV channels as the ariel will not give a good signal going through her trees, we have had an ariel installer out twice but he says with the trees there is not much he can do. Also after 2:30 pm we get no further sunlight in our garden as the sun goes behind the said trees.
I know my rights regarding trimming the tree's on our side but any advice on what if anything I can do to get them reduced and maintained? The tree surgon we employ dangerous.
We are planning on building a two story extension on the side of our house, but our neighbour has about 5 trees over leaning onto our house which is stopping the planning going ahead. They are also stopping the light getting thought to one of our windows. What rights do we have to this situation?
My house Deeds do not stipulate exactly where the boundary is BUT there is a low level double wall that runs from the edge of my house all the way down the garden - this wall has been there for more than 20 years.
The Deeds also do not stipulate who is responsible for the boundary but I am willing to pay for the erection of the fence once the boundary is clear of trees. However I do not feel that it should be my responsibility to pay for the part/full removal of the trees that the neighbour planted.
I have tried speaking with my neighbour about the situation but he seems to be ignoring the issue and hoping it will go away. He is hoping to sell his house soon and probably thinks that it won't be his problem any more.
I am at my wits end because it means that I cannot let my two dogs have full use of my garden as they can easily get in to the neighbours garden. The neighbour probably wouldn't care about this but his garden is like a jungle and a tip and my dogs would most likely end up getting injured.
Please, can anyone offer advice on what I can do legally to get this situation sorted out?
How can I get these trees reduced in height and the problem thereby eliminated?
Was thinking about digging down and cutting the roots that are on my side to stop it spreading and hopefully make it lean and eventually fall over. Can I get a tree surgeon in for that? If so should I pay of should the neighbour pay. Not sure if he has insurance or not. I've asked his to take it down because of the issues that could arise but he says his garden gets water logged and they planted it to soak up the water. He allowed me to cut it right back last year but since then he has said he doesn't want it cut back anymore. Only gave me permission to trim the branches over my side. Any advice would be appreciated. Both properties are privately owned.
Unfortunately, the tree has died and now that approximately 3 years has passed since it died large 'scabs' of bark and some branches have started to detach themselves from the tree and falling onto my driveway. I mentioned this to my neighbour pointing out the possible danger, either to pedestrians or vehicles parked on my driveway but he has chosen to ignore the issue.
I did speak to my local Council who said they would not be willing to get involved as the tree is on private land.
I am genuinely worried that damage from falling parts of the tree will occur either to me or my property as I continue to use my driveway but unsure what I can do to force my neighbour to take action and make safe the tree.
What would you recommend that I do next
Regards
Surely she should just get the engineers to raise her dish?
What are the rules??
We have spoken to the neighbour but he refuses to do anything about it.
Do we have any rights regarding this problem.
Into our garden causing
Mess and we are unable to use our swing seat as berries branches and leaves
Fall onto us. We cannot cut back ourselves can we ask them to pay costs To maintain their trees?
There’s no chance to talk to them as they are really unreasonable about the whole thing, even during for our first approach on the leylandii. hence, we had to go through the council. And 6 other neighbours backed us up on our petition as it also affected them.
I’ve been doing research and found out that most of the new plants are deciduous and is their way of going around the remedial letter. The remedial letter clearly stated that they are ruling to cut back the leylandii as a way to remedy the adverse effect (on our reasonable enjoyment of the property) and preventing it’s recurrence. And here they are finding a way to establish giant trees at the border to serve as hedges.
Please advise us on what we should do next. Thanks.
I don’t think I should pay to find out.
This house is used for immigrants so none of them speak English.
We have had to make our garden smaller as we had to put a fence in front of theirs as ivy was ruining my fence.
We have spent a lot of money to make our garden nice but their trees are hanging over my side and the Leaves end up filling up our garden.
What can I do ?
It has been allowed to grow out of control and is now huge. Nothing overhangs our garden, but the garden is shielded from light and the mess from all the leaves is awful. There was an agreement drawn up between my neighbour and the previous owners, but they don't have a copy.
Where do we stand requesting the tree is cut back to a reasonable height?
To note is when asking for permission to build an extension planning permission may not be granted if it would remove light from a neighbour.
Regulations for planting trees in a congested built up area appear out of date
Please respond as this is a frequently occurring problem that often causes serious stress.
For me however the first is literally 1.5m from the corner of my house and the second one, 2.5m
I had no idea what saplings they were. Only now after 2 years can I see what trees they are as they’ve grown unbelievably.
The trees are Corkscrew/Curly/Twisted Willows. When a friend who knows something about gardening saw them, he warned me that these plants are notoriously problematic and WILL attack the drains and foundations of my home.
My neighbour doesn’t want to remove them for sentimental reasons. What can I do?
Thanks david
Surely the law needs changing if the tree belongs to a neighbour then they should maintain the tree on all sides or remove it altogether. Why are they allowed to damage neighbours property and get away with it?
I have written and spoken to my neighbour on numerous occasions over the past 14 years regarding this but he has never once cut it back or down. No maintenance has been done to this tree in over 20 years.
He has another 60ft conifer at the bottom of there garden and the roots are cracking my concrete base.
They have also told me they cannot get house insurance because of the tree.
I am worried what damage the roots are doing to my property.
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Pete
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Mark.
I just can't understand why - I don't mind if they cut up to my border but my teenage duaghter who was home at the time has actually videoed them leaning across with shears on a pole - totally crazy.
The best bit is that now they've cut everything back I can look straight into their garden and have a lovely view of their washing
There were low heavy branches growing out horizontally. I cut these off because one or two heavy ones were touching the neighbours garage roof. I cut all the low branches off in fact, to allow more light into our garden. The tree continued to grow over the years, upwards and outwards to form a lovely spherical shape. We had new neighbours last year, and they insisted on removing all plant life from their front garden, cutting off all overhanging trees, because, he said, "I need lots of parking space". I wondered if perhaps it was a Muslim thing to not have anything decorative outside their houses. He's done a lot of interior work on his house, leaving a pile of rubble, old carpets, etc in his front garden. Today, he asked me if I wouldn't mind trimming the branches overhanging the bottom of his garden from my tree. He said he would help me if I wanted. These overhanging branches are quite high up and are too thin to rest a ladder against. The reason for his request ?; because the leaves and seeds fall in his garden and make a mess. I understand the law, and that he is entitled to cut off overhanging branches, and he may dispose of them as he sees fit. Since the branches he wants removing are high up and are too thin to rest a ladder on, cutting them back to the boundary line would not a job for amateurs. Should I just tell him he can cut off the branches to his boundary if he wants to?
My neighbour has an oak tree at the bottom of their garden which is growing high and very close to our garage. I am very concerned that the roots will damage the foundation of the garage and causing subsidence. 15 years ago they had a tree which was close to our garage which actually caused subsidence to it. The previous owners of our property forced them to cut the tree down and had the garage repaired. Now we are getting close to a similar situation where their second tree is likely to affect the foundation of our garage. I would like to avoid this. I have tried to make them aware of the problem year after year and have finally asked them to cut that tree down but they have not responded so far. What would be the best course of action?
This does block any sunlight going into our back garden with where the sun comes round over their roof and being this tree. Our Garden does not get any direct sunlight and destroying our garden lawn.
The Neighbor rents through an estate agent.
What can I do?
Part of the fence recently failed, and my neighbour organised the repair, I explained I would like it to be straightened back into alignment, which would have meant further posts and panels to be replaced, but my neighbour was having none of it. So I’m still in the same situation.
About 4 years ago we had a tree surgeon in to remove the overhanging branches on my garden, and reduce the canopy. My neighbour changed her mind when he started cutting the tree, so only the overhanging branches were removed, which did leave it looking lob sided. My neighbour has since accused me of ruining the tree
The tree’s canopy is so large my garden gets very little sunlight, though my neighbours isn’t affected. My greenhouse is now in shade so I’m limited to what can be grown in it.
Any advice? -other than move?
a derelict tree house on their Tree, However, half of it over hangs in our garden
and as hideous as it looks, we just want our side of the tree cut away so we can upgrade our garden....
This is very stressful and we just want the best way to approach this with out
starting WW3...
Any Ideas??
1) How close can he plant to my house
2) He will be planting next to my block drive and am sure the roots will affect it
3) Does he have to maintain the hedge on both sides as I am disabled and cannot do the work.
4) Should he tell me he intends to plant the hedge before he does so
5) He will be planting the hedge approx 30cm above the underground drains/sewerage system
Do you in fact give advice or do you not maintain this website any longer?
"Recoup costs from neighbour
If the problem you’re experiencing lies within the tree’s roots, you are also entitled to remove any roots which are invading your property. If they are very deep, you could decide to get a professional to come in and remove them for you, and then recoup your costs by claiming on the tree owner’s household insurance policy."
Our problem is the tree belongs to the council, and their representative who confirmed that the roots of the tree outside my property, which they are responsible for, have encroached on my front garden and are heading towards the front of the house. However, they say that though I am at liberty to remove the roots, this will be at MY COST, which is in contrast to the item above in inverted commas.
Please advise how we may proceed.
Thank you.
Again he has cut my tree and put the refuse in my garden. Someone draw me to establishing if this can be classed as Criminal damage?
Fly tipping has been suggested!? please help.
Why are people allowed to plant such a ridiculously large tree and why can't we have it removed due to being dangerous???
As we all own our property there appears very little we can do?
Can anyone help please?
Which proves that none of the people posting have actually read through the previous posts to see if their query has been answered already! Or, they believe that their question will finally be the only that gets answered! Narcissist much?!
I joke, I joke, these are very, very serious 1st world problems.
for 15 years and she has ruined my trees but I
We also have high trees in front of our house on council land. These have grown so high and dense that the light to our front rooms is low, and our TV signal has been obstructed so we can now get no TV. Can we do anything about this?
4 years ago we bought a house. There was a huge oak tree outside my boundaries of house. Now suddenly my neighbour’s insurer send me a latter to cut off that tree because that is making problem to my neighbour’s house. They said that the tree is in my land. But honestly speaking We had no idea of owning that land. And to cut off that tree will cost £1500. Which is impossible for me to bear. We even requested to my neighbour to consider 50% of cutting cost. But they keep forcing us to cut the tree by their insurer. We are feeling so helpless! It is a matter of money as well as mental harassment. Can you please suggest us what to do?
The trees gave us and my other neighbours privacy which they have now taken away. I have read that...
If the base of a tree sits on the boundary line between two properties it is jointly owned by both of them (they are classed as tenants in common). If one owner fells the whole tree without permission from the other owner, that would make them liable (as this amounts to trespass). Consent should also be sought from the other owner before work is undertaken on the tree.
Is this correct? Can I take action or are we on a losing battle? Thank you
The tree in question is on that side of the fence but has grown vastly in size and is now 75% overhanging our back garden, and is within a foot (or so) of touching our roof and rear bedroom windows.
Whilst we appreciate this is something the landlord should look into, we thought we would be proactive and try and sort out ourselves.
The issue we have is the tree is not in anyone's back garden and is on the road/side road of the development. We are writing letters to all the houses that form part of this road but are unsure who in fact would be responsible for maintaining this as part of their freehold land or, leasehold obligations?
Can you help.
A good neighbour would keep them cut to the boundary line,why should someone else be responsible for your trees
my Neighbor has a christmas tree in her garden which is over 20 ft in height. 2 years ago i asked if we could reduce the height of the trees in the garden (we both have fir trees and conifers) she said yes to the fir tree but not to the christmas tree.
We paid for all the maintenance of the tree cutting.
the christmas tree blocks sunlight in my garden from 4:30pm when we are getting home from work to enjoy our garden. I did say this at the time of our conversation and she said 'i dont want the tree cutting'
I have looked at the council's web site which says i have to pay £500 for them to deal with the problem. I dont have £500 spare to pay and I am unable to get help as my husband and i both work.
I am going to send her a letter to say we plan to cut the conifers/fir tree again next spring and we will pay but would like her to cut the christmas tree by half its size
if she says no - what can i do? I do plan to cut the overhanging branches on my side at the time of trimming other trees but this will not solve the problem of the height of the tree.
can you give me any advice please
I’ve lived in my property for several years, it’s a relatively new build semi-detached. The attached neighbour planted a conifer in his garden on our back garden boundary. The conifer has grown tremendously, it is over 10m tall and approximately only 5m from my house. It’s big and getting bigger by the year. I’ve asked that he have it’s height reduced because it’s a safety risk. Also it’s starting to block light into the kitchen and my daughters bedroom. He didn’t agree with my safety concerns or reduction in light and the tree remains there. Is there any law or guidance on this subject?
