neighbours tree

seph

hello all, need advice please. My back garden looks on to a small developement of apartments/duplexes. There is one hugh tree in that developement beside my boundry wall that blocks nearly all the sunlight coming into my garden in the evening. This tree is twice the hight of my house. Branches are also over hanging the wall, into my garden.
My questions are....
1. Am I legally entitled to have this tree topped down to a more
manageable size so as to let sunlight into my garden ?
2. Am I entitled to cut all said branches ?
3. If so who is responsible for the expenses in the cutting/topping of this tree ?
My garden should be bathed in sunlight in the evenings but because of this tree it is more like a north facing garden.:(

Any advice greatly appreciated.

ircoha

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seph wrote: »

hello all, need advice please. My back garden looks on to a small developement of apartments/duplexes. There is one hugh tree in that developement beside my boundry wall that blocks nearly all the sunlight coming into my garden in the evening. This tree is twice the hight of my house. Branches are also over hanging the wall, into my garden.
My questions are....
1. Am I legally entitled to have this tree topped down to a more
manageable size so as to let sunlight into my garden ?No, u have no legal right to light
2. Am I entitled to cut all said branches ?inside ur wall yes
3. If so who is responsible for the expenses in the cutting/topping of this tree ? u for cutting branches in ur garden but there is a theory that the owner is responsible for removal so....
My garden should be bathed in sunlight in the evenings but because of this tree it is more like a north facing garden.:(

It helping ur carbon footprint:eek:
Any advice greatly appreciated.

GreeBo

oops

johnnyrotten

Drill a dirty big hole diagonally downwards into the truck and fill with Diesel. That will kill the B***ard

oleras

johnnyrotten wrote: »

Drill a dirty big hole diagonally downwards into the truck and fill with Diesel. That will kill the B***ard

......then what ? fall over on their house in bad weather ?

OP, You are entitled to remove any overhanging brances on your land, at your own expense, but you also have to give them back to the person whos property the tree is on !!

Hotblack Desiato

I have to say I find this kind of attitude disappointing. If the tree is that big, it could well have been there before the OP's house was built...

There are large mature trees at the end of our back garden and those of our neighbours. Yes, they shade the back garden a bit, and drop loads of leaves at this time of year, but they are lovely to look at, particularly from our upstairs bedroom. We see trees not the houses behind them! Nothing is worse in my opinion than a barren treeless landscape (conifers, shrubs etc. don't count, I mean no REAL trees.)

magicbastarder

i've heard that if you destabilise the tree by lopping branches off without informing your neighbour, that you can be held liable if it kills the tree, or destabilises it.

Stoner

i heard that if it is in your garden you can cut it, but you must leave the branches in the other garden, also if you have a tree in your garden and its branches are in their garden then if they want they can stop you from cutting the tree down, if they are using the branches for stuff like clothes lines etc