Yeah, that’s because the banks/title companies had a few problems with the the legal descriptions in the past! (I have checked way too many by having to read them to another checker and I have that special skill of being able to read cursive too).
How is the tree? OK after some windy weather?
Tree is still standing. D is supposed to arrange for a surveyor to come out this week.
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And in our parallel lives, IDK if the Board sent a “demand” letter yet, but the dead tree in our Neighbors yard is still standing too.
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That’s awful. Not just for the dogs but…is there any chance the young children might eat / touch the poisoned meat? Can they get a restraining order against him???
The would-be dog poisoner/noise adverse neighbor lives behind our across our street neighbors. He’s not our problem–thankfully.
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UPDATE:
The dead tree is being cut down as I type. Its roots have completely decayed and the only thing keeping it upright is the fact it’s leaning against another smaller tree.
D and SIL are paying for it the removal. They got tired of wrangling with the neighbor who is clearly never going to agree it’s on their property.
D did investigate getting a property survey done, but the prices she was quoted were in the $5000 range–more than the price of tree removal. Neighbor was not willing to split the cost of the survey. (Neighbor was also not willing to call around and see if they could find a better price for the survey.)
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I’m glad it’s finally being resolved after a year! It’s a self-centered pride thing. Those homeowners didn’t want anyone telling them what to do.
They just didn’t care about protecting others investments, safety, or health because it wasn’t coming from them. I’d hate to see the karma coming to them.
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D and SIL didn’t contact neighbor to inform them the tree removal was going to happen. I wonder if they are now going to complain about “trespassing” or “damaging” their property.
Well, whatever happens, I’m quite relieved the dead tree will be gone by tomorrow.
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You make me feel very lucky.
We have needed to deal with a few dead trees from time to time, mostly on or near a shared driveway. My neighbor is a joy to deal with. Sometimes he is out there with a chainsaw clearing our shared driveway. On one occasion after a massive snow storm I shoveled out the space around the dead tree while he got a chainsaw to come back and clear it out. One time I was away on business, got back home very late at night and very tired, and found that a tree had fallen across my driveway (the part on my property which should be my responsibility). He had already cut out just the part blocking my driveway and dragged it to the side. I could get to my house, get some sleep, and deal with it the next day.
I think that most neighbors, and most Americans, and most people, are very reasonable about these things. I am sorry to hear that your neighbor is not.
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We had a very old large maple trimmed last summer, spent $1000. It is the corner of our yard, next to a shed, and next to our neighbor’s garage. This winter, our neighbor alerted my husband that he thought it was dead, we were surprised because we told the arborist to remove it if he felt it was diseased, but he said it was fine. Called the arborist, he came out and was shocked, said it needed to come down. He was available in a week, but saw wind in the forecast, and came over and roped it so it was safe. $4000 to remove, the lumber place said it looked like lightening damage. I can’t even imagine risking my neighbors property and family over a tree.
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I am shocked the tree removal company would take the tree down without the owners’ approval. I hope it works out ok, but based on the neighbors’ past behavior, I would be quite nervous that they would in fact call the police.
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We live on a wooded property and our arborists tell us upfront- “we don’t have a copy of your deed or a surveyor’s report. We tell you a tree needs to come down- you tell us go ahead- we send out a crew”.
We’ve had gray areas but our neighbors are reasonable. We’ve paid to remove a “whose lot does it sit on” tree, and then a year later, the neighbor paid to remove a tree that was likely on our property but we hadn’t dealt with yet. Everyone has a stake in making sure that someone doesn’t get whacked in the head when they get out of their car on a windy day….
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I agree, but that’s not how the neighbors in question have been behaving.
The tree removal company is also at risk of legal action if they take down a tree without the owner’s approval. Of course, there can be variation in local and state laws.
All we know for sure is this neighbor has not been cooperating in the least. And maybe it was all just so they didn’t have to pay for it and will also be happy to see it gone, but we don’t know their issue(s).
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It depends where the tree is. If it is leaning on a tree in your yard, or comes partly down in your yard, you can have it removed. At least that was the understanding we had when our insurance actually paid for a tree to be removed that originally was on our neighbor’s property but fell into ours and damaged some of our trees. The neighbor tree was removed. (But our neighbors were happy about that).
Tree removal almost done. The tree was bigger than I estimated. Trunk is 2.5 feet in diameter. (Yes, I ventured out with a tape measure to measure it.)
Most of the smaller branches had already been hacked off last year when the catty corner neighbor had the their fallen tree removed. (That live tree was blown onto the dead tree which in turn fell onto still another live tree. Complicated enough?)
As for the neighbors. Since they refused to help determine where the property line is, we’re just going to say the tree was on our property. If they have an issue, then they can pay for a property survey to prove it was on theirs. Otherwise…
Since the chainsaws and bobcat and wood chipper have going all day, they must know the tree removal is happening. I can see their cars so I know they’re home. If they had any objections, they had plenty of time to come over and let us know.
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We have a tree on the property line area that needs to come down. Neighbors aren’t unfriendly, but not friendly either. They were lukewarm about taking it down, even though they have children that play in the yard near it. We called a couple tree services. They both said unless we could provide a survey with that tree on it they would need permission in writing from the neighbors. We have metal “survey coins” at the corners of the properties, but big lots and too close to call on the tree’s location - best we can tell it’s 1/2 and 1/2. When we emailed the neighbors for written permission we got it within minutes. I think they just don’t want to pay. We are going to pay to have it taken down.
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We have a number of large trees on our property line but our town has an ordinance that mature trees can’t be removed unless they are diseased or dying. We have new neighbors that aren’t happy about the big trees creating too much shade in their back yard and wanted the neighbor on the other side to take one of the trees down and they referred them to the ordinance. At least we know if the tree that is on our shared property line needs to be removed they’ll happily split the costs. I would be heart broken to lose that tree so hopefully it stays healthy!
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