The boundary at the bottom of my garden has a line of hazelnut bushes.. we have just purchased the house and the neighbour behind has also recently moved in.
The hazelnut bushes have not been maintained for over 10yrs and are now encroaching significantly from the base of the trees over our boundary approx 2mtr from the broken fence. the Neighbour has erected a fence inside their garden to avoid
the issue, I am left with the problem.
The neighbour informs me they do not want them removed what can I do?
basically my neighbors to the rear of my property have some large willow type trees that always over hang into my garden and prevent my grass or plants from growing. We have always cut the trees back the best we could but over the last two years they have grown too big to reach the branches causing the problems. This year the trees have produced a ridiculous amount of fluffy (cotton wool like) flower????? this has caused my whole garden and plants to be covered in this mess and prevented us from sitting in the garden as the shedding of the flower ??? effected my asthma.
my husband had enough and perched on ladders has cut the branches and we have put them over his fence. Unfortunately this has not gone well and he refuses to accept his mess !!! having disposed of his branches for 14 years we have simply had enough. i know we can legally cut his trees but whats the legal position on the branches if he doesn't want them. Thank you for any advice. note we have tried the please can you sort your trees approach that didn't work either
My neighbors have a row of fir trees and when we bought the house 6 years ago they were fine but now they have grown tall and block all the evening sunlight and the view of the area. I’ve asked it they wouldn’t mind trimming them but they refuse as they aren’t causing an issue to them. Have you any advice?
We now have overhanging branches and debris on our patio and with some loss of light
Can we charge them for maintenance and cleaning as they ignored our (reasonable ?) request ?
Thanks
Surely with all these on going complaints the law should change, the anti social effects have definitely effected my family. Our neighbours not only cut his trees after 3yrs of asking has only fly tipped all the branches between our boundary fence. If it is not one thing its another. PLEASE CHANGE the law
My neighbors goat willow tree causes sap to ruin by garden furniture it’s in a very small garden & affects three other gardens it is very costly to have the overhang cut back each year why should we have to pay ???
I have tried to get someone to cut the top off or trim it down but no one will touch it as the the land owner is unknown. Has anybody got any suggestions please as this summer will be the fourth summer with this problem that gets worse every year of course.
We have a witness to the original request and agreement but not a witness to the 2nd conversation as to how much if the tree height could be reduced.
The tree surgeon turned up at short notice to start. We couldn't get hold of the neb. After the job was done we found out neb was away.
On their return they have said this was not what was agreed. Refused to discuss a solution with us and are taking legal action
As the agreement was verbal and both parties have a different opinion as to what was agreed.
What would the law say? Thus would be a civil dispute .as no crime has been committed .
I only have a small front courtyard which I have filled with pots.
There is a low wooden boundary fence between the two front 'gardens'.
When I viewed the property I am fairly sure there were no young trees up against the boundary fence, however when I moved in I saw that the neighbour has planted 5 trees RIGHT ON THE BOUNDARY! They still have the tags on them and at least 4 of these trees are going to grow to a large size.
They are a Rowan, a James Grieve apple, a Braeburn apple and 2 others.
On researching the height and spread it shows that these trees will grow tall and wide...the Braeburn can reach 30ft tall and 15ft wide (over time)
The Rowan is even worse and can reach up to 40ft !
It is fairly obvious that these have deliberately been planted on the boundary!
Should the neighbour want a reasonable 'screening' then they could have planted a hedge, or put up trellis to grow perhaps a clematis (fast growing).
I know that if branches overhang I can legally cut them to the boundary line and offer the branches back. I have since found out from all the local neighbours (lovely folk) that this neighbour is known to be very difficult.(not something I would have known before I moved in!)
This is going to be a problem with this neighbour's attitude, and talking to them I think will not solve the forthcoming problem as this was obviously done quite deliberately!
I have to add that these neighbours have extensive grounds at the rear, acres in fact, so they could have planted these trees elsewhere on their property.
Any advice welcomed !
The tree is the property of a large estate. I have written to the estate owner over the last three months by recorded mail but he has not answered.. I have tried to contact him by telephone but he doesn’t answer his house phone I’m told.
Any suggestions as to what I can do other than knocking on his door!
They also allowed the ivy that covered their trees to grow into my fence, and despite me cutting the ivy back from my side there was nothing I could do to see the horror on the other side.
At the beginning of this year their overhanging shrubs caused my fence to fall into my garden revealing the mess they had made.
As such I have two issues:
1) Their poor approach to maintenance had added weight to my fence in such a way that I could not realise the extent weakened and ultimately destroyed my fence.
2) I've had to erect a more expensive composite wood fence to stop the ivy from clinging on and other shrubs from growing through.
3) I've had to concede about 35cm of my garden and bring my new fence further into my garden along the whole 23metre width of my garden, for which I feel aggrieved as I've lost that space and that area of land in London is worth £1000s
The management agent no longer responds to me as they are concerned I may ask for compensation.
We like the trees which have been there at least 25 years and existed long before the neighbour's house was ever built. Their garden is higher than ours, hence with just a 6 foot fence we would have no privacy at all , so we need to keep the trees but have told them they can trim branches overhanging if they wish , but not trim the height again .
Any suggestions please?
He refuses to do this. If I go ahead just on my side and my neighbours side loses branches or causes damage by coming down in a storm or high wind I could be held responsible. Can I do anything to get my neighbour to act.
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Any ideas as to what else we can do? Thanks.
Along the fence between me and the proposed house are several medium size trees, mainly holly and willow. However, toward the end of my garden (which is about 100ft long) and just my side of the fence is a very large and mature beech tree. After some effort I managed to get the local authority to grant a Tree Preservation Order to this tree.
The proposed house is at 90 degrees to mine and is only viable by virtue of the fact the neighbours garden is on a corner. So the front of the house will front onto this side lane.
Although the existing garden is relatively long, the resulting depth of the plot of the new plot ( from front to rear) is quite small.
My concern going forward will be continuous pressure from the occupants of the new house to have this tree pruned. I would imagine the tree would block a substantial amount of light, may still grow further into their garden and be subject to constant requests for pruning. Ultimately I doubt the tree would survive.
What can i do and what are my rights should planning permission be granted.
Many thanks
Unfortunately from that garden comes mices and other animals because is completely abandoned, so im pretty sure that my house will receive visits from mice very soon.
My question is what can i do? I have to contact the council or there is nothing that they can do in that case?
Thank you
The first is a climber and, to be fair they trimmed it immediately when we pointed out that branches were stating to enter our newly surfaced roof.
However we are worried about the root system, which is within a foot of our house wall.
The other two more traditional trees are also planted so that roots could easily damage property - within a couple of metres of the main building wall & one is within a foot of our drains. Also the branches of one are now starting to take light from one of our windows. These are lovely neighbours & we don’t want to upset them but, we need to resolve this before real damage to the structure of our property so, before we start negotiations it would be great to know what rights we have?
Is there anything we can do please?
When we speak to the owner of the conifers he is rather dismissive and says the trees have always been there which is fine but not at this height. He also refuses to have any trimming done or to have them at a manageable height.
We are prepared to pay towards the cost of the tree cutting as is our neighbour who else it impacts on. Can we have them cut to manageable and safe height without his permission?
fence of our properties.
I have recently noticed that shoots from this tree, have begun to surface in my lawn in a number of places, and would obviously like to find a solution to this problem.
I would also like to know what my legal rights are as regards, any action which may be taken.
The trunk of the tree is growing up from a wall that lies between both our back gardens (we live in a terrace property and land title deeds do not show if the wall is ours or theirs, although the neighbours have previously claimed ownership of the same wall out in the front). Its roots have spread both sides..
The neighbours hired loss adjusters, who wrote a report stating that ownership of the tree is ours, at the same time stating that the tree is growing out of the wall (that the loss adjuster also declared was probably jointly owned)
Given the tree is growing out of a jointly owned wall, is ownership and responsibility for removing it jointly owned?
My tree does not block sunlight into their property, but due to their shortish gardens, does loom large. They have no right for this tree to be trimmed back?
A previous owner of my property, trimmed any branches that hung over their property. For good neighbourliness, I will do the same. But, I don’t have to? The tree is sadly flat on their side and beautifully rounded on mine.
Finally. An evergreen hedge of mine is slowly growing. I plan to take it to 2m for privacy. Their garden is flat and the land abruptly slopes down on my property. Is it 2m high from the base of the hedge , or 2m from their garden that overlooks me.
Many, many thanks for your reply.
We have a tree in our garden it does not over hang our neighbours at all but it’s large and they say it’s blocks most of their afternoon sun and asked us to get it chopped back. This cost is about £200.
Do we have to do this?
There is a neighbor whos house I walk past most days and their have a very large tree hanging over their wall
There is no way I can walk passed their house without having to walk on the road as the tree branches literally touch the floor It has got worse and never ever been cut back. It’s definitely causing an obstruction for pedestrians
Does not have to cut back the branches or pay for them to be cut back. Make the neighbour aware of your concerns - a tree owner can be held liable for damage caused by their tree if they were aware of the potential danger. Unfortunately for you, a tree owner is not liable for fruit or leaves falling from their tree into a neighbouring garden.
Regarding neighbour no.2:
You can cut back any branches from tree/bushes that are overgrowing your boundary and can also cut back weed from the fence. If the fence belongs to you, your neighbour should not be attaching anything (that includes growing plants) to it. Talk to him first, but if that doesn't work, you may have to take civil action in the courts. If you think the state of the garden is causing a vermin problem contact environmental health.
I would like to approach the neighbours (it is a block of flats and so will need to approach the maintenance company) and I would love some advice on the points I should make to get them to act positively to our request of removal. Any help/suggestions or previous experience would be gratefully received.
They stand several meters taller than the house and branches overhang over half of my small garden. The overhang also interferes with my roof and guttering.
The landlord of the neighbouring property has not done anything about maintaining the trees despite promises to do so.
Worried about potential damage to my roof, I have now booked a tree surgeon to cut back the overhang. (I now understand from your article that this is my responsibility), however if there is found to be damage to my roof and guttering, can I sue my neighbour for damages?
What are our next steps? We don't want a fight and we don't want the tree removed... just one large branch for heaven's sake.
We know we can get any overhanging branch removed at our expense, but to be clear: the branch itself is as large as a tree itself, and this would involve a tree surgeon at great expense. The branch is so large, other branches will need cutting or the tree will be out of balance and at risk. We feel the council hasn't maintained the tree approporiately and it's their responsibility to pay for at least half of the cost for a major undertaking.
Many thanks.
You do not have any right to a view which is obscured by trees. Equally you have no right to not have a view if trees previously covered an undesirable feature such as a brick wall.
You
Our neighbour has a sort of junkyard / dog kennel behind our fence at the end / back of our relatively small garden (30ft). Just behind out fence there is a number of selfseeded trees. When we moved in 4 years ago most of those were all relatively thin, just looking like tall jack the bean stalk weeds really. However now they are turning into big trees!!! Big tall maple trees. It’s at least 20-50 of them all cramped together. Neighbour is of course not really looking after them, or pruning them. it’s at the crappy bit at the end of his garden. My worry is that with time their crowns will over shadow the whole of my garden. I have tried to prune what I can on our side of the fence - but they are too tall to cut the top bit off. Could you force him to cut them down - claiming ‘right to light’? It is getting darker each year. We are in London so its not exactly the green belt -:)
We are willing to trim, even remove, the tree. Just wondering about the roots and who should pay for any action here as the tree was in place before the extension was built?
I am a director of a block of flats and our neighbour has recently employed a tree surgeon to cut back branches of OUR tree. We obviously don’t have any objections BUT she told the surgeon to throw the thick branches over the fence without any conversation. Is she within her rights or could this constitute a form of fly tipping
Regards
I moved into my current house over 2 years ago.
About 4-6 months ago someone new bought the house next to mine (via private sale). The other day the new neighbour approached me saying that there is a large crack in his garage wall as well as broken ground on the garage floor and drive way which he claims is caused by roots from my trees. We have agreed to set a mutual time to review the damage caused.
My question is, am I liable to repair the damage to his garage and drive if it is my trees that caused the issue; even though he purchased the property in this state?
