Neighbour won’t let me cut down my own tree?
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Routemaster93 said:
planted a Eucalyptus tree at then top of our garden slightly on the border between our house and the neighbours house.
Routemaster93 said:
So even though ... it happens to be more on their side of the boundary they could claim it as theirs?
There's a bit more to this, isn't there?C'mon, let's see some photos and a clue as to exactly where it sits relative to the boundary...
If it's mostly on their side, it's their tree. Kind of you to buy them a tree as a gift 14 years ago...
Buy a few of these 
Get this out of the shed
Whack em in, go indoors and have a cup of tea and feel safe in the knowledge the thing will be dead from the roots down in a few months.
And for good measure, find a cat s
t on someone's lawn, pick it up and throw it at the son next time you see him 
Get this out of the shed
Whack em in, go indoors and have a cup of tea and feel safe in the knowledge the thing will be dead from the roots down in a few months.
And for good measure, find a cat s
t on someone's lawn, pick it up and throw it at the son next time you see him Neighbours can be proper weirdos.
I have one such bloke and sadly, a bloody great horrible confier hedge that runs the length of the garden... it's about 8ft tall and has been topped previously but there were a few longer bits sticking out left, right and centre and due tot he prevailing winds, they were leaning towards the nutter next doors garden. So I decided to help the old git out and lop them off, thus making it much neater and also not starting to overhang his garden. Needless to say, he had a gripe at this and wasn't happy so I ignored him as it reeked of madness.
I thought that was it, but tail end of last year I trimmed back several large bushes in the front garden that are on my side but were becoming a bit big and starting to move in on his patch. I also trimmed back the remains of an unknown tree int he centre of the lawn that was starting to look like a shrub, granted a shrub 4ft off the deck but still... anyways, whether it was the trimming of said foliage that angered him or the fact I used a petrol hedge trimmer... who knows but he went proper ape when I cut the tree back, telling me the previous keeps had planted it and what right I did have.
Some people simply have nothing better to do than to assume ownership over "their" property and perhaps sometimes get so involved, that they start to lose sight of the facts... I'd suggest that the OP's is facing a difficult decision... should he use a Husqvarna or a McCulloch to bring the thing down.
The tree that is, not the neighbour...
I have one such bloke and sadly, a bloody great horrible confier hedge that runs the length of the garden... it's about 8ft tall and has been topped previously but there were a few longer bits sticking out left, right and centre and due tot he prevailing winds, they were leaning towards the nutter next doors garden. So I decided to help the old git out and lop them off, thus making it much neater and also not starting to overhang his garden. Needless to say, he had a gripe at this and wasn't happy so I ignored him as it reeked of madness.
I thought that was it, but tail end of last year I trimmed back several large bushes in the front garden that are on my side but were becoming a bit big and starting to move in on his patch. I also trimmed back the remains of an unknown tree int he centre of the lawn that was starting to look like a shrub, granted a shrub 4ft off the deck but still... anyways, whether it was the trimming of said foliage that angered him or the fact I used a petrol hedge trimmer... who knows but he went proper ape when I cut the tree back, telling me the previous keeps had planted it and what right I did have.
Some people simply have nothing better to do than to assume ownership over "their" property and perhaps sometimes get so involved, that they start to lose sight of the facts... I'd suggest that the OP's is facing a difficult decision... should he use a Husqvarna or a McCulloch to bring the thing down.
The tree that is, not the neighbour...
paul.deitch said:
Ah yes boundaries. Neighbour 1 took exception to some trees on the other side of the road which he claimed gave him an allergy and coated his solar panels and he conferred with neighbour 2. They both agreed that the land belonged to farmer A and he was approached with the request to fell them. Farmer A helpfully felled the trees the next day. My wife said oh neighbour 3 are not going to be happy about that. So everybody seemed to know whose land it was but didn't. Farmer A had to pay compensation to neighbour 3. Coincidentally neighbour 1's wife has just left him and neighbour is not so much of a knowitall nowadays.
A lovely anecdote and just about sums up life in the 'burbs.
Is the tree down yet ?hotchy said:
Smile at son while revving the chainsaw. Whats he gonna do?
Nothing can be done, its your tree. Our neigbhour cut 7 big tidy, mature sqaured fir trees down that was the boandary line.... WTF.. It only covered the site of her grey mouldy garage. Maybe they was causing damp or something...Shes easily be 70 so we just erected a fence the next day. I enjoy building them. She walked and gave the fence a big look, like it offended her. She also shuvvles her snow and piles it where I Park, while sneakily looking over at the house making sure were not watching. It gives me a good giggle. I still wave everyday, must hurt her inside.
WTF!Nothing can be done, its your tree. Our neigbhour cut 7 big tidy, mature sqaured fir trees down that was the boandary line.... WTF.. It only covered the site of her grey mouldy garage. Maybe they was causing damp or something...Shes easily be 70 so we just erected a fence the next day. I enjoy building them. She walked and gave the fence a big look, like it offended her. She also shuvvles her snow and piles it where I Park, while sneakily looking over at the house making sure were not watching. It gives me a good giggle. I still wave everyday, must hurt her inside.
Is it just me?
Routemaster93 said:
Pericoloso said:
Your tree ,why did you down tools ?
What was son going to do ,call the tree police ?
I agree but there the kind of people who’ll tell the Council and get a tree preservation order put on it. And it will cost me fortune in solicitors fees to get permission to cut it down. It’s not even a native species and is only 14 year old. What was son going to do ,call the tree police ?
You were worried about a tree preservation order on the stump after you had cut the tree down 
TooMany2cvs said:
p1esk said:
Unless there's some doubt about the ownership of the tree...
Like it being on the border but "mostly" on their side?Being at the end of a cul-de-sac, and having a large garden, we share boundaries with at least eight neighbours, so we have plenty of scope for trouble; but being an amiable sort of cove
I find we get on fine with all those we've met, which is most of them. There are some trees close to the boundary, but nobody seems concerned about them in any way. I really do sympathise with those who have problems with neighbours.caduceus said:
Buy a few of these
Get this out of the shed
Whack em in, go indoors and have a cup of tea and feel safe in the knowledge the thing will be dead from the roots down in a few months.
And for good measure, find a cat st on someone's lawn, pick it up and throw it at the son next time you see him
doesn't work.....I am still waiting for the damned thng to die 9 momths later....Get this out of the shed
Whack em in, go indoors and have a cup of tea and feel safe in the knowledge the thing will be dead from the roots down in a few months.
And for good measure, find a cat s
t on someone's lawn, pick it up and throw it at the son next time you see him Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff