Neighbours plants overgowing wall , etiquette?

silverharp

not a major gripe but on 2 of my boundry walls, 1 being about 8ft high I have a alot of maintenance, the whole back wall is covered in ivy coming over wall from the house behind and on another side again a mixture of ivy and other nasties that need to be trimmed on a regular basis.

In particular with the ivy coming over the back wall, are the neighbours under any obligation to control it? we are talking about 30 ft across and now its at ground level on our side.

Thunderbird2

You should have mentioned it before it got to ground level .. Why is it a problem now ?

kylith

You are within your rights to cut it back to your boundry, but the law says that you're not allowed to dispose of it without your neighbour's permission (I don't worry about asking permission of my neighbours because I know them well enough to know they're not going to get snippy about getting rid of some trimmings). I'd say cut it back, let them know you're going to do it first, and just ask them to cut it before it gets over the wall in future.

I know how you feel though; as I said my neighbour's have ivy that comes over and through my wall and it annoys me.

silverharp

Thunderbird2 wrote: »

You should have mentioned it before it got to ground level .. Why is it a problem now ?

I wuoldnt know the neighbours at the back to talk to but when we planted up the garden about 10 years ago it was easier to get at the wall, now its kind of hard to get at with compost bins, apple tree and other srubs. Its easier in the winter though so might be a job for the Autumn

Kylith wrote:

You are within your rights to cut it back to your boundry, but the law says that you're not allowed to dispose of it without your neighbour's permission

how bizarre, counter intuitive to say the least. I doubt they'd care though. Apart from the work involved I'm a little worried that it might be damaging the wall