Conifers .. Who is responsible ?

 
I was recently speaking to a friend of mine who has just had his conifer
hedge trimmed by a guy who runs his own gardening business .. My friend
was told that he was responsible for his side of the conifers and for
the tops but the neighbour at the other side of the hedge was
responsible for getting (and paying for) his side to be trimmed .. Has
anyone heard of this before and is it a legally binding issue ?

Thanks very much ..




--
Simmo

 

 Others will help you about this.  I am, atm, in a bad situation about my
three Lawson's Cypressus.  Last year  my neighbour wanted a little branch
cut off so she could put a fence up.  I agreed.
She then decided she wanted them reduced and I agreed to that too, when the
birds were not nesting in them,
Now she  wants them felled completely, claiming they are damaging her house
but since I had my own house underpinned in 2003 to the side and back I
don't want the danger of heave at the front.
The letter says about "not falling out" about it.  I wouldn't, unless it was
not in a long line of a seriously bad neighbour.
I've referred it to my insurance company now, they can fight it out
themselves.
I want my trees at least half up.   Goldcrests are in them atm and so many
birds nest in them

 

AIUI the owner of the trees is responsible for them and must keep all parts
of them to his own side of the boundary. If the owner fails/refuses to do
this, the neighbour can trim them back to the boundary, but the trimmings
remain the property of the owner, and the neighbour must offer them back to
him. Of course, in the event that the owner is a belligerent type, this
might not be good for the neighbours health, and I didn't tell you any of
this.

Steve

 
Simmo;914078 Wrote:

As you were told, your friend is responsible for the whole of the hedge,
assuming it is his hedge.  However it may be the case that your
neighbour does not want you in his garden which may be the only
practical way of trimming the other side.  My neighbours have in the
past trimmed my side of their hedge, and were very embarrassed about
coming into my garden to do it, even though I clearly told them they
could.  These days they don't bother and I have to do it now, but it is
clearly less effort to do that (3 hours per year) than to make a fuss
about it.




--
echinosum

 

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