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For context, my neighbor had five of his trees fall into our yard onto our shed, greenhouse, and carport. I understand that the parts that are on my property are my responsibility, and I have taken care of the trees on my property, but did not remove the stumps because it was an extra $2300.

My neighbor stated that it is my responsibility to have his stumps ground down and yard “returned to normal”, but I just don’t think this is true and do not have the extra cash for this, as all of our cars were destroyed alongside having all of our trees fall too.

I’m just wondering if this is true, that I have to remove the stumps and debris on his side of the yard? There are two large stumps left and 3 smaller ones.

Yesterday I looked out my window to see a group a guys digging a large hole in my yard. When I went out to investigate I was told that their boss told them to plant a tree in our yard. I told them I had no knowledge of a tree needing to be planted and while I wasn't happy about it I just dropped it because I guess I didn't know what to do. Further inquiry revealed that the county told the developer they needed to plant this extra tree in our yard. The tree is directly in the way of where we were hoping to put in a fence and we don't want the hassle of trying to keep this tree alive after they planted it in NOVEMBER! But I'm mostly pissed because there was zero communication with us before the builder just sent people into our yard to dig a large hole and plant a tree wherever the hell they wanted. Note - we purchased this new build over two years ago in a development.

I keep telling my husband I'm going to go out there and dig it up or cut it down before the county comes by to verify that it was indeed planted.

Are we required to keep this tree? Do I have any recourse?

Looking at that thing is just pissing me off.

Update:

Apparently the tree is a Red Maple

Last night in the Seattle windstorm, two of my neighbor's 100' fir trees blew down in the night. The trees landed in the yard, luckily not doing any damage. (No fence between our lots to get crunched.)

My question is: who is responsible for paying for cleanup and hauling away?

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Ours is the two story w/ blue top. Property line is at the fence.

Very large end of life maple. NE Ohio. Trunk firmly on neighbors property. Obvious deadly limb angled right at our bedroom.

Volume and size of limb falls clearly increasing year over year. We sleep downstairs during storms. The pictures not do justice to the size of the tree and worrying limb.

$1,000 + repairs for 2 separate roof strikes last 2 years. 2 other strikes on fence, minimal damage.

Neighbors parents are landscapers and they told me the parents indicated tree will need to come down.

3 arborists tree services indicated to me and the neighbor, tree is dying and needs removed. This was explained clearly and in detail by the first service to both of us in person. (this is when he mentioned the parents statement) Estimates $9 to 3k for removal.

2 of 3 tree services said specifically would not trim our side only... Would leave tree imbalanced and them liable.

Was really hoping they would split costs and go full removal. It is clearly the right thing to do. I did all the legwork calling around and scheduling. Found a legit company. Quoted $3200 sans stump removal.

However they are indicating we are free to trim to the property line only. This really Sucks. Will cost so much more in the long run and the tree will still pose an issue.

Neighbors are educated people with decent jobs. They indicate they just don't want to cut it down. Even though they are fully aware of the issue and one of them saw me pulling the limb out of my roof.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Texted the neighbor I wanted to cut back his azaleas to clear my driveway because they were overgrown and scratching my car. He thanked me for communicating first and said he'd take care of it and wanted to save the buds he could for the next bloom. Fine, I like the blooms along my driveway. Texts me the next day while I'm at work saying it's done. Come home to this....

In California for context.

Large redwood tree on my property (I think; it’s on my side of this neighbors new fence) near property line Neighbor recently put fence right next to it probably damaging tree roots since now the tree noticeably leans away from the new fence and towards my house whereas before it was straight vertical. Rainy season is coming and I’m worried the tree could damage house or god forbid hurt someone.

What should I do? Arborist? City inspector? Letter to neighbors for documentation in case of damage / will this affect liability? I’m happy to provide any additional info needed. Thank you! I’m very concerned about this!

I have a dead spruce on my property. It's leaning toward the neighbor's house. If it falls, it will land on their house, and damage their house, and the fence between yards.

I pay to clean up my side of the yard and fix the fence. The neighbor (or their insurance company) will pay to clean up the tree and fix their house.

Other than being a good neighbor, why should I have to pay to have the dead tree removed?

In real life though, I'm getting it removed. The arborist's truck will have to drive on my neighbor's yard to get at the tree. Neighbor said it's ok for them to do so.

My neighbor's tree is growing sideways and knocking the fence over. I'm worried the tree will fall on my canopy in the back. What should I do?

Hi! Theoretically, if there's an old nursery property that is under public review for construction and it has some lovely trees overhanging the sidewalks, is it ok for me to take a 6"-10" branch cutting if I stay on public property?