When he purchased the property; surely he would have seen the damage to the garage or would have known about it (possibly highlighted on some surveyors report, etc.) prior to purchassing. I dont have any issues with removing the tree(s) he says are the cause; but where do I stand legally .. can he also claim costs from me to repair his garage/drive (even though the damage existed before he bought the property)?
Any help/thoughts would be gratefully received.
It might be worth a letter from a solictor at least to ensure the neighbours do not do this again.
(1) If the fence belows to your neighbour he can choose what kind of fence he likes. But if he plants conifers he should make sure they are sufficiently far from the boundary, so as not to encroach on your garden.
(2) If it's your fence, your neighbour cannot touch it and you can take legal action if he does.
(3) If the fence is recorded as being shared/joint maintenance, any repairs etc should be agreed between the two of you. If you cannot agree, you will need to seek help from a third party mediator.
(4) Note, as a dog owner it's your own responsibility to keep it in with sufficient fencing, not your neighbour's.
My neighbour is wanting to take our fence down and replace the fence with conifer trees all the way down as he says his garden is getting water logged and it will soak it up.
I for 1. Have a dog - Which his reply was, he will put chicken wire there
2. Am a girl on my own and will not be able to maintain this and keep up with the up keep
3. Just dont want them full stop my garden isnt very wide at all its going to take up so much room when they grow and my garden is small enough
Can anyone help, can he just take the fence down and do it? if I say no he cant go ahead and just do it can he?
The problem is its actually that big.. The sunlight is blocked for hours of the day which causes my grass to stop growing so we have a chunk of dead grass throughout the year, the branches are always dropping off. And for speaking on behalf of my other neighbour too at the back of the garden it blocks her guttering also..
Is there any action we can take on this. We have tried to speak to the neighbour but because it will incur a cost of her getting the tree removed she isn't interested at all.
Thanks,
What are our rights??
Oh it is there own property not council..
Thanks
The panels generate a considerable income for us as they were installed in 2011, before the FIT rates were reduced.
We have asked him if he intends to keep the leylandiis trimmed to a maximum of 2 meters, as as proscribed by the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003: Part 8, 2005, and asked him to confirm this in writing as soon as possible, to put our minds at rest over the issue of loss of income from the panels.
Is there anything else we can do?
Tree roots were found growing through our foundation whilst working on our basement in our town house. The forest tree was planted by the council 1m outside our boundary many years ago and it has been determined that it has reached full maturity.
A meeting was held by the residents with the council and they were advised of our concerns.
They sent a tree specialist a year after as more roots were found in a neighbours basement. He agreed that action should be taken.
2 years later and many emails and still nothing The boundary wall is now showing signs of movement and the pavement is a problem as the roots have grown above the original pavement level by approximately 400mm. A Majority of the residents have to walk in the road because of this. causing all sorts of problems and dangers with traffic.
The patio was put down after the trees were planted.
Where do I stand, and what happens if I do remove these trees and that it causes 'heave' or subsidence in the future?
I want to act reasonably, and do not want to cause issues
The trees are conifers, reasonably tall, but not very bushy
Appreciate any advice
have 9 along the fence The property is detached as my neigbour has slight subsidence to the back of his garage and no works are being carried out and my first conifer is appx 2 mtrs away from there property alongside the fence Am I duty bound to remove these conifers.
This will greatly obstruct our view and the reason for us buying the property and could affect the value of the house.
Is there anything we can do?
my neigbour has recently completely redone their back garden. They lowered the level of the whole thing which revealed the roots of my tree which is next to the fence deviding our gardens. It is a 70ft silver birch - a beautiful thing. Their builder chopped one of the large roots
and then laid a large patio. My tree now swings in the wind and has lifted some of their patio. I am now being asked to get the tree cut right back so it doesnt sway in the wind. Surely the builder had some duty od due care and attention or is it a case if it is on their side thay can do what they want?
Thanks in advance,
Phil.
Thank you.
At the front again he has planted conifers/holly and another tree/bushes all within 7/10cms of our small wall (boundary)
All these plants/trees were small when planted but everywhere over 6ft
What the law Re Damage to our property
Have have said to him that they have damaged destroyed the rear fence but he walked off in a huff!
What else can we do
When we said no, he got quite annoyed & said he would be cutting back the hedge & we would need to get used to having no privacy.
He has cut back parts of the hedge on his side, so it is really sparse. However I was hoping it would thicken out a bit by the summer. Came home from work to find that he has now removed a full section of the hedge & im presuming he will do more. We had some decorative wood against this part of the hedge as it joined our decking.
My question is (after all that waffling) can a neighbour remove a boundary hedge without your consent? Thanks
I am going to approach him about cutting down the tree where it crosses our boundary which will leave about a 6ft high bare trunk, which we intend to plant in front of to preserve both our privacy.
DOes this sound reasonable or, alternatively, do I have any rights with regard to communal property damage??
My naighbour on the rear of my property has cut a load of my branches off my tree beyond my fence line, and thrown them over
My fence onto my land, after I've told them that I don't want the branches back.
So not only trespassing but causing criminal damage to my property. Do I have grounds to report them to there housing association landlord, and could I make a claim for damages .
And could I possibly do them for illegal flytipping, for throwing them back over my fence after telling them not to. Cheers
Employ a firm to cut back the branches on your side (the neighbour is not responsible for the birds or the sap unfortunately)
Erect a simple fence on your side of the boundary (site it so it goes around the tree) sufficient to keep your dog in (again unless the deeds specify so, the neighbour doesn't even have to have a fence in place)
You are also entitled to cut back any tree roots as far as the boundary - but again you would have to bear the costs.
I am today writing a second 'chase up' letter, again using the politest language I can muster!!
What should I do next? Should I approach my local authority and if so, how long should I wait before doing so.
Thanks for your help
Please advise as I am at my wits end. I don't believe the council will do anything as it is just the one tree. I have been unable to work and am financially limited so taking private legal steps is not an option (something they are more than aware of).
Thanking you in advance
Shells
I have a dog (which did belong to them but spent increasing amount of time around ours and would not or became distressed when returning to their property). The dog has had lots of issues and within a month of 'officially becoming ours' he, escaped out of the back garden and was lost. After an hour of searching I discovered that he was in fact stuck between my garden and his old owners, in their fence trying to get into their garden through the broken slats. He was in a bad way when I found him and still has health issues due to damage caused. His old owners were fully aware of this but made no attempt to secure the fence. They had and continue to overhaul the inside of their property with tradespeople in and out all of the time. I recently again found our dog out in the front area causing havoc on the road. Unkind comments were made in relation to us and about controlling our animal. I discovered that he had escaped because their workmen had the previous day damaged the fence and posts. The post obviously belongs to them and my gate is attached. Their post was hanging inside my garden and my gate on the floor hence our dog in the street. Again attempted to address this with them - they denied knowledge and I eventually had to call out another neighbour to secure my gate and their fence in the process in order to keep my dog safe. They also clarified that they had no intention of fixing or working on the fence/gate etc.
My daughter left her car in the front garden. It has begun to rust where pigeon droppings had begun to corrode the paintwork. I cannot park on that stretch as by the morning I cannot see through the glass because of sap and my car is covered with droppings. The remainder of the garden is shingled and parking here causes our 10 year old dog difficulties in getting in and out of the car as the shingle moves or bits get caught in his paws. I now need to put a parameter fence and deal wit
I assume my daughters Building insurance would cover the damage but who is liable & what can she do if the sale falls through?????
now she has asked for the hedge to be trimmed as it is touching her fence. Please note there are no hanging over branches as I have already trimmed them back a few months ago. We are talking four very small pieces which touch her fence on my side .The fence which belongs her is 36 inches high. I have measured the conifers they are less than 2 meters high and I have removed the leading growth shoots so they grow side ward rather than upwards.She now wants me to either take them down or put up a new fence in front of her so my trees do not touch her fence . How do I stand regarding my trees touching her fence as I do not intend to remove them or put up another fence ? I do however intend to make sure the branches don't hang over the fence as I won't give her the pleasure of cutting them down.
They asked me to pay for it, and charged me £150, took the money and not done the job.
Any idea how can I resolve the problem.
Thanks
The neighbours have assumed we should trim the trees at our cost.Is this correct?
We have also been advised that if the trees are trimmed excessively this may cause damage to the trees and even our property-should we enlist the help of an expert?
We are about to put our property on the market,and the neighbours are aware of this - if we do so we might have to reveal there is a dispute-how best can we deal with this?
thanks in advance.
Along the boundary of my property (just on my neighbour’s side) is a tree of unknown species. It's almost reached the size of my two-storey house and some of the branches are touching my chimney, which is just one storey high as it's built on a small single storey extension which is a purpose-built original feature of the house. We use the chimney in the autumn/winter as it's attached to a log-burner. The roots of the tree are also visibly sticking out of the earth within 5 cm of my house (and are at least a few cm wide so are likely to be touching my property under the ground as the exposed roots head that way, but I can't see this).
I have spoken to my neighbours and they have declined to do anything about the tree, i.e. either the overhanging branches touching my chimney (which blocks the movement of the surrounding air making my fire harder to start, slower to burn and more likely to 'blow-back' smoke into my house) or the roots. I've previously trimmed back some of the overhanging branches but as the boundary between our properties is close to my house, they quickly grow back and I've been unable to do anything about the roots, although I'm very concerned about this. This tree was identified as a potential risk to my property on the survey when I originally purchased it (owing to the roots) and it was advised that the tree should be managed accordingly, i.e. ideally not allowed to get any larger. This hasn’t happened and I've also been refused access to my neighbour's property to trim back any overhanging branches on my side, which makes any trimming back on my side minimal, so the tree grows back quickly.
In an ideal world I would like to reduce the size of the tree so it’s not encroaching on to my chimney and maintain it such, by limiting its size, that the roots don’t get any larger and damage my property. My neighbours have made it clear that they will not cooperate with me so what can I do legally, if anything? Thanks.
It will be much appreciated.
King regards
Thanks,
Neighbours have asked that we vigorously cut back overhanging branches because the pigeons that land on those branches drop their guano (using posh word for poo as am online) onto their new decking. By neighbours own admission "he never gave a thought to the pigeons". Asked for advice/quote from tree surgeon. He said job was unnecessary and felt we were being asked to do something we are not obliged to do and is unreasonable. He believes tree in good health and shape. Neighbours extremely unresponsive and say that as its our tree, we have to pay for everything and we must have it cut back as the overhanging branches are our responsibility. If they employ someone to do the job for their benefit, we will receive the bill. We said that we would agree to pruning back a little by a professional but would not be prepared to pay for this work in its entirety. Nor do we want the trees pruned back to the extent they are looking for.
The overhanging branches in question are of a height that means they cannot be reached by anyone other than a tree surgeon and we do not want the tree to be cut back at all especially if it is in a healthy condition.
We would appreciate any feedback, please. Thank you in advance.
We had informed our neighbours that damage was occurring probably a year prior to this, and suggested that they get some advice on how to deal with it.
As the tree has not actually damaged the house yet , the insurance company will not pay for the damage, if it had they would!!.
my neighbours driveway adjacent to the wall is like the Himalayas , so it would be reasonable to assume they know the damage caused by the tree does not just stop at the wall, who should I contact next and are they liable for repairs??
We are having lighting issues in the back of our property as the trees block the sunlight. They also block the signal for our Sky box especially in late spring early summer.
We live in an area where we cannot get cable TV so Sky is our only option. The problem has been ongoing for a few years now and Sky have been out numerous times and raised the dish. It cannot be raised any further.
All Greenbelt have told us is that we cannot cut the trees down we can only remove any branches that encroach onto our property.
Can you let us know if there is anything legal we can do if the trees were to fall they would hit out house.
Regards
Julie Blythe
I wouldn't be able to reach to cut them back I don't haveany Sun light to my living room or to my garden i am worried about the branches falling .I did talk to my one of my neighbours about the problem with the tree has one is in his garden he wasn't that bothered about it say I could cut it but when I
Ask him to come and have a look he was like me or you got cut that its to high- when I said we would have to get a tree specialist in he said ok but pm not paying I said but the your the tree owner it's in your garden and then branches are over my garden fence and half over my roof of my house.I did say well if I get the tree specialist in I would send the bill to him please help
We just woke to the sounds of chainsaws, and found that now we have no privacy left, half the block looks into our kitchen and bedroom. The bedroom window is also a slanted one so the cost of blinds, rather than curtains, that don't hang vertically is much higher than we can afford.
