Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,254
Turning to the great and good of NSC for any advice.
In short we brought our first house in Worthing in spring last year. The back garden was in a bit of state and needed tidying. We cleared the back part of the garden in the summer and uncovered an issue with a tree causing damage to our shed. The tree is entirely planted and growing on the neighbours side, however, has grown at a 75 degree angle into my garden which has pushed against the shed. Realistically the shed is going to be irreparable. The tree is about 25 foot I guess and it’s clear this damage has been going on for a few years without anyone noticing. Other than the trunk and the first couple of foot the main body of the tree is in my garden.
The next door neighbour is a council tenant and Worthing Borough Council say it’s down to the tenant to manage the tress in their garden unless they are causing danger to persons which this tree is not. Unsurprisingly the neighbour isn’t hugely interested in sorting the issue out. I have raised it with them a few times since the summer where they say they will look into and nothing has happened. I have no interest in getting the shed replaced and am certainly not after any cost or similar from them. I am happy to contribute to the cost of removing the tree. I don't think I can just cut up to my boundary line as it’ll either kill the tree anyway or I’ll have the same issue in a few years after I’ve got round to fencing the garden.
Where do I stand? I expect I’m just going to have to swallow the entire cost of removal of the thing but any advice gratefully received.
Equally – If anyone is a tree surgeon on here ping me a PM. I imagine it is inevitable I am going to need one!
In short we brought our first house in Worthing in spring last year. The back garden was in a bit of state and needed tidying. We cleared the back part of the garden in the summer and uncovered an issue with a tree causing damage to our shed. The tree is entirely planted and growing on the neighbours side, however, has grown at a 75 degree angle into my garden which has pushed against the shed. Realistically the shed is going to be irreparable. The tree is about 25 foot I guess and it’s clear this damage has been going on for a few years without anyone noticing. Other than the trunk and the first couple of foot the main body of the tree is in my garden.
The next door neighbour is a council tenant and Worthing Borough Council say it’s down to the tenant to manage the tress in their garden unless they are causing danger to persons which this tree is not. Unsurprisingly the neighbour isn’t hugely interested in sorting the issue out. I have raised it with them a few times since the summer where they say they will look into and nothing has happened. I have no interest in getting the shed replaced and am certainly not after any cost or similar from them. I am happy to contribute to the cost of removing the tree. I don't think I can just cut up to my boundary line as it’ll either kill the tree anyway or I’ll have the same issue in a few years after I’ve got round to fencing the garden.
Where do I stand? I expect I’m just going to have to swallow the entire cost of removal of the thing but any advice gratefully received.
Equally – If anyone is a tree surgeon on here ping me a PM. I imagine it is inevitable I am going to need one!