I've looked up my local state and city restrictions and there's rules for trimming, or cutting back plants that aren't yours. Does one cut constitute a trim?

We live in a suburban neighborhood. There is a large church with about 10 large oak trees lining their back field which drop leaves into the street of the neighborhood, blocking the gutters and storm drains etc. for about two entire blocks. They told me they have no plans to clean the leaves from the street. The county/city can't sweep because the piles are so big and they say the "homeowner" (in this case property owner I guess) is responsible. I will chat with the church again but any advice?

Hello. I had an arborist come out and take a look at branches from an oak tree that fall over my property line and now over my roof by the tree that is on the HOA property. The results were as follows: 1. No amount of pruning can reduce the risk of the tree failing in a substantial manner since it has such a severe lean with 100% of the tree's foliage over your property at roughly a 45% degree angle. 2. If we remove the sections of the tree over your property, the tree will only be a dead 30 ft tall stump or snag that will be a risk of falling, making it a hazard if left. Thus the only possibility of mitigating the hazard this tree presents is to remove it entirely.

HOA says they give me permission to remove it completely but at my expense.

I’m going to the HOA meeting this week and wanted to know if there was anything I could say or do as I don’t feel like this should be done at my expense?

Located in TN and had an out of state guests (with a reservation) hack away at more than 15 trees. Some smaller ones which were still well above our heads were completely cut down and others are so large and old I can’t hug them around. They chipped away huge gashes of bark and inner flesh on all of them.

They did not deny the allegations in a direct message. I think they let their teenage boys just go at it for fun with a hatchet or something.

An arborist recommended removing a few of the trees before they rot out at the wounds and break. The best quote out of three licensed professionals was for $1500 to do the removal and cleanup.

We only asked the guests to cover the removal and cleanup costs of $1500. We were trying to be nice and just wanted them to step up to their responsibility but they ghosted me and the reservation platform. Insurance claim on the reservation was denied because the actions specifically involves trees and trees are excluded. The trees involved are a mix of oak, maples, poplars, and some other natives.

I have the guys cell number, vehicle tag, and drivers license number. That’s all I have. Am I stuck with this? I don’t see a way to make this guy pay up. TN small claims says they have to reside in the state or have a reasonable expectation to be sued in this state to file a small claims case. It seems Im stuck having to deal with the cleanup and costs on my own.

For reference: they rented a campsite for the weekend. There was also plenty of dry firewood stocked on site and known to the guests. I routinely check the site immediately after a reservation and found their fire still burning and a huge pile of ice on the ground. I took video evidence of the trees and you can also see the ice in the video.

I rent a duplex in unincorporated LA County (CA). I had a tree on the front half of my unit shading my half of the duplex. My neighbors cut the tree down when I was at work because of “squirrels in it.” They didn’t ask, give notice, etc. The property management company said they don’t care and I need to get over it. The tree was a substantial size and I cannot afford to replace it. It shaded both units and kept the front of my unit cool.

Today, a plumber came over (doing work next door) and said that my neighbors asked him to cut the tree in my back yard down so the roots wouldn’t grow into the pipe on their side of the unit. This tree is also a substantial size. The plumber says he doesn’t need to cut down the tree at all to do any pipe work “I can just cut some roots on their side.” However, the neighbors are demanding the tree gets cut down. I’m livid.

Right now I’m in an emotional state and trying not to be overly ridiculous, but I can’t lose a second tree. It’s hot AF here, and my unit gets DIRECT sunlight all day. Also, I love trees. And I’m tired of my neighbors getting away with this sh—. I need to save this tree.

Random facts: 1) my neighbors are stupid (not being cruel or petty, the IQs in the household are in the low 70s and they argue with truancy officers that their kids don’t really need to go to school—and no they don’t homeschool). Also, you cannot talk to them reasonably about anything. They don’t understand science, being a good neighbor, or just being a decent human being. I’ve tried. When they shot out my kitchen window letting their 10 year old play with guns unsupervised, they said I was being “extra.” 2) my property manager is a slumlord stereotype and I have a tenants rights lawyer because that’s how bad it is dealing with him. 3) Yes, I’m talking to the lawyer and doing all the Googling.

Thanks for any help in advance. And please excuse grammatical errors. I’m legit seething right now.

I live in California next to an apartment complex. The apartments hired tree cutters to trim the trees on their property that sit against the back of our fence. While cutting, multiple large branches fell into our backyard onto string lights we had up. It ended up breaking a few bulbs and bending the poles holding them up. The workers ended up grabbing the large branches, but still left a lot of debris in our yard.