Do we have any doubts in this regard? I understand we have no ownership of the tree, but such a drastic change at least requires planning permission that we should have been notified of, surely?
My neighbour planted a'Torbay Palm' tree 2' from my garden wall. It is now 12' tall and growing. I have an artificial lawn on the other side of the wall. I have asked for the new growth,about 3', to be pruned o as hopefully restrict further root growth. I was met with abuse. When I pointed out the risk of damage to both the wall and my lawn she said she didn't care. The front of her house faces my back garden. There is a tarmac area between her house front and my rear wall. Planning restrictions state that no resident can plant trees in front of their properties building line. Can I legally get her to cut the trees before any damage occurs?
Thanks
Viv Griffiths
The neighbour says that although the tree is on his side of the fence, the legal boundary of his property isn't delineated by the fence.
Is there a time limit by which a fence becomes a de facto boundary?
As I understand it, it should be her responsibility to clear the waste and not push it back over the fence. This waste is wood branches not the odd leaf. This can be constituted as fly tipping. What course of action can I take from here?
This year however, she has removed even more, without permission and also destroyed the lead branch of the tree, together with a clematis beneath the tree(already deceased). The tree is in the process of slowly dying, with the majority of the leaves gone.
Where do I stand legally with replacing my tree or claiming compensation for the removal and replacing of said tree?
It was only young between 11 and 13 years old.
Kind regards
In Storm Doris it bought down the trees that we requested to be reduced in height and it also bought up part of our Drive witch now needs repairing there insurance are refusing to pay out liability and she as admitted that we have asked her to cut the height down and she refused but she told her insurance that the trees in her garden get maintained three times a year so they are refusing to pay out l pointed out to them the height of the trees saying they couldn't possibly been maintained have l any rights what should l do now my husband is disabled and lm afraid he will fall on the damaged uneven Drive l have told the insurance this as well
A neighbour has complained about the large and long-existing tree in my garden, at the edge of the property. A branch is growing over the boundary towards a structure at the rear of his garden where a relative lives - as it continues to grow it will cause damage.
It seems within their gift to cut the branch as they see fit. If they ignore it and it (eventually) causes property damage, am I at fault under the law?
Many thanks
What are my rights concerning all of this? - Can I force them to take it down, if they refuse? (They are very confrontational) Apart from the Laurel monster being poisonous its blocking the light! My honeysuckle and roses refuse to grow and our Silver Birch tree is now starting to ail because there is no light until after 3pm or so.
However, the property was sold and new owners moved in approximately 10 years ago. The hedge was never maintained by the new owners and got to a height and width pushing our fence over and causing rot both to our fence and pergola, due to lack of light and the area being continually wet/damp.
We spoke to the owners of the property who eventually agreed to trim the middle trees but not the two trees at either end of the hedge row.
That was approximately 3 years ago. None of the trees/hedge have been maintained since. The two trees at either end have now reached a height which is taller than the surrounding houses and they have grown to such a width that they now meet in the middle and block out any natural light that would help alleviate damp amp and rot.
Please can you offer any advice on how to proceed.
Thank you.
They are not the most pleasant people and would like to know where I stand legally. Thank you very much.
There are pine trees on the fence boundary which grow 3-4 feet a year which completely blocks out the mid day sun from about mid August through to mid April snd with the trees growing it is getting worse each year. The effect on our vegetable patch is profound, as any idiot knows that no matter how well you garden, without sunlight you might as well give up.
Is there a legal way to stop this selfish German from destroying our enjoyment of gardening?
What steps can I take to protect ourselves and our property; what are the responsibilities of the tree owner and the duties of the local council.
We are really shocked about this and would like to know what can we do.
Many thanks in advance.
We live in a semi detached house behind a very old house, obviously been built many years before the surrounding house. My concern is they have very tall pine trees at the end or their garden by dividing fences of our house and neighbors, Which if fall will no doubt hit ours and neighboring houses as they are so tall. I've lived here nearly 25 years and know they weren't that tall back then, not sure what our rights are ?
They cannot afford to or do the clearing themselves, and the neighbouring property is run and maintained by an agent (Block of 4 flats).
They are unsympathetic, and say they are not responsible and are saying that we will have get the trees trimmed and they say we can not throw the trimmed branch back to the neighbouring property. Where is the justice in two pensioner paying a tree surgeon to cut high level branches and remove all the crap from trees that they don't own!
Can we approach the council or get any help or have some financial or gardening help for them? PLEASE ANYTHING INFORMATION as this is SOOOOOOO unfair.
My neighbour has a bush that was planted over 16yrs ago when house was built and is now a very large tree. I have to reverse past tree from my driveway to access road & due to height & width I have to actually be on pavement to see traffic or pedestrians. Bush has grown bigger than area that it was originally planted. Have asked neighbour if they will cut it down they refuse. It is an accident waiting to happen. Is there anything I can do to get this cut down?
We have inherited fathers house with tiny back yard that borders an old churchyard that is a conservation area. There is a huge ash tree on the churchyard side but about 10 ft away from the house..its at least 50 ft high and we are worried about possible root damage to our foundations. The tarmac in the yard isn't flat indicating underground movement, possibly caused by roots. I don't think we can claim 'right to light' issue as the tree has probably been there for some time. We are trying to sell the house so wondered can we ask the church to lop the tree or do we have to pay?
Is there anything I can do as my neighbour refuses to acknowledge either problem.
Many thanks.
The planning officers at the council have confirmed it needed planning permission but it can not be enforced because it was longer than 4 years since it was put up (before we moved in).
My tree overhangs it. If my tree fell on the oil tank, would I be held liable for damage to the tank and would the fact that it was put up without required planning permission make a difference?
back garden which is 24ft long.
I am having a large summer house erected in 6 weeks and the front of it is mostly glass.
I am concerned about the over hanging branches and one of the smaller trunks of which there are about 6.I know I can deal with the branches but what about the trunkthat also over hangs
Thanks in advance,
Chris
1) they can cut the branches back on their side of fence
2) they need to pay for that
3) if the roots are causing a problem they can dig them up
4) if the trees do any damage I may be liable for cost of repairing that
5) they have no right to any more light than when they moved in
Can someone write a formal letter for me to respond to todays actions? Can you advise who?
Thank you.
The neighbour following this, has planted virtually together two Norwegian Spruce trees, directly behind the original hedge.These trees can obviously rapidly grow to a large height with a wide spread.
Do you believe that the two trees planted in this manner constitutes a hedge and do you believe that if I again take action via the local authority that it would be successful.
The neighbour refuses to respond to my courteous correspondence in this matter.
I would appreciate your views. Many thanks
Thankyou in advance
The land agent has instructed the gentleman to remedy the situation,but I have my doubts that he will comply,as he has not replied to my solicitor's letter.
The question is where do I go from here?
Now top of one of the trees is bowing over in our direction can we ask her to cut it?.
And if we cut all the branches on our side will it not destable her side of the tree
The housing group they belong to, says they are in the right, the neighbours then lent ladder against our trees and cut off tops.
I called police and showed them the Flytipping remark, and was told you cannot flytip on private garden only commercial, so neighbour is allowed to throw anything over???
Am I allowed to cut the bush including flowers on my side of the fence?
I had a large tree at the bottom of the garden, my neighbour at the rear complained so I had it taken down completely. I seem to have had ongoing problems with tenants next door I just want a reasonable neighbour.
Our neighbours trees have grown so high and large that they are now blocking our satellite signal for our Sky television. Also our phone line is now running through their tree.
The tree and bushes along our wall are pushing against our wall and damaging it and we have a branch growing through the back of our shed.
Is there anything we can do about any of the above. Our neighbours are not the most approachable people so we are looking for advice. Thanks in advance.
6 different places and the slabs are now starting to look uneven. I have broken them off at ground level but as anyone with wisteria knows it just grows back with vengeance. I spoke to him this week about it and he just got very very aggressive and stood shouting and swearing at me even coming right up to my face while doing so.i would like to know where I stand as it is ruining my patio. I have stopped breaking them off so that the cause can be seen and they are now about 2 feet tall
After several months of trying to find out who is responsible for the trees this year, we have spoken to the parish council. After much delay they have come out and viewed the trees, but their response was that the trees were here before the houses.
We want to enjoy our garden in the summer so hence we have asked for the trees to be pruned. Do we have any rights to insist on these being pruned
I'm also worried about potential damage to my house foundations....should I be?
Many thanks.
I have no issue in my neighbor trimming, but surely throwing all of this over the fence on to my property is not just unneighborly, but shouldn't been allowed, or accepted? My neighbors are very unfriendly and moan at any given opportunity, with me or anyone else unfortunate enough to have dealings with them. I don't want him doing this again and would like to know if I am legally correct in telling him that he cannot do this. I need to nip this in the bud now. Thanks.
Some of the Sumacs are sending out "runners" and appear in adjacent gardens and under paths. There is also the possibility roots of these trees could affect the foundations.
Would a solicitor be any help?
My neighbour has a 30m high scots pine on their land that touches the dividing stone wall.
The trunk leans and the top 2 thirds of the trunk is over our land - with EVERY branch over our drive.
How do i stand with chopping off every branch that overhangs ourland and can I reduce the height of the tree seeing as the trunk leans and is over our side.
Is he right, if a shrub grows onto a neighbours property can you legally cut it over the boundry using an extended hedge trimmer, or is this trespass??
Sopie
Our garden from there's. Can I take action against this ?
Neighbours have only started to maintain it for the last 3 years, by getting it cut alternate years (only on their side) however it grows back vigorously and makes little difference.
Neighbours do not want to cut it down. Legally, I don't think there is anything I can do other than cut back the branches my side, but not the trunk. If I put up a new fence I could claim against future damage, but I can't put up a straight fence as the tree has grown over the boundary line .
Any ideas welcomed
The neighbours house is detached and there are 2 problems:
Firstly the tree has grown way out of proportion and now blocks the light between the 2 houses, not nice for us as we are lower down anyway. This isn't such a massive problem for us but:
Secondly, the old Victorian brick wall bows outwards now, and the brick work is beginning to laminate and fall off. The section of wall this is happening to is below ground level on the neighbours side because of the hill and I think it's due to the root ball of the tree. And due to the height of the now very over-grown tree, and the fact that it's higher on their side, we can't even reach to prune it, even with ladders and a long-handled lopper although I have tried.
None of this would necessarily be a problem if we could contact the owners. We have spoken to the residents twice and asked them to please tell their landlords to contact us. A month ago I got the name of the owner from the land registry (who is still registered on the address but doesn't live there) and hand delivered a letter and explained the situation further. The tenants assure us that they have told their landlord but nothing has happened at all. We have knocked on the door several times since, and they don't answer now, presumably because they have done their bit, and no longer want to get involved!
What next?
My query, though, is whether he has a right to lean over the fence and cut back 3-4 feet of the width of the trees on our side? The trees now look like they're leaning at a 45 degree angle and has completely ruined the look of them, plus our garden is now less private.
We're moving soon but now worried in the final inspection an amount might be deducted from our deposit: acers are slow growing and will take years to recover (if they don't fall over as all the weight is now on one side of them). We love to know the legal position on this if anyone can advise please? Thanks Suze
The neighbouring tree is clearly coming from the root of the tree in my garden.
How do I go about getting the neighbouring tree removed?
Is their anything I can do???
Thanks
I have a very old detached house, and down the side i have a old cement drive, wide enough to get my car down , on the floor the neighbor side there are cement blocks, around the side of a breeze block which define the boundry, they are mine and anything the other side are his.
We moved in around 2 years ago and there was then a small amount of cracking and slightly lifted driveway along with cracks in the breeze block cement, there is a tree of heaven only around 2 metres away from the boundary and it was cut right down when we moved in,, as the cracking and lifting of my drive was getting worse i noticed that the tree had been growing substantially again and was some size,, the house is rented out and i told the owner as he live across the road, he said he would get it looked at ,,, it took around 6 months but he finally had the tree cut back again , (but not totally chopped ,) its still around 3 meters high but been pruned right back, my problem is my drive is cracked and lifted, i have been reading and see that i could go the insurance company way by calling them but i am not sure at all if there is any claim and if not i would not want to cause a negative rift from the owner and my neighbor,
thanks for taking the time to read this
We have a council owned tree overhanging our property boundary by approximately 4 meters, the council have said that it is a young tree and will not trim it or cut it. I believe for me to climb almost 20 meters above ground level to remove overhanging branches this poses as a safety risk and the cost shouldn't be my responsibility. they say I am unable to replace removed branches back on the council property as this will be classes as fly tipping, yet if I but the tree and remove the branches myself this comes under the theft act of 1968. where do I go? I do not believe it is my responsibility to remove the overhanging branches 4 meters by 20 high when the tree is not mine? is this not council negligence?
