Tree Dispute

[sickrabbit]

Can anyone advise how could we prove that the tree in next doors garden belong to them? Yes - house next door is a council property - after we have politely asked the council to sort out a problematic tree which will shortly cause our garden wall to colapse we have been informed it's in fact our tree! The surveyour established that we must have build our wall on the wrong side of the tree to avoid responsibility for it - yet as far as we know the wall was there for last 20 or 30 years and runs in straigh line as shown on land registry. Are there maps showing trees? Coul we find drawing with exact measurments so that we can prove that the wall is were it suposed to be?

Thanks in advance

[sickrabbit]

Wacky Racer said:

If it's your tree go round and cut it down

(Unless it's a listed tree)

Could do but who will tidy up? Or should I just leave it to the council - their cut their hedges from time to time after all...what's one fallen tree between 'friends'...

Going by that logic shall I just move the wall about 1,5 in to the neighbouring garden?

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kowalski655 said:

Any old pictures of the house that show the tree & wall? Can you contact the previous owners?

Nope...

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C Lee Farquar said:

Friend of mine had a similar issue. He has an ex council house. A tree came down at the end of the garden and the neighbours all said it was his tree.

His deeds contained measurements of the plot which showed it wasn't his tree. It may be worth getting a copy of the council house deeds, fairly cheap and can be done on line.

Where do I start? What info would I need to request the deeds?

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Rangeroverover said:

I could do with some logs, where is "your" tree?

Lol Derby