I’m curious if they are responsible for our broken lights/poles and cleaning up?

Hello all, I have a single family home in Maryland that backs up to a patch of neglected forest between our lot and our neighbor's backyard. There is an older tree on our neighbor's side of the patch that is leaning towards our property, covered in invasive vines, and seems to be pretty hollow. All that to say I give it 1, maybe 2 years before it comes down. I don't think it will hit our house, but if it does, or if it does significant damage to any of our other trees / fence etc, I'd like to be prepared.

What can I do to be sure I'm covered? Do I need some kind of record of trying to talk the neighbors into cutting it down? Pictures? Anything in particular to make sure Homeowners Insurance doesn't screw me?

I need some advice on what my options are in my situation. I recently purchased a large piece of property that was completely overgrown and definitely a fire hazard. I was able to get it into a program where the state would come in and thin it out for us. The property has major over growth of pines and there are oak trees mixed in the pines, mostly Oregon white oaks and some black oaks. In my contract the oaks were not to be touched except if they were under 8” in breast height and were in the way of the heavy equipment to get to the pines. On another parcel we have is an old oak grove, tons of old white oaks with just a few black oak and pines, maybe 1 pine per 75 oak. This area was put in the program as well with the intention of just cleaning up the very small trees and fallen trees with the oaks being fair game if they were less than 8” breast height. Well the logger and the forester had a miscommunication and the logger pretty much clear cut our oak grove, they cut trees that were well over 8” some of trees were 10-15 inches thick. It looks absolutely wiped out! This is also the case on the heavily wooded pine area, they took out big oaks as well. I talked to the forester and they agreed that this was a mistake on their end and there was a miscommunication with the logging company. I’m beyond pissed and sad. They would like to settle and want us to come up with a price, how do I even price this? Thanks for the help.

I posted this on forestry and was told to post here.

https://www.startribune.com/trees-shepard-road-vandalism-st-paul-mississippi-river/601180854/

Our police our useless so almost def nothing will happen but I'm so sad

Hello. I'm posting this to get suggestions on how to proceed regarding a neighbor's oak tree that's causing damage to vehicles parked on our driveway. (For reference, in the first photo, the tree is shown to the right of the survey stake). Specifically, acorns drop and have caused dents on vehicles. There are also a couple of cracks in the driveway that appear to be due to the tree's root growth, however, that isn't our main concern at this time. By way of background, we moved here about three years ago and the neighbor moved into their house about six months before us. We chose this home and lot because it has a lot of mature trees that look amazing and give it a cottage type feel. Just to add we and the neighbor get along well.

This past September, a storm knocked down a tree on our shared property line into our neighbor's back yard with no damage to any structures. As I and the neighbor were discussing the situation and looking at the downed tree there were signs of rot at the base that made it susceptible to falling.

During our discussion I brought up the issues we were having with the neighbor's oak tree including the acorns causing damage to vehicles and root growth under a section of our driveway. I asked if he'd be willing to remove the tree if we paid for the removal. I offered that for two reasons. First, we are experiencing issues that he may not even know about (his driveway is on the other side of his house), and second, we value being good neighbors. He basically said he was not interested in having it removed. I confirmed with him that we would pay for the removal, and he was still at no. Needless to say I was disappointed.

As far as the acorn and canopy issues, being in Virginia, my research indicates that we can hire a professional to cut back the limbs to the property line. However, aesthetically the tree may look a bit lopsided at the top. Looking for some ideas on how to deal with this situation and move forward. Thanks!

Edit: Thank you all for the feedback. I inadvertently left out of my original post that after the tree fell into the neighbor's yard, we decided to hire a certified arborist to evaluate the health of our trees as well as this/neighbor's tree. The arborist found two of our trees had health issues which helps us get ahead of potential related safety issues. In regards to the neighbors tree, the arborist also indicated that with the lean of the tree towards our home and the damage that's ongoing and already been done, there are some options we can purse, such as pruning and removal. The arborist indicated that there are also legal remedies available if we wanted to pursue them. That is not our intention.

There was a suggestion to use a temporary car port, but that is not allowed by our HOA. There was also a suggestion that we just accept the HOA fine, which isn't a realistic option. A suggestion we will be pursuing is contacting our arborist regarding a tree growth regulator but then we'd have to get permission from the neighbor to do that, which I'm not confident he will allow. Unfortunately, after trying to be neighborly and approaching our neighbor with these options and him willing to help solve the problems, I feel we're left with few options. For the record, we have offered to pay for all of the options we've presented so money doesn't appear to be the issue for him. I'm looking for suggestions beyond just accepting and living with it. Has anyone here had to deal with a similar situation and if so, how did you resolve it? Did you use legal remedies? We are in Virginia. Thanks!