My house is the only house affected by no sunshine, we have to sit in a shaded back garden which is depressing whilst everyone else garden is bright and hot, his trees are the topic of conversations when I have guests round.
We have been asking both owners for several years now (nicely) if they could prune the trees. Both have ignored us. I have checked with the council and there are no conservation orders on either of them.
Would I be able to maybe ask my insurance company to "take them to task?"
I would appreciate any advice you could give me as this is really starting to upset my husband and I now. We have a nice car that we have worked extremely hard for and I am fed up that it is always covered in bird poo. Not little birds either, pigeons or seagulls!
Thank you
On the 4th May 2016 I Noticed that a number of black bugs were around, On the 5th I realised that here tree is covered in small Black fly (with no wings??!!).
She is a Housing Association tennant with the same company that I am with so I called them for advice as they were all over my seating/decking area and Altho the weather was extreemly hot, I had to keep my doors and windows closed as they started coming inside my home, And was unable to make use of my garden as I can't stand any form of bug!!.
The Housing Association advised that altho I have never seen or spoken to my Neighbour to pop round and have a chat with her or write her a note... I wrote the note & know that she received it the same day (5th) as i was showing my carer the state of her tree and my fence/decking areas that were being effected by her tree and heard her carer reading my note to her!.
The next morning it seemed that they had doubled overnight and have done so every day since then..
It has today got to the stage where I am paying my carers to help and assist me but they are spending most of my call spraying my Door, Walls, Windows, Fences, Garden Furniture, Decking etc with a mixture of washing up liquid and water. They are doing this 3 times a day so that I can go in my garden in my wheelchair, Have a ciggie and the dog can come out too as directly after spraying we have around 5 minutes without having these nasty bugs on us.
Also, I have had to cover the bottom of my door (Lounge to Garden) As this morning the little black (No winged?) Flies were on my lounge floor after finding that they can get inside my lounge by coming in through the tiniest gap under the door... Seeing over 50 of them on my lounge floor really upset me.
So I called my local Council Enviromental health department who told me that they no longer have a pest control department and that if the black fly were causing me that many problems then although these are coming from my Neighbours tree perhaps I should call and pay for pest control to sort out my garden!!!???!!!.. I advised them that considering they are falling/dropping off of my Neighbours tree then why should i pay for pest control as per her advice when until my neighbour sorted out her tree I would continue to get them in my garden!! "Oh yer" was the response, Followed with "Would you like a number for a pest control company" That call finished.
Perhaps I should point out here that last year after 8 months of the housing association sending my neighbour letters she finally got a free gardener who made her garden look more appealing but also got rid of the rats and the fox den that was in there, Unable to be seen by her as the grass itself came up to the gardeners chest when he 1st started.
So I decided to have 1 more try with the housing association and No matter how hard I tried I was unable to get them to come out and they still advised that the gardening was down to the tenant, E
Thank you.
I wish to cut them back but my problem is that the next door neighbor has planted a Montana clematis on her side which has covered the top of my shrubs adding another 4 feet to the height.
Now to say she is a difficult neighbour would be an understatement!!
Have I the right to take the top off my shrubs and cut back her clematis
I thought I'd mention my intention to her and got a very nasty and negative response
What are my rights please
Regards
Thank you.
The trees were mainly ash and sycamore as its 'ancient woodland'.
I've told him I'm not happy and not to do it again but I can't see any legal recourse I can take? The damage now being done.
Is there anything we can do to protect the tree and also to prevent them from damaging the tree themselves.
We`ve lived alonside a small stream for over 30 years. The other side of the stream is a small public path. Trees are growing on the path and branches spread across the river and into our garden. We wanted to lop the overhanging ones so asked our councillor to find out who owned the land(as the council keep it clear and have put gates each end to stop horses and sheep). He couldn`t find out who owned it.
New neighbours bought the bungalow alongside the path. We came home one day to find they`d cut many trunks of the mature trees (not the over hanging ones, though).I was shocked that they just went ahead and got someone in.
Today, on the piece of,. `no man`s land`(yes I know all land is owned but even Natural Resources Wales did what they wanted to on this piece), a guy was about to cut down the small trees and bushes .I told him that 2 owls roosted in the ivy clad bushes but he got annoyed and told me the people in the bungalow wanted a view so, no matter what I said, they were going to be all cut down.Isn`t there a ruling about nesting time?There were bound to be nests in the ivy as we have many small wrens, wagtails, blackbirds, robins etc.I`m so miffed. Is there anything I can do? I know it`s too late for the birds.Can people just do what they like?
We have lived in our property from new for past 26 years
Our neighbour moved into their new property next door about 6 months / year later
Both back gardens were not cultivated or turfed planted
Over many years I have had to ask the neighbour to cut / reduce the height of trees both deciduous and evergreen virtually on our fence
They are now over 16/ 18 feet high meaning that we lose all late afternoon / evening sun
As we had previously enjoyed good light for the early years would I be able to claim under the right to light act? All seems to be unclear
When we have gales. They scare the hell out of me. They look like they could fall over in the wind and easily reach our house. We would be killed if they did come over our way!
The owners of the trees are not interested in doing anything
What can we do?
I am pretty certain that this is effectively fly tipping, but i don't know what I can do.
Any advice?
Thank you.
Any advice ?
I want to install solar panels bit there is no point as the sun will reach them due to the roof being in constant shade.
I have spoken to the neighbour about this and he is happy for the trees to be trimmed but is unwilling to contribute to the cost even though they are his responsibility to maintain.
I also feel the trees pose a danger to my property as they sway and creak in heavy winds and should they fall they will hit a house (even if not my own)
Does the neighbour have to keep his trees pruned to a reasonable height anyway and how can I ensure he contributes to the cost of a tree surgeon?
off the top of the wall into my garden, having a look at the tree trunk you can clearly see it's been hitting the wall for some time as it's got a large indentation in the bark ,made by my wall ,i have taken pictures of the tree damage and my wall. The neighbour is a garage work shop leased to them by a land owner , i have spoken to the garage manager, and given him one picture of the damage to the tree caused by the tree bending in the wind ,
the question is are the neighbour/property owners responsibly for repairing my wall and
removing the tree as it is to close to my wall , many thanks bob
Neighbour is still requesting more trees to be cut down, we do not believe this is fair, our neighbour is threatening the council, court and so on. We would prefer to keep the trees.
Who is right?
The beech and birch trees which are on our western boundary will have great height & spread in years to come. Is there any action I can take now as the loss of afternoon sun and shading of our entire garden is obviously going to occur?
driveways and back entrances to gardens. One of the neighbours has sawn into our hedge
to park his large mobile home and by removed a fence panel, leaning it on the back of our shed and then storing his rubbish on our property. The large mobile home is full of junk and is parked right up to our property boundary. What should we do? Our hedge is damaged and now dying. Also, when we had a summerhouse built, we had to leave a certain amount of space between the back boundary and our next door neighbours fence in which case the mobile hem is much too near our boundary? Please advice us on what whew should do in all 3 matters, thanks, Lois
?where do we stand
The trees are currently about 20 feet above roof height. This was achieved after persuading the owner some 3 years ago to reduce them from being double roof height. He now ignores all our requests to further reduce the height.
Do we have any rights in law to force him to reduce the trees to a more acceptable height?
I have pointed this out to them and the response was that since the branches are over my property they are my problem. The suggestion was that I pay surgeons to lop the offending branches.
I feel that I have warned them of the problem and if damage is caused I shall hold them responsible.
Am I right ?
Thanks in advance
It would be really useful to get a slightly different viewpoint in one of these articles regarding trees and neighbours! We have a situation where our neighbour's insurance company is insisting that we completely destroy all the trees in our garden - they are not encroaching on the neighbour, but apparently, they _may_ have contributed to some subsidence. where do we stand? Where can we get advice? All these articles and websites are extremely one-sided. We need to know things like: What evidence does the insurance company need to prove that it is our trees which have caused this? They are now stating that they will sue us if we don't remove our trees. They claim they have found tree roots in the soil in our neighbour's garden, but have not given us the report despite repeated requests. Are we really expected to just cut down all our trees on the say-so of an insurance company? Would love to know where we can go for help and advice.
We have had these trimmed back by a tree surgeon because they overtop the fence by 2 to 4 feet (600mm to 1200mm). Our neighbour objected to us having this done. I thought it was our responsibility to trim the suckers because they come from our tree. Are we right?
When the tree people came to do the work they went next door to ask if they could throw a line up the tree and she started getting hysterical and called the police because she said they were trespassing on her land. We had to abandon any cutting that day as she took up so much time. This was her plan as she does not want the tree touched. However, we agreed that the tree surgeon would only access from our side. They have since said they do not give permission for him to climb the tree which means we cannot cut it on our side of the boundary. Can the deny him going up on to the tree from our side?
Thanks
Our neighbour has two 60ft plus pine trees in the garden (we both have small London gardens) and not only does these over hang, but they are killing everything beneath them and drying out the soil. In addition, there is a vine grown from behind our garden onto the treet which further cuts out the light.
What rights do we have to get them to remove this tree entirely or cut it right back
It appeared that the trees were on both sides of what we perceive as the deed line.
Our neighbour refuses to accept that any of the trees may have been on their property and as such may have been the reason for their driveway cracks.
They are now asking us to repair the drive, I have suggested that the costs should be shared - and that they should consider that they should be giving us some money back for having them taken out in the 1st place.
Welcome some input
We have spoke to them and they have said that it is a misunderstanding as they had discussed with my wife about cutting down a tree in another neighbours house and thought it was this one.
This is totally unacceptable
What can I do?
regards
Paul Pitman
. when planted it was approximately six feet tall.
The tree grew steadily over the years and the property in question was sold some ten years ago. the tree has reached approximately forty feet high and is now straddling the full width and one third depth of my garden and half of the neighbours gardens each side of my property my neighbours and I have on numerous occasions asked the owner of the property if they would mind trimming the tree they have flatly refused and their attitude is less that cordial to say the least, where do my neighbours and I stand legally
When the first sign of subsidence came to light we advised our neighbour. Following the first report confirming subsidence we updated our neighbour that that we were waiting the aborists report. The final report having been sent to our neighbours we asked our neighbours to see the damage to our house and discuss the report.
Our neighbours are not happy with the report recommendations, saying that they will not permit the trees to be removed. At most they will allow the roots to be cut off our our side of the fence.
I understand from our insurers that it is our neighbours responsibility to cooperate, but what do we do if they refuse to co-operate?
We have had a good relationship with our neighbours for 20 years
Thank you for any advise.
NB neighbours on the other sides of our property are both agreed to follow the aborists recommendation on regular height reduction of their trees.
many thanks, mike.
The local developer will not give us permission to remove them despite them being either condemned or damaging our property. He has said that he will allow us to remove them if we give a substantial chunk of our garden away (150 sqm) or a £20k contribution to his development. Where do we stand?
My neighbours hedge is growing into my garden.The hedge (including brambles) has now covered half of the paved garden path in my garden.
The hedge is only 1.5 meters high but growing in width by the week.
The garden path cannot be used safetly because of the protruding branches and brambles.
I have spoke to the neighbour and recently written to him, asking him to cut back the part of his hedge which is protruding into my garden. I have given him written permission to enter my property.
He has ignored my verbal and written request.
Can I have a court order to make him cut the hedge??
My neighbour has a large cherry tree, next to our shared boundary, the tree has grown out, and the trunk has broken one fence post off, and one panel is now breaking.
The tree is approx. 2 to 3 metres from our main sewer pipe, which leaves our property, and goes onto his driveway lane.
Having replaced another fence, nearby, this time damaged by a 20m line of beech trees, we asked him to remove his cherry tree.
The tree is 8m from our property, and 30m from his.
He has refused to remove the cherry tree, but, we then received a solicitors letter, telling us that we could cut the cherry tree roots.
We have cut two of the roots back to the boundary, and no further.
