One for the legal bods...

[PK99]

and digging them out is hard work. Why not cut down and dig out two in three and plant something in between? Then, when the hawthorn or beech or whatever has grown to a few feet you can get rid of the rest.

Ground is llikely to be dry and denuded of goodness below leylandii - much better to remove completly and feed the ground before replanting.

Cutting to a 5 ft stump and rocking out using a mattock to cut the roots is not "too" hard - a few mates and a case of beer is recommended!

 

[PK99]

A landrover is much more fun though.

True! LOL

 

[Coco]

I'm sure if you give them an autograph and maybe let them have a picture taken with you, they would bow to your wishes after all it's not everyday a "celeb" knocks on their door

Lol

Magna, I could sort you out with some explosives for stubborn stumps

 

[magnatom]

I'll be getting in the professionals. The trees are higher than the houses.

 

[wafflycat]

Not a legal response but a horticultural one :

Lelyandii do not EVER regrow once you cut mature plants back into the brown inner area. If you cut back you will forever be looking at an ugly brown wall

Cut mine right back to the trucks and they regrew. Honestly.

 

[lukesdad]

With regard to the fence, that will depend on whose boundry it is.

 

[Over The Hill]

Different rule book in Scotland so no idea.
South of the Border you can cut back to the boundary and stick in the fence (even if the existing boundary is not yours) as you will be taking on the boundary and you put the fence an inch into your garden.
Neighbour then has huge trees blocking your light. There were some "leylandii laws" put in place a while back to stop the nusance of trees blocking light which switches the problem to them to not be a nusance.
Whatever happens - dont get into a battle as when you sell you will need to declare if you have had any disputes.

 

[bonj2]

I'd sue straight away if i were you.

 

[levad]

Paddy and Murphy go to the job centre and see an advert ...

"Tree Fellers Wanted"

"Shame" says Paddy "there's only the two us"




Sorry, wrong country, wrong thread.

Bye

 

[dellzeqq]

wrong century!

 

[levad]

They say the old ones are the best (whoever "they" are)

 

[Crankarm]

There will be no diesel and no nuking! If I'm moving into the area, it's generally a good idea to be nice to your neighbours!

Thanks for the link meenaghman. That is what I thought. It isn't a conservation area, so no problems there.

The neighbours house is a bit of a mess, i.e. they haven't looked after it much. That in itself isn't a problem for us as they are far enough away for privacy (once a fence is erected) and they have enough other bushes that you won't see through. Obviously I'll be approaching them first. But it's good to know where you stand just in case.

Magnatom knocks politely on said neighbour's front door. Nothing. Magnatom knocks a little more assertively. He then hears,

"' 'arold, 'arold!........... Harold!.......There's some one at the door!

"Well Dad, answer it then!"

"I can't I am in the tub scrubbing my ......!"

"You dirty, dirty, little, old man........."

Door opens,

"Yes! May I ......help you?