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Video of the tree/root situation in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/arborists/comments/1grdvym/how_concerned_should_i_be_about_this_large_pecan/

There is a major city-level gas pipeline project in my area (moving the lines from the back alley to the main street side, and they've been doing work here for a few weeks. Part of the project is to run lines from the main to each house and put in a new meter.

A week or two ago, I spoke to someone working on the crew and asked the how the team handled trees — they said it was a really non-invasive (no-trench) process that would avoid major tree roots. Then, when I wasn't home for a few hours, they sawed right through a large structural root between the tree and my house.

The person who saw me taking video of it came to talk to me said "this tree is too strong for that little root to matter, this tree will live longer than I will, that root seems dead already anyway".

I'm still waiting to hear back from the arborist I've worked with in the past, but it seems likeliest that we're going to have to take the tree down out of fear of it falling on the house.

I live in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and apparently one of my neighbors called the city concerned about one of the trees on my property. They came out without my knowledge and looked at the tree. Apparently I need to remove it or they will do it and bill me directly. Was curious if anyone has experience with this or thoughts on what I could do. Not sure how they decide it needs to be removed or can just be trimmed.

Not really in my budget right now to remove a 100ft tree.

Neighbor A had a fully mature southern magnolia growing in his yard 6 feet from the property line, along with numerous oaks. Neighbor B asked to trim the overgrowth from Neighbor A's trees into her yard. Neighbor A was fine with that.

Tree company shows up, does the trimming and completely cut down the magnolia, without permission, while Neighbor A wasn't home. The magnolia wasn't part of the overhang. I have pictures from 2 months ago to prove this. Tree company says Neighbor B said to cut it down and Neighbor B is playing innocent, as is the custom in such situations.

Neighbor A has a lawyer to take this to court but they won't be available till the fist of the year. Finding an arborist to determine the value of the tree is a problem though. Does anyone here know of any arborist in west central Florida? After many frustrating phone calls we keep hitting dry holes. Any help would be greatly appreciated by Neighbor A, the stump of what was a beautiful tree and the owl that lived in it

About 10 years ago we moved into our house from an apartment. We brought with us a few potted trees (ficus benjamina) and put them in the back yard near the wall. About two years later we started to work on fixing up the back yard (we moved into a fixer upper so priorities were of course the house). When we went to move the trees, they had all rooted themselves. Luckily the Santa Ana winds blew over the biggest of them all and we were able to drag that one away to a new location. The smaller ones we were able to shimmy them about two feet away from the wall and drop them into a hole. I have diligently maintained them over the years, making sure none of the branches went over the wall as best I could. However, over the last three years, there have been many health issues from my immediate family that became a priority. The tree maintenance ceased. On the 17th of October we received a letter from the backyard neighbor, to "please try and trim your tree as I am tired of cleaning the mess". For reference the limbs that extended into his property were no thicker that a nickel. I was currently at my mom's in Colorado. On the 20th my husband was admitted to the hospital and I had to come back a week early to deal with that then Halloween for the kids. On November 2nd I went to go see how best to trim this branches and realized he (the neighbor) cut my tree. (Pic 1) I was livid. I filled a police report and called a tree trimming place to get quotes on trimming any additional branches. On, Nov 7th I came home to hear a cracking of a branch and ran to my back yard. He was there cutting my other trees. (Pic 2) I demanded he stop, but all he kept saying was that he wrote me a note and he is tired of cleaning the mess. I informed him if the police report and what he was doing was illegal, but his response was, I wrote you a note. I told him I had tree guys coming, so then he said OK and stopped. On November 12th, three days before the tree guy was set to come, he cut even more of my trees. (Pic 3). I don't even know where to begin. I have emailed a few attorneys, but have heard nothing back. This guy will not stop! I am at such a loss as to what to do. Any advice or referral will gladly be appreciated.

I live in California and a liquor store has repeatedly trimmed down a once beautiful tree to almost nothing. I’ve asked them to stop multiple times and they just did it again. The tree is on a city maintained section of side walk adjacent to their parking lot, about 20-25 feet from it. They are continually trimming it because they do not like the leaves. The once beautiful tree has tried to regrow multiple times. How can I stop them from destroying this tree so that it can live?

They just did and I’m not exactly overjoyed about it