Now the cherry tree is looking a little distressed, and we have now received a solicitors letter to say that we should not cut the cherry tree roots.
what should we do now?
We still have a damaged fence, and worry about the main drain.
I can arrange for the branches to be cut off back to the neighbours fence but can I insist that he takes ownership of the branches I remove - to avoid my cost and time in removing them to the local Tip.?
Do we have to pay half of the cost? We have always agreed they can cut any branches off that reach over the boundary.
1. If it's a shared fence/responsibility, do not give your approval for the wall
2. Get an expert to take a look at advise on what can be done to minimise damage to the tree/roots.
3. Allow the work to go ahead and hope that the wall does not damage the tree - if it does, your (or your neighbour's) insurance should pay
4. Check there is no Tree Preservation in place to stop the work (affecting the roots) going ahead...or ask your TPO officer if it's possible to apply for a Tree Preservation Order on the tree.
The neighbour at the end of my garden has a huge sweet chestnut tree. It is just the other side of my fence, and most of the tree overhangs my garden. I have two dogs and last year one of them had to have their stomach pumped because of eating the chestnuts.
I asked my neighbour to cur the tree back, but he just cut it back by such a small amount that it has made no difference to the huge heap of debris that falls into my garden.
I know I can cut back the branches that overhang my garden, which is most of them but he won't allow access to the tree from his side. The tree surgeon says he needs to climb the tree to do it.
Liability to remove any fallen leaves etc lies with the owner of the Property affected.
Whilst falling leaves etc are annoying, they are not legally a 'nuisance', which has a very specific meaning.
Prior to last change of ownership conifer type tress were planted in a very small front garden they have now become taller than the house with roots now lifting the pavement which leads to a path and also my front door..I have asked the neighbours about chopping them down also nd this would cost, so they would ask the agency of house to do it also informed the lettings agency who said it was down to the people letting the house to do it.
I informed the local council about the danger of the public path. They removed a few of the slabs and tarmac ed a small area not touching the tree or its roots, they did nothing in the area of my front door saying it was down to me as I owned it...according to nylon deeds somehow I do not own my front garden therefore shouldn't own the pavement in question!
Anyway all I get is that no one will take responsibility for removal of these trees whose roots are going down under around mains water pipes a rend my footings to my home.,Have left another message with owners.
Have said to neighbors I would helpn pay a little towards removal of trees.But now they are nd looking to move and don't want to pay out. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR NEARLY TWO YEAR! WHAT CAN I DO.
Please help me if you can..Thank you
Any help please anywhere
We have significant growth of elderflower trees at the bottom which overhang our boundary but more importantly he has widespread growth of brambles which are growing over the dividing wall between our properties.
They touch down if not kept in check and re-root on our side.
They are also starting to grow between the brickwork in the wall which is eroding the pointing and in places bricks are coming loose.
we have been told, by a Tree surgeon. It is only 2 meters from my bungalow and has cracked my garden retaining wall considerably
Is my neighbour responsible for:
1) Removing the tree and financing it.
2) Paying for the damage to repair my wall?
All she needs to do is trim it once a week if necessary.
Can she force me to cut it back severely?
Next door have several trees in their back garden, that, when we moved in were at such a height that they would not block any light into our house or garden.
Now, 11 years later they have not had any maintenance on them, they are basically just merging into one giant tree and now from about 4pm onward block the light into our house, whilst some of his conifers at the bottom of the garden actually have snapped in half during a storm, he still has 6 remaining, which are 40ft high and i would say are likely to blow down in another good storm. I have asked about resolving this and he said he would sort it, which he did slightly by cutting down one tree right next to our fence breaking several branches off our apple tree and has got as far as leaning a ladder against another tree about 6 weeks ago.
I have asked if he will be finishing the work, to which he stated he would not be trimming his favourite trees as it could be catastrophic for the environment. Unlike his old bath tub filled with wine bottle and pile of junk which attract rats etc. So im not sure where i stand legally now. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
Our neighbour has a pear tree close to our boundary wall, as the tree has grown it has damaged the boundary wall which now has a 30cm crack in it and the wall leans over in to our garden about half a metre. It is fairly obvious that the tree has caused the damage, can we ask the neighbours to pay the bill for rebuilding the wall?
Secondly, at the bottom of our garden our neighbours have a 60 foot high lime tree which overhangs in to our garden. It is protected by a preservation order, but large, dead branches sometimes fall in to our garden, making the bottom of our garden unsafe to use. They're definitely large enough to injure someone; eight or more foot in length with a girth of four to five inches. I understand that the cost of cutting back overhanging branches would usually be my responsibility, but as they pose a potential danger to health would it be possible to proceed down that route? Many thanks
My neighbours were complaining about our trees being overgrown so I decided to get them cut down by the council whilst doing so they damaged their fence and a couple of shrubs the council have offered compensation but they have said its not enough and unbelievably they have sent me a letter claiming damages from me as I employed them any idea where I stand
Thanks
my garden is 45ft long and the branches hang over my fence by 20ft. I have cut the
branches back to the boundary line as far up as i can reach. The council now wants to
charge for taking the garden waste which from this tree is all year round as it only takes
a little wind or rain and my garden is covered. The leaves also block my gutters, can i pass
this charge to my neighbours. Also it seems all the pigeons and other birds seem to gather
in the tree and poop all over my garden which i have to clean nearly every other week. I cant
use the bottom 20ft of my garden.
While we want to remain on good terms, we're not sure of how to proceed. Would you be able to tell me where we stand legally on this, please? This neighbour is very pushy and we fear he might take us to court if we don't comply.
Thank you.
Thank you
Lucy
Asked neighbour to have them cut back as they were his, he said his gardener would deal withit. All that's happened is weedkiller has been applied o the section growing up the garage, all dead leaves from that falling on my property. Remainder of ivy is untouched and getting thicker. I don't have physical ability, due to illness, to cut that back. I think I shall put in writing my request with photographs .. If nothing happens what action can I take?
I've just got back home and my neighbour has taken it upon himself to remove part of his fence and cut down the shrub and tree behind my garage without asking. What can I do?
Just want to know what my legal rights are as the bush is in my garden, but the branches that are over handing her shed are obviously on her side - whose legal responsibility is it to remove the overhanging branches?
I am a property manager and have received a complaint from one of my residents about the trees in the neighbouring garden which have grown quite high over the years. The freehold residents in the neighbouring property have ignored requests to trim the trees and preserve the view that was previously seen of an historic park and the trees are now affecting the light into the residents home.
Are there any laws that could help resolve this? Would I need to approach the local council directly?
I have asked them to get it sorted but they were a bit funny about it. This was many months ago when I asked them and still nothing has been done about it.
I don't want to fall out with them but it needs cutting. Is there anyone I can go to force them to deal with it? As I have said one branch is only a few feet from touching our roof but the tree itself is a good story above the roof of our house.
Please advise
Graham
2. My neighbours trees block our light, they steal the sun in the evening, it appears he has "chain planted" holly trees that are now joining up into a hedge, which is over two metres high on average, and some at a height greater than our two storey house. This is in addition to large cherry tree that also blocks light, one that also has some over hang. What and who is responsible to allow us more light?
The trees grow on their side of the fence so surely the branches that overhang onto my garden are theirs, and should not have been trimmed to fall on my side. ?
I have just moved In to my property and the neighbours tree is coming in to my garden and damaging the fence.
The tree is huge and I suspect very costly to have my side of it cut down along with the repair to the fence.
Who is liable for the Bill?
The routes are in my neighbours land
The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 - Under this act, a Dog Control Order can be issued for offences like permitting a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded etc
Local bylaws and the Environmental Protection Act are also there to deal with dogs barking excessively...causing a noise nuisance.
As for the tree, follow the guidance in the Dangerous Trees section of the article above if you think it is a hazard.
My wife today decided to cut them back as the branches grew over on to my shed.This has been going on for a long time I replaced the felt and guttering .The leaves land all over the roof blocked and damaged the guttering and damaged the felt. Also blocked the pump in the fish pond and bought new pump.we are in the process of putting a new shed in place as this one is now rotten due to the water entering the shed previous .my wife was in the garden on the phone and the neighbour stood up and put his head in our garden and said you been busy I
am calling the police and made her feel bad what can we
Do about this. Adran
We have bought a beautiful detached Victorian property with my husband a year and a half ago and we are having lots of problem with some trees in my neighbors garden in the rear of the property. These trees are so huge it is literally overtaking 95% of my garden. The branches are over taking my garden completely. I get no sun light neither do i get to enjoy my garden in any way. Leaves fall into my garden and covers every corner of it. to date i have cleaned the garden twice and i feel that its not fair on me and my husband having to do this every year. When we bough the property we had to throw 60 full bin bags to the dump making at least 10 trips to the dump. As it seems that the previous owner had done nothing about this and it accumulated over the years. This time round we had to make 2 trips to the dump to clear all the rubbish out making 10 bin bags.
When we first bought the property i contacted the managing agent who deals with the maintenance of the property next door (being block of flats) for the removal of the trees as it was causing us nuisance. They informed me that these tree have TPO's on them so for that reason they couldn't do anything about it. So i called the council and asked for their assistance and they confirmed that these trees are protected. But also informed me that an application could be made for the trees to be pruned. Now I'm not sure what to do as these trees are not in my land and i am the one who is suffering.
1. Do i contact the managing agent's and ask them to make an application for this or do I have to do it and hand over to them the permission once granted.
2. If application is made and granted who pays for the costs of pruning and would the managing agent cooperate with me?
3. If they do not cooperate what happens then?
Also there are 2 huge trees to the front of my property being very close to my gutters. We have recently changed the gutters and paid a lot of money for this to be done. The old gutters were full of leaves and blocked and damaged completely. Can i ask them to include these trees in their application too for pruning or will a separate application be needed? all of these trees are higher in height than my property and it is a big concern to me and my husband. The trees in the front 1 looks like it has been cut but not sure by who maybe by the previous owners. The tree that has been cut has damaged the front wall to my little gate as it is tilting to the front. This is evident as it looks like its happened from the root of the trees. What do i do with this? Also the tree that is not cut to the front, we get sticky stuff into our passage way walking towards our front door. This is very annoying as our gate feels very sticky at times too.
Any kind of advice will be very much appreciated as who ever i asked couldn't be of help to me.
kindest regards
Melissa
Suffice to say, the tree landed in our garden, damaged the fence ( which is his) and and has damaged the plants in our border . Not content with that , he proceeded to lift another fence panel, accessed our garden without permission and both he and his 'mate' have trampled our border in order to retrieve the tree from our garden. This was all witnessed by my daughters who were at home at the time but felt too intimidated to go out and confront him , as he us not a pleasant man. Our border is ruined for this year as is our flowering nutmeg bush which is now at ground level . Flag Iris in our pond were also damaged. We were not contactable by phone as this was happening as there was no phone signal where we were staying, otherwise I would have asked to speak to him and demanded he leave the premises and we would sort it out on our return .
To add insult to injury, we have been back two days and he has not bothered to even apologise.
Just wondering what rights we have regarding this please.
Thank you in advance for any advice.
However, if this isn't enough my main concern is that the tree could be causing subsidence to our house due to it's close proximity. No matter how often the neighbours say they water their tree it will I feel be taking moisture from the ground which in turn can cause subsidence. I appreciate subsidence could also be caused by its removal too but it seems silly to wait until signs of subsidence show before addressing the problem. I'd much rather that prevention rather than cure was adopted. I feel that it was inconsiderate to plant such a tree so close to a property in the first place.
The tree roots are now lifting the tarmac on our drive to the point that if we have four adults, non of whom are overweight,in the car we are unable to drive our car into/out of the drive without scraping the bottom of the car. We have informally asked both of the couple to do something but to no avail. Do we have any right to insist they repair our drive and remove the tree?. There is no preservation order on the tree.Thank you
Also over the lastr two days with the high winds high branches have fallen that they failed to prune back and have fallen on our jeep damaging the canopy and scratching the paintwork, can we claim against them rather than go through our insurance as its there trees, weve had to contact the electric board as branches are over in there fencing also
What would be the best solution to all this please .
I am prepared to do all the work myself but I want the person who owns the garden with the tree opposite me to pay for the raw materials. Do I have grounds to suggest this? The people who live there are renting.
