I think I'll get a letter together, all the neighbours involved sign it

ultimatum, "pls sort the tree because....else we'll do it ourselves, and any damage/accidents are your liability."

Posted By: MIKEWALKER on February 2nd 2015 at 16:54:52

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Neighbourhood disputes (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:21:41
- In law, adjoining gardens do not have a right to light, but.... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:03:08
  - Sodium Chlorate is banned in the EU (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 17:09:06
    - Thats mainly because its a well known ingedient for home made explosive! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:20:04
      - or maybe not so well known........ (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:32:07
        
        Not only that it's toxic to humans as well. Nasty stuff. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 2, 17:36:16
    - Maybe, but I still have some, for just this type of eventuality! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:17:14
    - Nasty stuff it is too (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 2, 17:14:20
      - Even nastier for rogue cherry trees and inconsiderate neighbours! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:18:07
        
        EBAY sells it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 17:20:56
- Leave cat poo on his front lawn. I do it all the time. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 2, 16:51:23
- Try leaving a cheerful but hopeful note..... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:44:29
  - Finally. I'll print this thread off and nail it to their door. Cheers pal. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:47:23
- Limited unless the roots are causing issues with your property (e.g. with the foundations) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 2, 16:40:17
  - Right to light surely means I and my posse can insist they take it down a 1/3rd ? (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:41:58
    - you have no right to light (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 2, 16:45:29
      - I'm not having that! Its ruining sections of 3x neighbours lawns (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:50:10
        
        Not legal. Just kindly offer to pay to have it chopped (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:52:01
        
        Its not my tree! I pay to sort my trees out every 3 years or so, the man (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:53:15
    - Nope (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:43:53
    - I can imagine your neighbour sticking his head over the fence as you are sawing away. (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:43:50
      - It is a problem though! And he's being a tit by avoiding what? ?150 for a tree surgeon to (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:46:44
        
        ?100 about right for a few hours hacking but a TC. (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:47:55
        
        Well I reckon double that..... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:50:53
        
        I think I'll get a letter together, all the neighbours involved sign it (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:54:52
        
        Yeah...start off nicely....and wait for a reply.... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:59:17
        
        What's the height and spread roughly? (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:47:34
        
        Hard to guess, maybe 40' tall? Just a fat mess of branch and leaf. Needs 15' off it minimu (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:52:08
        
        5'2 , ankles around ears. Ginger muff (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:48:43
        
        Sold! (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:52:21
- You are only allowed to cut the branches on your side of the fence and have to offer... (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:32:27
  - SO I can hack off what crosses my airspace and throw it back in their yard. Cheers Larry. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:37:03
    - Unless it is a big tree that could fall down as a result... (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:40:56
      - Cherries are bottom heavy. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:41:35
    - You can defo cut what's in your space. I did recently. Standard. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:40:48
- Horses head... (n/m) (General Chat) - jAC, Feb 2, 16:31:39
- Hammer a couple of copper nails into the trunk. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 2, 16:23:18
  - How long will this take to have visible results pls? (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:24:18
    - ... (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Feb 2, 16:26:53
      - summise pls (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:35:25
        
        ..... (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Feb 2, 16:36:08
      - best try three then. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 2, 16:34:19
        
        parp! (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:35:41

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