Neighbours and property boundaries

[Kajjal]

Main thing is talk to your neighbours calmly and avoid petty conflict. Doesn't mean you always agree but just be calm.

We are frequently chopping off bits of neighbours plants coming over the fence. If it was a tree or our pruning would affect their side of the fence we would speak to them as we have done in the past.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Dissagree with above..you dont need them and life will be fine ignoring them..

Fook em ,talk loudly about what selfish arses you have to live next too..if its too much trouble for them to ask if its annoying you or offer to trim them back for you , as i do with my neighbours then hack it back and throw it over the fence..sod em

petty frigging neighbours..i get to hear all the rants from customers about neighbours overgrown gardens..usually rented..

 

[ufkacbln]

Shrubbery need clearing?

Annoying neighbours?

Our local Gardener deals with all of that for us

 

[raleighnut]

Shrubbery need clearing?

Annoying neighbours?

Our local Gardener deals with all of that for us

The Vernon approach.

 

[classic33]

Shrubbery need clearing?

Annoying neighbours?

Our local Gardener deals with all of that for us

Wanted to do it that way, but kept it legal instead.

 

[PK99]

I was always lead to believe that if a neighbours` plant or tree went through your boundary you were perfectly entitled to chop off the offending foliage and return it if your neighbour requested it.

A few weeks ago, I removed the surplus conifer branches that were killing my lawn (these were on her side, not mine),

If you have cut on her side of the fence, you have committed criminal damage. You are allowed to cut to the boundary line and no further.

Wrt the prunings, it gets complicated here. You are obliged to offer the pruned branches to the owner of the tree but are not allowed to simply dump them over the fence as that can constitute 'fly tipping' IE a criminal offence. If you offer them back and the tree owner says 'no thanks' it is up to you to dispose at your expense.

http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/problems-with-neighbouring-trees-action-guide.html

 

[PK99]

Friend of ours had a different issue

They had agreed to the neighbour cutting back a climbing plant that was climbing over a fence

Neighbour then billed them for the work!

Neighbour was wrong. No duty on owner to do anything unless property damage is being caused by the offending tree. Neighbour has right to cut back but at their expense.

We asked our neighbour to crown lift, head reduce and thin a large overhanging walnut and offered and agreed to pay half.

 

[speccy1]

If you have cut on her side of the fence, you have committed criminal damage. You are allowed to cut to the boundary line and no further.

Wrt the prunings, it gets complicated here. You are obliged to offer the pruned branches to the owner of the tree but are not allowed to simply dump them over the fence as that can constitute 'fly tipping' IE a criminal offence. If you offer them back and the tree owner says 'no thanks' it is up to you to dispose at your expense.

http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/problems-with-neighbouring-trees-action-guide.html

Wow wow wow steady on!!

I have chopped back a manky old honeysuckle which was coming through the fence from her side and starting to block my window, I have touched/damged nothing of hers

 

[speccy1]

Dissagree with above..you dont need them and life will be fine ignoring them..

Fook em ,talk loudly about what selfish arses you have to live next too..if its too much trouble for them to ask if its annoying you or offer to trim them back for you , as i do with my neighbours then hack it back and throw it over the fence..sod em

petty frigging neighbours..i get to hear all the rants from customers about neighbours overgrown gardens..usually rented..

My sarcasm detector seems to be going off scale here....................

 

[classic33]

There's the Right To Light though to consider.

 

[PK99]

Wow wow wow steady on!!

I have chopped back a manky old honeysuckle which was coming through the fence from her side and starting to block my window, I have touched/damged nothing of hers

You said you had cut back the conifer and implied you had gone beyond the boundary fence that would be illegal.

Plus as a matter of law, if the honeysuckle is rooted on her land she owns it, all of it, even the bits hanging over the boundary.

You HAVE touched things of hers.

Boundary quarrels are always best solved by not provoking them - polite discussion in advance is by far the best approach.

 

[speccy1]

You said you had cut back the conifer and implied you had gone beyond the boundary fence that would be illegal.

Plus as a matter of law, if the honeysuckle is rooted on her land she owns it, all of it, even the bits hanging over the boundary.

You HAVE touched things of hers.

Boundary quarrels are always best solved by not provoking them - polite discussion in advance is by far the best approach.

I`ve cut nothing beyond the boundary, and have not said that I have.

I know she owns it, try reading up on the law - YOU ARE ENTITLED TO CHOP OFF WHAT OVERHANGS YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU OFFER IT BACK.

I`m not justifying my actions to you any more, you`re beginning to get on my tits

 

[classic33]

If you have cut on her side of the fence, you have committed criminal damage. You are allowed to cut to the boundary line and no further.

Wrt the prunings, it gets complicated here. You are obliged to offer the pruned branches to the owner of the tree but are not allowed to simply dump them over the fence as that can constitute 'fly tipping' IE a criminal offence. If you offer them back and the tree owner says 'no thanks' it is up to you to dispose at your expense.

http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/problems-with-neighbouring-trees-action-guide.html

Private site, as is the land registry site it links to.
From the bottom of the land registry page linked:
"© 2009-2016 UKLRS™ - Established 1998 - Professional independent specialists in Land Registry and Conveyancing searches. We are not affiliated with the UK Government."

 

[PK99]

I`ve cut nothing beyond the boundary, and have not said that I have.

I know she owns it, try reading up on the law - YOU ARE ENTITLED TO CHOP OFF WHAT OVERHANGS YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU OFFER IT BACK.

I`m not justifying my actions to you any more, you`re beginning to get on my tits

You asked for advice on an open forum. You got advice from an ex-landscape professional, put your toys back in your pram.

 

[Mrs M]

Our neighbour behind is happy for us to trim any overhanging plants as required. Don't trim too much as they are so pretty (lucky us) .
Other neighbour has taken a few liberties Such as when they were having their front lawn dug up and landscaped we came home to find our decorative bricks between our garden and theirs (on our side) dug up and dumped in our driveway. No need to have touched our side.
Also wife took "cuttings" of a plant in our front garden (most of the plant) Just ask!
Anyway, annoying as these things are, nobody died and not worth starting a war over.