Thanks
Telephone calls to the council have had no effect. Do the local authority have a duty to keep their overgrowing greenery clear of my fences to allow me maintenance and prevent further damage. Hope you can advise.
last month I had a call off my brother asking if I had given permission for the trees to be cut down, as there were 2 tree surgeons in the garden whom by then had cut 10ft of each tree. I called the police, this morning I had a call from the police saying there was insufficient evidence due to the business owner having an independent witness, in which I have never met or seen this woman, she is employed at the shop. I have been advised to go down the civil route. now how much are two 24ft conifer trees worth, also the feature has been lost. I am astounded that it is ok to have your trees cut down and cause criminal damage. I spoke to the tree surgeons whom said the business owner said id given permission.
any advice given would be much appreciated.
I'm aware of the law saying the responsibility of maintaining the tree is of the landowner where the tree grows, however the neighbours have lived at their address for about 15 tears while the previous owner of my place lived there for 10+ years, this matter should have been resolved a long time ago between them, I find it unfair that it is now up to myself to pay to sort out the matter! Thanks for clarifying
Is there a law on how high a tree should be from your home, our neighbours trees approx 5/6m from our house, we have approached the neighbour and offered to pay for a professional to manage the trees but are not budging on the fact that they love trees, I told them we do to but not to that limit.
please help.
There are overhanging branches causes blocked guttering.I have asked repeatedly for them to be cut back.He always says they are coming to do it .
Can the council get him to cut them back that's all I want I am disabled I can't do it it.
on 26th November we received a hand delivered letter from the council accusing us of fly tipping, threatening us with upto £50,000 fine and imprisonment 5 years. I was livid and rang up to explain and was offered a £50 littering fine. I am not a litterer or a fly tipper but never denied the branches were ours and if anything we stored them too long on the park side of our hedge. For 2 years I have picked up other peoples's litter while I walk my dogs in that park and just couldn't accept the littering fine. My husband went to the interview under caution and admitted they were ours. When he asked what happens next he was told "don't worry you probably will hear no more but we have to run it passed legal" 6 months later we have been summonsed to magistrates court and we are in despair. I am a nervous wreck and am so scared if we plead not guilty it will go on and on and cost a fortune so deciding today to plead guilty (council is asking also for costs). They said at the interview that if we had mentioned it to the park keeper it would have been ok but because we didn't we will be criminals. The council advice for disputes with neighbours is 6 pronged.
Number 1 is talk to your neighbour and Number 6 is last resort legal action.
The council went straight to Number 6 and have bullied and intimidated us into pleading guilty to what they call a very serious crime.
In our defence and to shame the council my son and I went to an area just 700m from my home to film serious fly tipping on a public footpath which has left it a no go area. We did this to try to show that difficult issues are not dealt with by the council but easy targets like us are pursued.
2 days later an attempted rape attack on a young woman at 9.30pm occurred at that very spot.
Would we have any chance of having these trees removed? Our house is not yet twenty years old but would not have been purchased had the trees been there. Our house is at the end of a shared drive with other houses built very close and almost encroaching in at the sides. It will feel very dark and suffocating when those trees start to grow.
Also the trees were planted by Groundworks who my neighbour insists planted the trees on the councils say so, however the council deny all knowledge saying its private land and legally they can't. Groundworks simply told me to consult my neighbour. The land registry says the house builder who built the estate as the purchaser of the land the estate was built on. The green was land left empty of houses to be used as a recreational space. As to who is now the owner or responsible for this land I have no idea. I think it probably still belongs to the housebuilder and that maybe the the council have a maintenance contract but I'm not sure. Surely if we can show they damage the houses value we can get them removed?
Thanks
Sarah
He has cut away a lot of the branches which were throwing debris onto my side return and into my guttering, although he had said he was taking the tree down.
Do I have the right to demand he remove it? Or does it partly belong to me and therefore I can get it done?
He's being really awkward about it and refuses to discuss the matter: he thinks his job is done now that he's taken off the branches. He's told me if I am concerned about my house I should get my insurance company to contact his.
I don't see that it is yet a matter for the insurance company.
How can I make him get rid of it? Thank you!
Having discussed it with my husband and our adjoining neighbours, we have decided not to reduce the trees as they act as they provide privacy and security. In addition I suffer from hypersensitivity to sunlight and they allow me an area to sit outside in the shade.
He sent a tree surgeon to my door, fortunately I wasn't home, then a few days later a business card was left with details of a tree surgeon. Yesterday an estimate was left for the cost of reducing the trees to half height.
Am I being unreasonable??
I have just moved house and the neighbours blossom tree is hanging over our front drive. Almost half of the tree is in our garden so to cut branches back would leave half a tree. My car is covered in sticky blossom and it's really hard to get off. I have to constantly clean it. Also our drive and open porch are absolutely covered. I'm not sure what to do in this situation and any suggestions would be much appreciated.
My neighbour has a bird nesting box attached to the trunk of a tree that stands directly vertically up against the boundary fence.
The tree is on my side of the boundary so does my neighbour have any right to have a bird box fixed to it.
He has removed lower branches of the tree, back to the trunk, some of which were cut off of the tree on my side of the boundary. The removed branches were then thrown over the fence into my garden, which from reading on this site, may even constitute as fly tipping. The branches are still lying on my garden should any proof be needed of this.
Any assistance in these matters would be most welcome.
Glendarious. 2/5/15
I bought a house recently and a plot of land at the side of my new house. I had plans to build a garage and expected her to cut her very large laylandi tree down as it's roots may interfere with my garage plans and in the evenings the tree blocks my light. She did not want to cut the tree down but agreed to let me cut the tree down to 5ft. I think she should pay half the fee to have it cut down. Am I right?
I know it is an offence to cut this tree down now from Feb to September under the WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 there has always been plenty of nests in this tree, will I get into any trouble and insist on this tree being cut down at the end of March or start of April?
At present our ins company have sent a very large bill to our council's insurers! and super structure work has started on our house!
Our main worry is the fact that as long as the tree is still there and encroaching on our land, if we come to sell our house the new vendors will only be able to use our insurance co to insure the house as there has been a subsidence claim!! The council are not being very nice and refuse to remove the tree. Our house is nearly 100 years old and the tree is 40 years old, so some idiot who clearly knew nothing about how near you should plant a London Plane tree to a house! How do we force the council to take it away? And plant a more suitable tree in its place.
Our neighbour's home insurance is also putting in a large claim for damage to their home!!
Our insurance don't seem to be too bothered about fighting to get the tree removed! They just tell us that "don't worry you will still be insured if any damage happens again"!!! That's not what we want to hear!!
It's a very stressful time for us and we do not know what will happen when we try to sell the property! The council have put us in a corner!
How can we take this further?
Thanks.
.....so they will never grow any taller!!!
Have i got any legal rights??
I know that neighbour "B" is entitled to those branches if he so wishes but is there any legal entitlement that allows him to throw the branches over the hedge when neighbour "B" doesn't want them.
My neighbour says she has spoken to the council and as her house (not mine) is in a conservation area, she has been told she has to get a private report and then send it to the council to see if the tree can be removed. Does this sound right?
In the meantime I want to let the property, it is a family home and unsafe as the back garden isn't fully enclosed, which will not appeal to future tenants. Any advice?
What are my obligations regarding the removal of the debris from my neighbour's garden.
Many thanks,
Careful Garden.
Can I quote asbo 2003 and the law change in 2005 or is it best to go straight to the local council to take action??
Best regards
Our little backyard is covered with fruit and leaves 24hrs daily,
#we sweep the backyard at least 4-5 times daily.
#The fruit attracts the bats at night, so we wake up to a bloody mess everywhere from bbq to the outdoor furniture stained from the fruit.
#The fruit on the ground is very slippery and worse when its been rains.
#In summer we don't entertain outside anymore due the falling fruit hiting people and the constant banging noise on out roof.
Due to the shocking state of our backyard, we keep our dog inside too.
Ive written to council raising my concern, unfortunately the reply wasn't favorable at all.
I need help, what are my rights here?
Can i thrown it back into his yard.
If an injury were caused, you are entitled to make a reasonable claim for expenses against the neighbour but you need to be able to demonstrate negligence on their part.
Can the hedge, whatever it is, cause subsidence, and the bottom part of the tree ball is just over the gutter of my garage and the first few rows of tiles.
I am ajast that this has been done without even talking to me - there seems such a lot to take in and I need to get the questions right before I approach them.
i.e. will they be responsible for keeping my gutter clear on their side, and are the hedges and trees planted by them non-evasive!! Your help would be appreciated.
I offered to remove the tree in the summer, it wasn't that big a tree (15-20 foot). I said I couldn't deal with the roots as the products I identified to kill the root said to use from November. So the tree was removed, and now the neighbour is knocking on my door (twice this week) asking when I'm going to finish the job.
Unfortunately I've been unwell the last couple of months, and as I work full-time, have a young family, my only two days off I have either been playing doctor to my children or have been ill myself ( or both).
He has said he will get someone to come and do the work and will send me the bill. Is this his right? Remember, the drive was laid knowing the tree was against the boundary line. I thought I had been more than amicable.
Thanks in anticipation.
Paula
I have asked my neighbours to cut back the width of the hedge explaining why. I have offered for my tree surgeon to cut them back ( he says their gardener does not know what he is doing - I haven't said this) and they have declined and said they will talk to their gardener ....
Can I legally cut back their hedges to prevent damage to my vehicles or is this criminal damage?
Neither the courts or the council will assist. Permission to carry out works to a TPO'ed tree does not grant access to neighbouring property to do this. It just means that the works have been accepted by the LPA, in the same way you can apply for planning permission on land you don't own. If there was a clear danger (not leaves in gutters or perceived threat e.g. "trees are tall", "trees sway in wind" etc.) then you may have luck with the Access To Neighbouring Land Act.
While the tree owner has not granted you permission to carry out the works you want, you would still be allowed to carry out those works that are your side of the boundary (and within the scope of the permission granted by the TPO app), so long as whoever completes the work does not work from, or carry out works beyond the boundary. If they have a MEWP and access is okay, this is a possibility.
I know that under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 I can take steps to obtain access for maintenance purposes, but I would prefer to ask my neighbour politely (but with a legally sound fall-back provision) to cut down the ivy to minimise the damage. Under what legislation is he required to do so?
I live in one of two ground floor flats in a house in Ilford. At the other side of the neighbouring ground floor flat, the neighbouring house is split into four separately owned rented flats. In the garden there are six overgrown sycamore trees (I estimate their height t be about 60 feet/20 metres). The branches overhang my neighbouring flat's garden, and have started to overhang my garden as well (the original house garden is shared between the two ground floor flats, split down the middle). The leaf drop at this time of year is massive, half filling a 'hippo' bag. The front gutter of our house also gets periodically blocked. The leaves also kill off my lawn wherever they fall. As the flats are badly maintained, I can't foresee the individual landlords getting together and paying an expensive tree surgeon bill to have the trees trimmed. What's my best option?
Thankyou for your consideration.
He has now asked if will cut further branches back as he his worried about his roof tiles!
I await hearing from you.
Regards,
Fruit Tree
I have an Ash tree situated outside my garden but within my boundary. I have a 'shared' path at the rear. This tree was planted in 1992. There is a house builtm(in 2000) on the other side of the fence only about 5ft away from the tree.
Over the years the roots of the tree have grown under the fence and have damaged their foot path. I have lived in my house for past 7 years and the neighbours have highlighted this to me.
However, I mentioned the tree was present prior to their house being built.
I suggested the council approved planning of their house with their builderings knowing the tree was there. Surely it is down to them to go back to their builder ??
Can anyone give me some advice please. At the moment, it is all amicable, however, I feel I should not have to pay the cost of what initially the council approved planning of a house so close to a fast growing tree ?????
Help anyone ???
Many thanks
Recently had overgrown hedge cut back.
I asked my gardener if he could trim back the top as they were getting too high I wanted 2-3 feet off to tidy the over grown trees. I have lived in the property for just over a year and the property was unoccupied for approx. 12 months prior to sale.
When drastically wrong when the gardener decided to trim top from the agreed 2-3 feet, to approx. 6 feet.
I now have an ugly view of an old garage. More importantly I have an equally upset neighbour whom feels that the trees where her property and that I have trimmed them down without her consent and damaged her view.
It’s very emotional at the moment she is sighting legal action.
The trees were planted by the previous owner of my property I contacted him earlier in the year and asked whom owned the trees prior to any action on my part.
He informed me that he planted them over 20 years ago and has maintained them ever since so they are my responsibility.
My neighbour insist they are hers and that they are planted on private property. The lane behind my home is a dirt road which leads to the entrance of her house.
It’s extremely upsetting to both parties involved and had the potential to be even more upsetting should my neighbour pursue legal action.
I cannot afford to replace 25 feet trees at estimated cost of £400 per conifer I estimate at least 4 are require, but am happy to improve what has become unsightly. The trees been conifers will recover and admittedly will take time to grow but right now I am not sure what to do.
I want this to be resolved peacefully.
Many thanks for any help,
My daughter has bought a house in the winter of 2014 which has a long row of very tall 150ft tall trees which just out side her boundary fence . these tree,s are completely blocking out the sun , shed huge amounts of leaves blocking drains and gutters .And have many very large over hanging branch into her garden some as long a 30 feet , where her children play, she is very concerned about the safety aspect of the branch
She has at her own expense employed a tree surgeon to lop off the lower branches but major work will be required to trim the mid an higher branch,s
The tree belong to an estate , next to the property .
? are they within there rights to ask the owners to trim back , and eliminate the above problems . or do they have to go through the legal procedure which will cost money they do not have in order to solve the problem . Your advise would be most welcome please
There is a mature Japanese tulip tree in the front garden of my rented terrace house, close to the fence of the neighbouring house's front garden. A significant amount of branches overhang the neighbour's front garden, and today I woke to find she had a gardener on a ladder trimming back the branches. Much to my shock and dismay, I found a very large pile of large branches dumped in my front garden (not a single leaf in hers) this afternoon, the result of her gardener's trimming.
I understand the legal point that the branches belong to the owner of my rented house, but surely the neighbour should pay to have them removed -- or approach me (I was home all day!) before having them removed and/or ask if I wanted the branches once cut.
Can I tell her that her leaving them in my front garden constitutes illegal fly tipping? What then?
I have only just moved into this house and *have not even met* this neighbour, so I would like to be on solid legal ground before approaching her.
Many thanks!
Her neighbour of 3 years has built a summer house over the right of access path that runs along the rear of her garden, and along the side of her garden to the front of the properties. Leaving my aunt no access to the front of the properties.
I have managed to find an old copy of the title deeds (that my aunt had filed away) which clearly status 'right of access'. After speaking to the neighbour, her reasoning for building on the access path was that "it hasn't been used in 40 years". My aunt has become less agile in her old age and has not used the access path for 10-15 years. Four wild trees have grown on the access path, at the rear of the neighbours garden, which she is reluctant to cut down (even with my assistance). She has since suggested a gate be erected between the two gardens so that I can access the path through her garden (below her kitchen window).
I don't feel comfortable with this solution, as I'm stuck with a situation where I may need to instigate legal representation, I don't want to, as this is kinda pricey.
How can I make the neighbour re-instate the access path without the use of a solicitor? Even more to the point, CAN I expect the neighbour to do this or am I being unreasonable?
I feel like Rapunzel, trapped in the tower!!!
and built flats all the way down what was the north facing garden overlooking our property. We have 150 year
old lime, ash, copper beach and yew trees on the boundary and are probably 50 - 60' high. The flats were effectively built under the trees canopy. The flats now occupied they are now complaining loss of light blocked gutters etc.
I guess they have a right to clear the branches overhanging their side at there expense - or is it our expense ?
but our concern is that that will destabilise the trees and make them dangerous. There doesn't seem to be a
long term solution to this problem when old established gardens are are developed. The council of course are
no help at all.
Regards
colin
The tree was cut and it fell in my garden but it is 8 weeks now and he is in no hurry to clear up. He did a partial clear up 4 weeks ago and I have told him to come and clear up the rest but he hasn’t always citing time constraints.
The current situation is denying us the use of part of the garden. What should I do?
Last week my daughter noticed that the owner of the house oppisite me was trimming down my tree that was at the end of my garden. Our gardens are seperated by a wooden fence and whilst i accept that some branches were overhanging into his garden he has definitely leant over and cut off some branches that were on my side. You can even see the point were he has cut come of the branches off and the area is clearly on my side of the fence. To make matters worse he has thrown all the branches behind my shed saying that he is perfectly entitled to do so. Does anyone have any advice on who is in the right here and what can be done about it . thank you.
What I wish to know if if an over tall tree has a certain maximum height it can be and what is this? Can I ask that it be cut back to a certain height.
thanks
I wish to know if they are allowed to take it down completely or if they have to by law leave it at a height of about 2 metres and also whether the hedge in fact belongs to me.
When I moved into the house, there were trees on my neighbour's property blocking the view so that my privacy was protected. They cut the trees down several years ago so that I now have no privacy.
I've planted shrubs that are growing tall to block the view, but my neighbour keeps damaging the plants (on my side of the fence) despite repeated requests not to do so. She cut the shrubs back significantly last year, which I asked her not to do again (also pointing out that she had no right to do so), so now she's started breaking them instead.
The shrubs are not blocking the light to her garden or house as it is set a lot higher than my house. I've offered to cut back anything that may be damaging the fence/trellis (which appears to be her main concern), and indeed have done so on numerous occasions. She is damaging parts of the plant that are nowhere near the fence/trellis and do not pose a threat to it.
I'd be grateful for any information about how I can deal with this matter as my neighbour won't listen to reason and it's causing me significant anxiety.
Can I do anything about this? By next year I won't be able to see anything to the left of my house from my window.
Thanks.
Can I force his to do this?
there is a tree in a public parking lot , which is behind the fence of my garden. it blocks all sunlight into my garden. am i able to cut off a few branches without asking permission? thanks!
We are afraid that eventually they will impose themselves onto our side entrance, but more worrying is the fact that they will certainly send their extensive root system underneath our home and into our foundations.
This could be a really major damage problem and perhaps even negate our house insurance or our chances of selling at some future time.
What is the law regarding safeguarding our property please?
It's been a total of 2 years since we told the insurance company of the problem.
She owned all this land she sold to the builders, & she still has orchards & lawns but ignores our side,we have no light in the kitchen or sunlight as these trees are above my kitchen window.
What can I do to make her cut them down
boundary fence. It is about six inches as it stands. He also told me after all these
years that he will get a solicitor to make me cut down the trees as they are not eighteen inches from the boundary fence. I replied that was fine I would replace them with a panel fence. He told me I had no rights to put a panel fence in my garden and he would make sure that there would be no fence only the wire boundary fence, which he keeps reminding me is his and that I will go to prison.
As you will probably have gathered he has clearly lost it. However can you tell me as the property is a semi and after reading the deeds, am I right in thinking that land UP TO the boundary fence is my land and I can do as I please in my own garden and that this eighteen inches business is rubbish????
In anticipation of replies thank you.
At the bottom back of my garden the neighbour opposite who is private had a long line of conifers blocking their view of our garden, they were about 6ft tall then. 12 Years on and they are now at least 6ft taller than the roof of the houses and so bushy they stick 6-7ft out over my fence, they have ruined my lawn and the patio I had laid is lifting and cracked(this is at the bottom left hand corner) There are also cherry trees among the conifers one of which has been allowed to over grow so much it is hanging over and lying on my greenhouse.
the conifers trunks are now forcing my fence forward and can see that it is going to break very soon. We have previously requested them to cut back the trees as the light is less, the damage to our garden getting worse and also hundreds of birds make such a noise every day we hardly get any sleep. They would not cut them back but a friend got permission to cut the overhang in our garden about 5 years ago and they said ok. Now however as they are dangerously tall there is no way we can do this work or afford to pay for it or afford to dispose of anything like we did prior.
We had our tree cut down in our back garden after a long fight with the council as the roots were in our drains etc. and our street has been flooded twice the past 2 years. I have been told that roots of conifers are double the size of the tree! if that's the case the roots will be past my house and over the road by now! Please help as I think they are damaging under my house.
I wonder if you can ofer some advice? The house next door to our house in reneted and we have been trying to contact the landlord, via a letting agency, about the damage a tree in their proprty has caused to our fence and brick wall. The fence has been pushed up and has rotted due to the tree roots and stump, and our brick wall has cracked in half due to tree roots. We are trying to get advice on whether we can charge them for the damage made. The landlord is refusing to talk to us and the letting agents do not want to get involved - they will only deal with matters that affect the property, not the garden.
Please can you advise us on whether we can charge them for a new fence panel and the repair to the brick wall?
Any suggestions welcome.
On one side of our house I have a condensing pipe running directly into a down pipe other than that it is a total brick wall. However planted close to the wall is a climbing hydrangea plant originally planted by a previous neighbour.
The plant is very well established and both vine and foliage are reaching up around 2.5mtrs and running along most of the length of the house coming out approximately 1mtr.,and the total support of the plant is by attachment to our brickwork along with the occasional nails and string having been tied by the present occupier.
After reading about the plants capabilities of causing possible damage to both brickwork and in some cases foundations along with the ferocious growth I am becoming concerned as to the eventual state of the wall within not to long a time. Last year I also experienced difficulty in fixing a wire tracer to my condensing pipe for winter frost protection, so with this in mind we have spoke to the neighbour and totally out of the blue she has ordered me out of her garden without enabling any form of explanation regarding our concern as to how we can come to some form of arrangement to resolve this issue.
In short I want the whole plant removing so as to return the property to its original pristine condition.
Thanks
Can i respectfully cut back the front hedge over the public footpath? the front garden is extreamly unkept also so i would like to keep it hidden but i've cut along our boundary but am unsure over the public pavement area?
We have now discovered that our oil line is running parallel to the boundary within the RPA and wish to try and find out if we can dig our oil line out so we can replace it and the tank. Your site says if we need to employ a tree specialist then we could possible recoup the cost from our neighbours or their insurance. Is this right?
My neighbour hated looking at the these town houses and had 2 silver birch tress planted about 2 years ago. Unfortunately as the trees have started to mature and increase in height, they are restricting the summer sun I get on my decking so I can no longer enjoy any sun from around 5.30 pm. I have mentioned this to my neighbour but as far as she is concerned they are there to block the town houses/her view of them!!
Do I have any rights ie getting the trees cut back etc??
Thank you.
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My partners house is adjacent to major new road construction funded by the local authority. The construction company cut down a 80-100 year old pine tree in error as it was close to an area they have cpo'd. They also removed all the bushes and shrubs running 350foot along his fence (which was not is actual boundary, he owns over the fence also) causing major visual damage. The property is no longer private and secluded. We are trying to work with the authority but they are simply saying they would have removed the Pine at some point to place acoustic fencing. We are the only property here so we would have declined the fencing.
What are options on hour to proceed?
l was cleaning my garden and my neighbors came out to complain about me throwing soil in there garden l told them l haven't the the neighbors started giving me threats saying watch what we are going to do to you. so l tryed to resolve the problem by telling the neighbor yo show me where l have thrown the soil so l could pick it up and apologize. they said no making excuses. because they knew l haven't. thrown any soil .
we all got in to a big argument and l also complained about there part of the garden overcrowding in to our part of the garden. l told them please could you cut you part of the garden and keep it tidy they said no. it cause extra work for me and it a problem why should l alway cut up my next door neighbors mess, they still refused to clean there garden and said you cut it what's growing. the argument leaded in to a attack against my nephew my brother's 4 year old child was grabbed from the arm and almost hit if the lady's son didn't hold back her mum she would have hit my nephew. it is still a assault and we have reported it to the police. we do not mo longer fell safe in our own garden. what actions could l take to put up a French in the back garden.
We are unable to do any maintenance on the garage at this side we cannot check the render or paint it.
What are our rights can we ask her to remove the wisteria completly so that we can do our maintenance work.
We are concerned that not only are they overhanging our wall but the roots are undermining our driveway.
what are our rights can we not only prune the overhanging branches but also prune the roots to stop them undermining the driveway.
I have approached her but it still continues and the other neighbour, who have the same problem with her, have said this is what she has done for years prior to my moving into the property.
I understand I can trim the hedge back but must throw the cuttings into her garden as they are her property, is there legislation that supports this so I can show her in black and white my right and her responsibilities, this might encourage her to stop her behaviour and take some responsibility.
Is council abdicating its responsibily to maintain footpath?.
What are my rights about the access to my property, can it used by neighbour without my permission.The neighbour is selling his property, how can I make the future purchase of the misuse of my driveway? Any adice welcomed
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